Observations on Modern Falconry


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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










Observations on Modern Falconry


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The third book by the eminent falconer, Ronald Stevens, and written in the articulate and fluid style for which he came to be known. Originally published in 1963, this important falconry book is among the best of its kind. Although, by the author's own admission, "the book is strictly 'utility, '" lacking in illustration or extraneous verbiage, it is, nevertheless, a complete guide to falconry. It is written with such enthusiasm for the sport that beginners and experienced falconers alike will benefit from its contents.




Modern Falconry


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A Life with Birds


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Description: A Life with Birds chronicles this astute observer's falconry pursuits, from collecting falcons in Africa and his high-flying falconry exploits across his beloved Irish moors to his pioneering falcon breeding. A real pioneer in falcon breeding, this enigmatic man of old values and new insights brought the art of falconry into the twentieth century.




Falconry.


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Observations Upon Hawking


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This special re-print edition of the 1826 Edition of Sir John Sebright's book "Observations Upon Hawking" has not been available to fans of falconry since it first appeared on the scene in the early 19th Century. The demand for this rare book has brought forth the much needed reprint of this famous classic falconry work. Hints on the Management of Hawks: Practical Falconry will shed considerable light on the history of the management of hawks and falcons for the sport of falconry, including age old techniques as they were practiced in the early 19th Century. Chapters include Partridge Hawking, Magpie Hawking, The Hawking of Rooks, Passage Hawks, Heron Hawking, The Icelander and the Gyr Falcon, Short Winged Hawks, The Sparrow Hawk, On Feeding, On Bathing, On Weathering, Imping, Mewing, The Cage and more. Note: This public domain edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background. This edition is reprinted in accordance to Federal Law.