I was obsessed with the idea of having a falconry bird as a child (mainly thanks to Jean Craighead George’s book My Side of the Mountain) and although I still hold out hope one day I’ll do it, hearing about how it works with your real life birds is the next best thing!
You can do it! You can at least order the information from your state's hunting dept and get a free study guide and resources. If you want to take an extra step, you can get your hunting license and take the falconry exam. Doing all of that costs very little and all are steps you can take a year at a time! No rush! I plan on doing this till I drop!
I will look into that! I never knew before recently that you can release the bird after the season, it makes it seem more doable that way. I never would want to end up with a bird and it just have to sit because I didn’t have time that year to fly it
Absolutely! I only work with releasable birds because I’m one person, knowing if something happened or life got crazy I can release them is such a load off my mind. My birds will both be released in the spring when I need more free time to focus on the farm
Sue has his own digs. It would be very stressful sharing one because James would happily eat him. Some falconers keep birds in adjoining mews separated with dividers, or rooms. Others have separate buildings. Lots of examples online!
I was obsessed with the idea of having a falconry bird as a child (mainly thanks to Jean Craighead George’s book My Side of the Mountain) and although I still hold out hope one day I’ll do it, hearing about how it works with your real life birds is the next best thing!
You can do it! You can at least order the information from your state's hunting dept and get a free study guide and resources. If you want to take an extra step, you can get your hunting license and take the falconry exam. Doing all of that costs very little and all are steps you can take a year at a time! No rush! I plan on doing this till I drop!
I will look into that! I never knew before recently that you can release the bird after the season, it makes it seem more doable that way. I never would want to end up with a bird and it just have to sit because I didn’t have time that year to fly it
Absolutely! I only work with releasable birds because I’m one person, knowing if something happened or life got crazy I can release them is such a load off my mind. My birds will both be released in the spring when I need more free time to focus on the farm
If you get another bird will they stay in the same mews? Love seeing these glimpses into falconry!
Sue has his own digs. It would be very stressful sharing one because James would happily eat him. Some falconers keep birds in adjoining mews separated with dividers, or rooms. Others have separate buildings. Lots of examples online!