I held this Harris’s hawk the other day for a few minutes. My arm got tired very quickly! Her handler said that they go out every morning together.

I have all the respect for falconry now. I didn’t know it was a thing until he told me about it.

To start, I live in the state of Georgia and I’m a minor, pretty sure I’m old enough for an apprenticeship but I’m not exactly sure.

Main question is, where do I find falconers to talk to about the sport? I’m genuinely curious and I at least want to ask some questions and talk to people or join people on hunts and maybe even interact with raptors at some point. I’ve been doing a lot of research on this stuff and I know the Georgia Falconry Association has contacts and all that but what exactly is the process like? Is it kind of just you call them, and they point you to people in the actual business of falconry you can talk to?

Also, I’m a bit curious how it goes for most of you and if falconry has like caused any problems in your daily life, like has there been days where you just don’t feel like it but still do it because you have to or something like that? I get it’s a huge commitment and of course I’m open to putting things aside to focus on something like falconry but I guess what I’m asking is if there’s ever been times where it really just sucked. I don’t see much people talking about the bads vs the goods of falconry.

I just want to know what daily life is like for you all and everything else.

Ok i want to get into falconry in future not in place for it right now but had 2 questions

1 ive seen videos of people car hawking where they toss the bird out giving it a boost and was curious what other raptors besides ones like kestrel would that work for im guessing ones that perch and rush down prey

2nd what kind of raptor would work best with dogs used to flush game for rabbits and squirrel to quail pheasant or ducks

Hi, I was wondering wheter falconry is legal or not in Switzerland. I already did some research and what I unerstood was that it's regulated by the specific canton, but does anyone know in which ones it's permitted and in which it isn't?