looking for a mentor

[eye in the sky 0]

hi all ive just joined today

 

i am looking for a mentor in the staffordshire area i havnt got a bird just yet but she is an egg ready for me in august

i would much appreciate any hands on experience offered these courses are good but they dont last forever and its an expensive job if you want to go more than once

 

many thanks

[zachrussell 1]

hi all ive just joined today

 

i am looking for a mentor in the staffordshire area i havnt got a bird just yet but she is an egg ready for me in august

i would much appreciate any hands on experience offered these courses are good but they dont last forever and its an expensive job if you want to go more than once

 

many thanks

Have you thought about volenteering at a falconry center thats what i do mate, iv'e done it for 1.1/2 years now, ive learnt alot.What you getting a Female Harris im guessing? Have you had any experience with birds of prey?I doubt you will find one but if you want to try register on the international falconry forum and ask on there mate much more likely to get a response.

[eye in the sky 0]

cheers mate

yeh female harris hawk ive spoke to a couple of falconry centres and ive got to do the days course first then im more than welcome to go voluntary £100 for the day then free from then on so cant really grumble about that

thanks for your reply mate much appreciated

[zachrussell 1]

cheers mate

yeh female harris hawk ive spoke to a couple of falconry centres and ive got to do the days course first then im more than welcome to go voluntary £100 for the day then free from then on so cant really grumble about that

thanks for your reply mate much appreciated

Mate for christ sake dont pay them, you'll be doing the shit jobs to start and you should not be paying them to volenteer.

[eye in the sky 0]

sound advice mate to be honest if i am volunteering myself to do a job in return for experience and they say no what next? ive read a tremendous amount of books and still watching different dvds but hands on experience is the key

[Rentomski 0]

Books are not enough... Hands on with real hawks is what you need; don't think the nicely manned bird at a centre is anything like a 16 week old Harris' straight out the aviary.

[MARKR1985 15]

Books are not enough... Hands on with real hawks is what you need; don't think the nicely manned bird at a centre is anything like a 16 week old Harris' straight out the aviary.

 

True,they also hardly ever do any real hunting,half of the "falconry experience days" consist of a harris flying round in a circle from person to person and then watching a lanner put in a few stoops to the lure. Working at a centre will give some idea of basic husbandry,but unless they are regularly taking in fresh birds,you won't see much in the way of training. People make the mistake of paying for an experience day rather than an in depth course.

[eye in the sky 0]

sound lads were can i do a good in depth course

[zachrussell 1]

sound lads were can i do a good in depth course

The center i volenteer at the harris's are hunted alot in the winter, and the falcon every other day. But you will see what the birds can be like if you help out, when the bird is taken out of the aviary and the equipment is put on. Also when you try and clean an aviary out with a chick in the parents go crazy.

[eye in the sky 0]

i can imagine they do mate yeh its like a terrior i went to look at who at just had pups she wasnt to happy when i walked in what do you fly mate