harris hawk licence

[jocky 198]

hi could any one tell me please if you have to have a licence to own a harris hawk.

[Sighthound 49]

No

[jocky 198]

No

thanks mate,thinking about having one soon.

[Sighthound 49]

Try and read lots of books and go out with a few people before you get one, they are a LOT of hardwork.

 

Good luck

[jocky 198]

Try and read lots of books and go out with a few people before you get one, they are a LOT of hardwork.

 

Good luck

thanks mate will do, got a good dvd will get some books and have read up as well. have allways wanted one but never had the time, but only work two days a week now so more time on my hands i hope..

[trappa 518]

If youve got plenty time on your hands then why not. Like its been said, read and read, then read some more. BEFORE you get the bird!

Good luck.

[graham01 1]

Unfortunately you dont.

[petehu7 0]

I’m not having a go here but if you need to ask such a basic question you need to find a mentor long before you think of getting a bird.

If you cant get a mentor join a club it’ll be money well spent.

 

Good luck with your new hobby.

[samstorm 34]

what would you lott consider a starting bird?? if theres such a thing, you know just to learn the ropes with easy to handle and such cheers

[eye in the sky 0]

what would you lott consider a starting bird?? if theres such a thing, you know just to learn the ropes with easy to handle and such cheers

harris hawk the best starting bird you can get for a beginner to the sport redtails can be considered but aint as forgiving as your harris mate depending on the quarry you want to take for a simple start to the sport a male harris ideally by simple i didnt mean get a bird and throw it at a rabbit they hard work whatever bird you get what have you been reading up on the sport in general or a specific bird of prey involved with the sport i ask because i made the mistake of reading up on training a peregrine for a first bird until i realised i was on another planet falcons and hawks 2 very different techniques

[jasper65 6]

I'm not having a go here but if you need to ask such a basic question you need to find a mentor long before you think of getting a bird.

If you cant get a mentor join a club it'll be money well spent.

 

Good luck with your new hobby.

 

the sooner our Laws adopt the American system the better. when we first started we did our homework first read countless books from cover to cover!! put them down and read them again, we gleamed all the info that was beneficial in the housekeeping manning and trainning a Hawk and jotted all this down in a Diary for future reference or for quoteing chapters in books, the only problem is to many books can have a habit of contradicting each other and can leave a new Falconer wondering which method works best, some books are probably best left on the shelves or good for proping the bed up! others are well worth a look and beneficial to read from cover to cover several times....

 

These days there are plenty of gennuine Falconers who can give you first hand experience, Reading on forums won't help much as you need to get out and put the Noble sport into practice after you have studied the subject and retained all the knowledge needed, Years ago it was far more difficult to find a genuine Falconer in your area as they was so thin on the ground! sometimes you had to take the bull by the horns and go for it taking a bird up after you have Gleamed as much information as possible and gone through Preperation after preperation well before the bird lands on your premises...

 

Lessons are learned from first hands on experience! tust me I read just about everything and could quote chapters off by heart but still made mistakes, nothing detrimental to the birds I might add but things I know should have been done better such as Hooding, Manning! But over time minor mistakes are Ironed out with experience. back then I remember being in such a rush to get my bird loose and Hunting? Not anymore! I Learned quality time is the best time spent with a hawk, walking about with a hawk hanging upside down on your fist bateing about certainly is not Manning! Quality time is everything and alot of patience will endevour to make a good Hawk....

 

Jasper