Harris hawk

[one-shot-one-kill 0]

well lads i have being watching a lot of videos and read a few articals on you tube and other sites of people hunting with Harris hawks. looks like a great sport i was thinking of going on a hawk walk iv seen a few sites on the internet that dose them and also do 3 day courses on handling and caring for them i am seriously thinking about getting one. but i want to find out as much info on them before i go about getting one i don't want to be going into the sport blind so to speak i kept a lot of birds over the years but never a bird of prey.

i was wondering if you need a licence to keep them in Ireland and how big of a aviary do you need to keep one in any info will be appreciated.

[esoxluscious 44]

read emma fords, falcnory- art and practice, all the info you need in there, join a club and shadow some one for a while, ive been reading amd watching videos for over a year and been out hunting about six times this season and i am just getting my head around it all now

 

good luck

Edited December 7, 2012 by esoxluscious

[banjo14 49]

join the iff (international falconry forum.

i started helping out when i was ten years old and got my first bird when i was 13 or 14 there is a hell of a lot to learn about wieght control food diseases and ailments. BUT a harris will give you years and years of immense fun if trained correctly.

so go for it . You would do well to find some one to mentor you , try putting an ad up on here and the iff stating home town and hopefully there will be some one near by to help. any questions im sure there is plenty of people on here to give advice and ill always be willing to chat via pm to try and help

atb adam

[one-shot-one-kill 0]

thanks for the info very much appreciated i joined the iff and will be ordering that book soon

[grovsey 74]

well lads i have being watching a lot of videos and read a few articals on you tube and other sites of people hunting with Harris hawks. looks like a great sport i was thinking of going on a hawk walk iv seen a few sites on the internet that dose them and also do 3 day courses on handling and caring for them i am seriously thinking about getting one. but i want to find out as much info on them before i go about getting one i don't want to be going into the sport blind so to speak i kept a lot of birds over the years but never a bird of prey.

i was wondering if you need a licence to keep them in Ireland and how big of a aviary do you need to keep one in any info will be appreciated.

u need a mentor

[GazCross 0]

As above. Get a mentor, read loads and get everything in place BEFORE the bird....this includes telemetry and land to fly on.

Try and get out with some experienced austringers. Good luck.

[lewyboy 11]

i have books dvds never put them down just cant find a mentor to show me the ways

[j j m 6,613]

Get to the local library get as many books as you can,then try to find some one local to show you the ropes mate good luck