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Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

Title:	The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:	Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:	SALEM::PAPPALARDO

Created:	Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1561
Total number of notes:	17784

140.0. "Falconry anyone ?" by POWDAH::MCCARTHY (Give every man his Dew) Mon Mar 14 1988 20:53

   Does/has anyone in this notes file ever hunted with falcons ?  What about 
the "modern day" legalities of hunting "with" birds ?
   On another note, has anyone else noticed the vast increase of hawks in the 
Massachusetts and New Hampshire areas in the past few years ?  Today, out in 
the parking lot of NRO were a pair of hawks circling around the edge of the 
parking lot "hunting" for food.  A beautiful sight to behold considering hawks 
were almost extinct in the Northeast only a few years ago.  I seem to see them 
almost daily these days when traveling along the major highways.  They seem to 
like the median strips for their meals.

Mike

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
140.1	Falcons Legal in Colorado	GENRAL::BOURBEAU	`Tue Mar 15 1988 10:13`	8
	I don't know much about falconry,but I do know that it's legal here in Colorado,and that there are several clubs who hunt with falcons. The Air Force Academy's mascot is the falcon,and they have and train several of them. They fly them at half-time in the stadium at their football games. George
140.2	Flying Blunderbusses!!!	MTBLUE::SCHNEIDER_JA	`Thu Mar 17 1988 22:51`	15
	My neighbor is one of the "three Licensed Falconers"(?) in the state of Maine.. He brought the bird from Oklahoma (sp?) where he used it for pheasants. He now hunts (?) ducks on the Scarborough Marsh. He is restricted to hunting in season... I have had the pleasure of releasing pigeons for exercise...Boy! Are those buggers fast.. and do they have weapons. A seven pound female has talons the size of a average womans hand....Take a look. After soaring on the sea-breeze at about 500 feet, She tucks her wings and dives almost vertically and when she hits... my 12ga. doesn't do that to a bird. You can't find a better retriever either. But, if I fed every fourth bird to Beth (GSP dog) she would be motivated too! I have a video tape. interested? Jack
140.3		BPOV09::JAMBERSON	`Fri Mar 18 1988 08:20`	10
	Jack, I went to college with Maine, a friend of mine had a couple of hawks that he hunted with. His name was Kent ???? Im curious if the guy you know is the same person. We use to fly the birds around Portland. It is alot of fun. We use to get squirrels and rabbits. I think that this guy was originally from around Ct, but I'm not sure. I must be getting old.....my memory is failing. Neat sport but it takes ALOT of work. Jeff
140.4	Falconer nearby!	MTBLUE::SCHNEIDER_JA	`Fri Mar 18 1988 13:30`	15
	Jeff, this person's name is Dr. David Eflicher... He's a Dermatologist in the Portland Medical center. The Bird he flies is a 6 year old Perigrine Falcon... He flies Females as they are 1-2 lbs larger than males... a male would have a problem with ducks (not the kill but the retrieve..)being larger than they are.. the principal food for City Resident Peri's is the common pigeon.. in the rural area's most small birds are fair "game" Falcons only hunt birds... Mic used to hunt with DOG-Bird combinations...Well trained English setters (Buck and Mac) in the fields or on the periphery of ponds,estuarys, streams etc. It was something to see the Falcon track the dogs as they scented the birds... Some things about hunting are Beautiful!!!! Jack
140.5	Is it on film?	DECWET::HELSEL	`Fri Mar 18 1988 16:24`	8
	re .4: Wow. I like the picture that comes to mind when I think about the dog and the Falcon working together. I'd like to see that! Brett.