SNOWY OWLS

[sohighlyunlikely]

this is a quote from raptors nest as of today. I think this is the guy that was selling young birds in the past.

This ad is for a friend. he has a proven breeder male snowy owl for sale. he is asking $2000 or best offer. please do not email me only phone calls to contact Rick West cell 315-222-4017 or home at 315-232-3974

link www.raptorsnest.com/

[akrmk]

they are allowed for use in ak and we have them in the wild

[cratylus]

I'm still a long way off from getting a falconry bird of any kind, let alone something as difficult as an owl, but the snowy holds a great deal of appeal for me. I trap for part of the year in very Northern Ontario and a snowy owl is likely one of the few birds I could take with me when working a trapline in -40 weather in January. I would have loads of places to fly a bird at ptarmigan (well, sharp-tailed grouse, ptarmigan are still a few hours north) and snowshoe hare, too.

I'd love to talk to someone who's flown one before--there seems to be a lot of conflicting information about them ranging from "you won't catch anything" to "ideal falconry birds."

Edit: Checked the regs to be doubly sure - snowy owls ARE legal falconry birds in Ontario.

[snowyowl]

Snowy owls are only allowed to be purchased not trapped in the USA.