Going to start my research

[shaunpauls7 131]

I have always been interested in birds of prey and the hunting side of this.I am going to start reading up and try gain all the knowledge i can for future reference.I have had a search around for some books and came across the harris hawk by lee william harris and training the short winged hawk by derry argue.

 

could anyone point me in the right direction for books, dvds ect? As i want to gain all the knowledge i can.

 

 

atvb shaun

[grovsey 74]

nick fox series of dvds nothing will beat them

Edited November 24, 2011 by grovsey

[shaunpauls7 131]

Cheers bud i will have a look into it.

atb shaun

[martin hollinshead 13]

A bit of blatant advertising I know – but it is coming up to Christmas!

http://business.virgin.net/fernhill.press/index.htm

 

 

All the best,

Martin

[ayrshiretaxidermy 29]

I have always been interested in birds of prey and the hunting side of this.I am going to start reading up and try gain all the knowledge i can for future reference.I have had a search around for some books and came across the harris hawk by lee william harris and training the short winged hawk by derry argue.

 

could anyone point me in the right direction for books, dvds ect? As i want to gain all the knowledge i can.

 

 

atvb shaun

 

Where in W Scotland are you Shaun? I have some books you can borrow if your close by.

[shaunpauls7 131]

I am from the Balloch area Ayrshire.I will have a look at the web page you have put up martin.

Thanks for the help lads.

 

atb shaun

[grovsey 74]

shaun sort out ur land before even thinking of getting as bird as without that ur waisting ur time,i meen land with quarry on it

goodluck

[shaunpauls7 131]

Yeah a had been told that they need a lot of work.But i wont be even thinking about taking on a bird for a good 2-3 years time and i am doing my lessons after Christmas so hopefully will be driving and have more access to more permission.

 

Thanks for the comments lads i will take in as much as i can.

 

atb shaun

[shaunpauls7 131]

Got my falconry dvds through this morning going to have a sit down tonight and have a watch.

Thanks for your help lads.

 

atb shaun

[jasper65 6]

Got my falconry dvds through this morning going to have a sit down tonight and have a watch.

Thanks for your help lads.

 

atb shaun

 

some decent books wouldn't go amiss either shaun . there's plenty at the Library which is the route I took as a lad before buying some, I ended up reading them from cover to cover and reading them again and gleaning the information that was most valueble to me. I kept a diary jotting down the valued info from book to book that would benefit me. the reason for this is many books can me contradictive to each other and confuseing when you read a few, some techniques can be different from one author to another but I found some of the older variety of books was full of valueble info.

 

basics like learning Falconry terms, tieing a falconers knot and even making jesses are all steps in the right direction, also doing your homework on the equipment requied and finally selecting the furniture for the bird you finally take up.

 

I know its all basic stuff to start with but it all helps to point you in the right direction ......

 

Jasp

[shaunpauls7 131]

I have been doing my fair share on researching i have been reading up on creance training, manning and also been looking up on making your own jesse's.As i had said before wont be taking on any bird till i am upto scratch and doing all right by the bird.Thanks for all your reply's and putting the time in to help me out.

 

Thanks jasper and grovsy.

 

atvb shaun

[armchair _hunter 5]

what dvds did you get and where did you find them online? is the quality of them any good?