Post by Falcon Boy on Mar 12, 2015 8:21:43 GMT -5
If you are an “Apprentice” with a limited budget buy an inexpensive transmitter and the $39.95 Signal Sensor (to let you know if the transmitter is on or off) available from Marshall, and borrow are receiver from your sponsor or a friend if you lose your bird.
I would also agree with this IF you have other falconers with telemetry within reasonable driving distance.
I have to agree to disagree with Yarak though on over confidence and poor weight management. i think if that's going to happen it will happen anyway regardless of the bird having a transmitter attached. Weight management for an apprentice is down to a sponsor kicking butt when its not being adhered to. Finding that sweet spot that the bird hunts like it's on fire is the goal with or without telemetry.
Personally I agree with Yarak with this. I've seen too many birds flown overweight because "worst case he's got a transmitter". Those are the hunts I tend to just leave before starting, because you end up with a bird that won't come down from the tree. Telemetry for a lot of people does equal over confidence.
