An Introduction to Falconry 

Only when the bird did not work out for the falconer . Ancient Arab falconers would trap falcon in the fall and release in the next spring, that's because they were hunting with the falcon for subsistence and could not hunt in heat of summer and did not want to feed a non hunting bird.

Josh Ua that is exactly true. It is a bit disturbing. Too many eeeeeee s

Ha its a ginger kid

Emily Holder ... haha! Nice.

Yes

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That's what I love to hear. Wishing you luck on your journey, you become a falconer and you begin the adventure of a lifetime!

Oh my gosh!! It's you!! I subscribed and added you already!! Thanks!! There is at least one peregrine that lives in my city. I've seen it perched on a steeple a few times, and earing across the street from it twice. I also have a peregrine feather that my sister found and another one that I found somewhere else. I got back from a camp today that has like, eight ospreys, and two eagles. There are also two eagles, and I'm pretty sure they're a young Bald Eagle and a female, but they look like golden eagles, but I live in Maine and they don't live here, or at least they don't officially live here. The osprey nest is across from my campsite and I kayak right to it often!! I'm only twelve though, and I have to be fourteen to get my permit, so I can't wait!! Thank you so much!!

Got the permit yet?

creativeboy network me to

creativeboy network ... me too! :-}

A Beautiful and profound statement.thank you

+Subterrainio 😁 I don't know, they said it will be about 40 days to get results back. But I messed up on some easy ones. I hope I passed I don't want to wait to take it again.

+philipee32 yeah and sadly I failed by 2 points with a 78 but I'll just tAke it again

Did you pass the test. I want to get into falconry I live in PA. Im 14, am I old enough to start? Thanks.

+IAmThePartyMan TV pretty sure you are 14 is the earliest in most states but I would just google it! Good luck though

Isabella Smith thanks will do

Where do you live? I believe everywhere in the U.S. the legal starting age is 12-14 with a sponsor.

that is true but dont forget that parents dont allways like having large birds of prey aroud.

Spencer V right, but there's got to be a way you can win them to your cause. If you've got a back yard, a minimum legal sized mews is all you need. Most passage birds are completely silent and unobtrusive in their behavior. Stay interested though!

we have 3 acres, but we just moved from medford oregon so we have a lot of work to do on our land, were building a go kart track, and falconry would cost a lot. i love being in the outdoors, fishing, swimming, and hunting so i considered starting falconry two years ago.

i try to convince them

+The Soul Survivor Yeah, he kinda does

Almost all times, a bird has to be caught when it is able to fly, but young enough to have just left the nest. I forgot the exact age, but it has to be at least less than 2 years old so it does not have any children to return to. A 9 yearold Eagle is too old.

It’s truly a lifestyle everyday 365 days a year dedicated to your bird

Birds in general arnt something you can “play” with a couple hours a day. The easiest pet I had a was a free flight pigeon, she went with me everywhere, if she couldn’t ride she followed the truck, if she couldn’t come inside my destination she would go blend in with the other pidgeons untill I called her as we could go home, it’s like having a permanent child that needs your attention. Like a toddler that never grows past 4 years old and can’t talk.

+Nathaneal Greene Agreed hardly anyone withing 100 miles of me does it

Jay Fedder If it can take a fox, then yes, it will. Though it depends on what kind of bird you get. Get the smallest one you can.

+Ross Clark no one is going to just sell you a bird

+Aurelie Nani what about breeders

Ross Clark unlike other brids, hawks cost a lot of money, easily $1000 this only works by limiting supply, they'll sell you a bird if you are a falconer and go through the routes to become one, which will cost you too the easiest way to get a bird is go live in thailand, we have a place there, with little falconet, they cost us nothing, and they are much easier to mainain in Europe you also go into a databank if you keep a bird of prey, so if anything or anyone gets attacked by your bird, they can sue you, this isn't the case with any other type of bird keeping a falcon in th3e west is a pain, the birds cost a ton of money, the rules are crazy, and the types of falcons and hawks are not easy to maintain, there are many more fun birds than birds of prey to keep in the west, the smallest birds of prey you find in south-east asia are fun and easy to maintain, but they're illegal to import..but there are many smaller fun birds in the west that aren't birds of prey too

+Aurelie Nani I know they cost a lot of money but I'm not going to go and live in Thailand, that's ridiculous.

+Aurelie Nani this is not quite true, in England you do not need any type of licensing to acquire most species of raptor, many breeders will sell you a bird, the only requirement is that the bird is ringed and registered

You'd want to catch a falcon after getting a license and everything else required to become a falconer, you have the choice of either catching a red tail Hawk or an American kestrel, I recommend checking out the California hawking club website if you want to learn more about falconry.

depends where you live.

Samuel Hiorns That's like saying "I want it, but not alive." Hunting is the greatest thing these birds can do. They need the food. And they need that space.

Hanna G so do you NEED to let them to hunt live food? because I have alot of space for it to fly but buying live food may be a problem

adnan khan. They need to stretch their wings a lot. And when they do, they'll hunt everything small that moves. It's not something you can make them stop. You're not supposed to buy living food. It sets out to hunt for itself, but you need to be there and help kill the prey if something goes wrong.

You should get some pigeons. They can fly around.

Ashton That is... Wildly not how it works.

have you done any research on this subject. I don't think you have