Hey all I'm about to move to Clarksville and mr and my wife would really like to get into falconry. How do I get started? Pls email me with info mavrick_7603@yahoo.com
hello all,im a general class falconer living just outside paris tn. im flying a pmrt . i also flew a pm kestrel last season as well.anyone else near by?
@ reno227: I'm in Nashville and fly a PRT. My apprentice is awaiting his general license and will fly his 2x intermewed PFRT, plus maybe a kestrel too. We also have another red-tailer and a goshawker nearby. Maybe there's some hunting grounds half-way between Paris and Nashville where we could meet for a hunt. Rob
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I am looking to get into Falconry. I live in Lychburg Tn, ten minutes south of Shelbyville. Would like to meet up with some one to learn more about it. Please Email me at bponu@yahoo.com put falconry in the topic. I am dead set on it if anyone could help me out I would be dearly grateful.Thank you for your time
I am new, interested in Falconry but I am just wanting to get my feet wet before jumping in head first! I live in Franklin, which is basically in between Columbia and Nashville. Is there any one close to me that would be willing to just let me come and watch what takes place with the raptors? Feeding, handling, or anything else! Thanks so much! Sarah Hoos
I live in Fayetteville,TN at the state line and there are two of us wanting to get into falconry. Is there any one in our area that can help us get started? I personaly am experianced with exotic birds, and would like to get back into breeding birds for pets, but also would like to do falconry as a sport, I just need to find some one that will teach me and a friend so that we can get our licences.
Post by forestdweller on Aug 25, 2010 23:10:32 GMT -5
Hello everyone I just moved to Tennessee with my fiance from Washington State, I've worked at a zoo in the past as well as a vet clinic as a vet assistant/un-certified Tech, and after finishing schooling I have goals to eventually have my own wildlife rehab center, with a career of either vet tech or wildlife officer. Kind of a life long dream for myself is to work with raptors, and while I've been researching them for a while haven't until now been able to seriously considering going for an apprenticeship and learning the trade of falconry. Not really going for the hunting angle, although that is an added bonus, I hope to get my licenses as another area of animal care and training that I can learn to in the future be able to care for them in the best way possible.
As an added bonus my dad and I have always shared a love of hawks and I hope to someday be able to fly a bird with him so he can cross it off his 'bucket list'. Located in Giles Co. (Actually have 20 acres that'd probably be good to fly on.)
Hello everyone I just moved to Tennessee with my fiance from Washington State, I've worked at a zoo in the past as well as a vet clinic as a vet assistant/un-certified Tech, and after finishing schooling I have goals to eventually have my own wildlife rehab center, with a career of either vet tech or wildlife officer. Kind of a life long dream for myself is to work with raptors, and while I've been researching them for a while haven't until now been able to seriously considering going for an apprenticeship and learning the trade of falconry. Not really going for the hunting angle, although that is an added bonus, I hope to get my licenses as another area of animal care and training that I can learn to in the future be able to care for them in the best way possible.
As an added bonus my dad and I have always shared a love of hawks and I hope to someday be able to fly a bird with him so he can cross it off his 'bucket list'. Located in Giles Co. (Actually have 20 acres that'd probably be good to fly on.)
~Forest~
I would recommend finding an existing rehab center to work with. Falconry is the sport of hunting with a raptor.
It's great that you want to start your own rehabilitation center for raptors. However, you will have a very tough time/impossible time trying to find a sponsor if it isn't your intention to hunt with a raptor. "pet keepers" in the sport are largely looked down upon, and not respected. The bird in your possession does not want to be a pet. It wants to be out doing what it naturally would do...hunt.
I strongly urge you to find a rehab center, or even an education facility that you can work with birds.
"We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?" -Bloc Party
Post by forestdweller on Aug 26, 2010 20:04:54 GMT -5
Once I find a rehab center I will be working with them and learning from them, but part of the reason I am interested in starting my own rehab center is because there aren't many near my location, I wouldn't be keeping any raptors as 'pets' they would all be released after healing, thus the 'rehab center' I'm serious about wildlife rehabilitation, conservation and quality care of the animal, as well as keeping these animals wild. I've worked with and rehabilitated small/medium mammals but have never worked with raptors. I figured if there are no rehab centers near me that I can learn from, learning hands on from an experienced falconer would be the next best thing after finishing reading all written care guides I can. I understand falconers are hunters but usually hunters want the animals species they hunt with to be well cared for if injured, and understand that rehabbers are strongly against 'pet ownership' as they are the ones that deal with the aftermath and care for the animals after the irresponsible people realize they are not pets... I have no qualms with the sport of falconry and if not going into wildlife rehabilitation I would probably enjoy the sport but by regulation you cannot do both, and I would rather help injured animals get back into the wild, than keep them as hunting animals, which I would consider still 'pets' just working pets, hunting or as a 'pet' they are still in captivity.. I am just seeking to learn from someone experienced that genuinely cares for the birds how to properly care for them while they are in captivity.
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Once I find a rehab center I will be working with them and learning from them, but part of the reason I am interested in starting my own rehab center is because there aren't many near my location, I wouldn't be keeping any raptors as 'pets' they would all be released after healing, thus the 'rehab center' I'm serious about wildlife rehabilitation, conservation and quality care of the animal, as well as keeping these animals wild. I've worked with and rehabilitated small/medium mammals but have never worked with raptors. I figured if there are no rehab centers near me that I can learn from, learning hands on from an experienced falconer would be the next best thing after finishing reading all written care guides I can. I understand falconers are hunters but usually hunters want the animals species they hunt with to be well cared for if injured, and understand that rehabbers are strongly against 'pet ownership' as they are the ones that deal with the aftermath and care for the animals after the irresponsible people realize they are not pets... I have no qualms with the sport of falconry and if not going into wildlife rehabilitation I would probably enjoy the sport but by regulation you cannot do both, and I would rather help injured animals get back into the wild, than keep them as hunting animals, which I would consider still 'pets' just working pets, hunting or as a 'pet' they are still in captivity.. I am just seeking to learn from someone experienced that genuinely cares for the birds how to properly care for them while they are in captivity.
I guess I'm not really sure where you are headed with this. In your original post, you said that you wanted to get your apprentice falconry license, but wasn't in to the hunting aspect. Falconers trap perfectly healthy (for the most part) birds from the wild, train them, and then return to the wild with them to hunt. From this post, it seems that you may be under the impression that the birds we obtain were injured in the first place.
If I am misunderstanding, and you just want to get your falconry license in order to obtain experience working with raptors, you are doing it for the wrong reasons. Like I said, raptors do not want to be pets. They want to fly, hunt, and kill. If you can't do that for them, you are wasting your time, and the raptor's well being...
"We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?" -Bloc Party
Post by forestdweller on Aug 27, 2010 16:04:31 GMT -5
I know falconers trap healthy birds but in the rehabbing world any animal I get and care for would be injured or a young orphan. So to be blunt about it I can't get the license because it would conflict with getting certified as a rehablitator but I want to learn from an experienced falconer how to properly care for the raptors in captivity.
Most birds that rehablitators get either have a neurological problem or a broken wing that needs healing time before they are released into the wild again, and a rehablitor needs to be able to practice flying the raptor, or basically exercise the wings, and sometimes retrain the bird to hunt for itself to be able to be released into the wild. ...you seem to keep thinking I'm wanting 'pets' when I keep saying a wildlife rehabilitation, which means keeping them in the wild... helping them heal from what ever injury they have and then getting them back to hunting for themselves and release them into the wild as close to their original territory as safely possible
Last Edit: Aug 27, 2010 16:09:52 GMT -5 by forestdweller