Observations on Modern Falconry

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Observations on Modern Falconry

Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting Hunting or shooting animals and game Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest

Author: R. Stevens

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Language: English

Published by: Home Farm Books

Published on: 18 April 2013

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 289 Kb

ISBN: 9781446549117


Originally published in 1972 this important falconry book is probably one of the best of its kind.

The author was a respected falconer of many years experience and his sheer pleasure in the sport shines through his writing.

Contents Include:

The Mews - Weathering Enclosure, Bath, Blocks - Bells, Jesses, Clip Swivels, Lures, Hoods, Whistle - Hack Hut and Hack Ground - Eyasses, Treatment before Hack - Hack, its Advantages and Disadvantages - Eyasses compared with Passgers and Haggards - Food - Hooding and Manning - Taming - Flying to Lure and Use of the Lure - Hawking - Homing - The Moult - Health - Miscellany - The Gyrfalcon

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