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Are you a professional photographer? Is your gig falconing while on the clock taking nature photos? What a combo that would be! Yes, I am a professional photographer, but Not a nature photographer, I do commercial advertising photography and I'm not on the clock while in the field, I do freelance p...

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ultracarry wrote:1 word. Envious! Very nice pictures.

Dont be envious! Get out and play hard, and always remember "it's later than you think" you never know what tomorrow will bring...

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Troy08er wrote:Awesome set up and great pictures.

Thanks bud! been on the road hawking for almost 2 months, will return home on Dec 3rd
Currently in NE flying prairie chickens and sharptailed grouse...

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Lone mill

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Grouse detail

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Ace on grouse

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Tommy

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New pup @ 9 m/o

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The cotton fields up north!

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Another one bites the dust!

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The grouse finding machine!

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misery loves company!

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Boomer

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Sage grouse

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Traveling light!

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Thank you for sharing those images Julia, that bird is an immature Harris' Hawk. Very capable and versatile hunters. I own one too...

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I was also wondering what is done with them in the off season? Do you just keep them fed and lay them up or can you fly them without hunting. I did do some research yesterday and found a few websites giving there birds kills. They all seem to state that they kill 100+ pheasants/60 roosters - 40 hen...

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I work at the sheriff's office where I live and one of our deputies recently passed all the requirements to become a falconer here in Oklahoma. He has a hawk, a red tail, I believe. He was allowed to trap it wild himself. Not sure about where you live but I believe here in Oklahoma it took the depu...

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Hey you gotta enjoy it while you can! Thats why i moved to wyoming....might aswell get in all the hunting i can while i'm young. JWP58, I envy you, The 2 states I have always considered moving to are WY and MT, what part of WY are you at? Are you aware of the eastern 1/3 sage grouse closure push? p...

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"bleep", very interesting to say the least. Although i'm almost more intrigued by the fact that you only work half the year.....you are an inspiration to every man lol Thank you JWP58, The 6 months that I work I do 14-16 hours a day of hard work, but it pays off since I have the fall to myself. I h...

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I hope this illustrates the complexity of this sport. :roll: Why are you rolling your eyes at me and coop? Do you have a problem with our questions? You never mentioned how much they cost. Relax friend! Is that what that little guy means? I just thought it was a funny face, as you can tell, I'm new...

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Drake Mallard

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Hungarian partridge

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Falconry is a game of weight management, each bird has a set weight that they perform the best, it is not about starving the bird, if too low, the bird will not have the energy to climb to the heavens (1200-1800') and wait for you to flush, if too high it may not feel like flying and may act lazy. J...

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I also own a female Harris' hawk, "Lady Cleaver" is a rabbit slayer... The falcons catch feathered game on the wing, hawks and eagles most commonly catch furred game, accipiters can do both.

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Not the norm, but occasionally the falcon takes a double in one stoop. It is even more uncommon when it happens to be a pair of mallards

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Yes, I'm from BSFLD, about 1 1/2 mile from Bill's house. I do some hunting, done a few NSTRA events in Gorman area,that's were I meet Bill. I would like to do a few walking trails next year,we'll see. I'll start running the pup around some wild valleys in about 2 weeks :D ,last parvo shot. Troy, ne...

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Nice pics. I was a falconer in Southern Saskatchewan as well as Alberta, since 1958. Flew Prairie falcons as a kid but as an adult I changed over to Cooper's, Red Tails for rabbits and my all time favorites..Goshawks. It's a super sport. Quit 8 years ago and now I'm back hunting big game and upland...

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WOW, they look great. What's the breeding behind the ID pup.My females is doing great,awesome personality. Awesome pics, how's that new pup going. The new pup is doing very well Troy, I picked up another one from a breeder in ID, so I have my hands full with 2 pups. they are such different personal...

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Longwinger, can you please elaborate on your statement above about training birds in one direction. I am currently building a loft and I have arranged to purchase young birds from a pigeon racer not too far away. I have two places that I normally train, one is five miles away and one is about twent...

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Thanks. I always thought that they had to be raised in the loft to home to it. Can this be done with only young birds or can birds of any age more or less be settled and made to home? Sorry if I was not clear, yes, you have to start with young birds, 6-8 weeks old in order for them to be hard settl...

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Troy08er wrote:Awesome pics, how's that new pup going.

The new pup is doing very well Troy, I picked up another one from a breeder in ID, so I have my hands full with 2 pups.
they are such different personalities, and both are looking to be marvelous dogs.

Here is the other one...

How is your's doing?

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I have been trying to get into this for months now, but its a hard hobby to start its amazing to watch the bird work. I want a peregrine falcon, from what i have read there a good bird for our area. any tips on what to do to get started? What area are we talking about? A peregrine falcon is not for...

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That's insane! Where are you located. Pictures came up good for me, all you have to do is click on them. :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: Guess I did not know that I had to click on them...lol I'm located i...

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With proper training they should be able to home 100 miles in a matter of 8 weeks, and yes I do ship young birds year around. How exactly do you train them to home? I assume that the training you're talking about and "getting them settled in" are the same thing. Well, it starts with getting them se...

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All the dog work and training is the same, but the challenge is having the game,pointer and falcon work as a team.

Preferred game are; sage grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, prairie chicken, and huns

Also like flying ducks here in CA

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That's insane! Where are you located. Pictures came up good for me, all you have to do is click on them. :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: Guess I did not know that I had to click on them...lol I'm located i...

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BTW, can anyone please tell me how to display my attachments outside of the scroll window, so they can be viewed full frame?
Thank you

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A few more...

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Just wanted to share a few pictures from my 2011 season. For those of you who have resurrected from the old scattergun or fowler, here is a new challenge.

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With proper training they should be able to home 100 miles in a matter of 8 weeks, and yes I do ship young birds year around.

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Hi There, I am the owner of www.FalconLofts.com We breed genetically rare mutations of racing homers, I almost always have what I call the by-product (birds that are not expressing the gene they are bred for), These birds are sold to dog trainers or fanciers for $15.00 ea. when settled to your loft,...

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