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HERE I AM GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE ADVICE JUST TO THEM WHO WANT TO TAKE IT IN. THINK ALOT WHAT YOU WANT  WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING A BIRD OF PREY. THERE ARE A VAST AMOUNT OF BIRDS OUT THERE SO CHOOSING A BIRD CAN BE A TASK IN IT'S SELF. A FEW PRIORITIES SHOULD BE CHECKED FIRST.
1. MONEY AND COST TO BUY THE BIRD.
2. WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO WITH BIRD,( THIS MIGHT BE A DAFT QUESTION TO YOU BUT DO YOU WANT TO HUNT OR LURE WORK).
3. NOW HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THE BIRD.
4. CALCULATE THE TIME YOU HAVE EACH WEEK AND SEE WHERE YOU CAN FIT A BIRD IN.
5. WHEN TO YOU INTEND TO FLY IT AND HOW OFTEN.
6. GIVE TIME IN THINKING HOW A SERIOUS A HOBBY YOU ARE GETTING INTO AS A BIRD OF PREY NEEDS SOME KIND OF WORK EACH DAY.
7. SEEK ADVICE ALWAYS IN THIS MATTER, ASK ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF BIRDS ARE GOOD FOR BEGINNERS AND WHAT ARE NOT.
8. IF YOU CANNOT LOOK INTO THESE WITH A SERIOUS THOUGHTS AND YOUR MIND OPEN TO WHAT CAN BE AND CANNOT BE I WOULD ADVICE YOU ARE NOT READY FOR A BIRD.


I PERSONNALY HAVE A HARRIS AND A FALCON BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT  A FALCON TAKES A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME TO TRAIN AND FLY. I HAVE TRAINED A FALCON BUT I FEEL THAT I DIDN'T GIVE IT ENOUGH TIME DUE TO WORK. I HAD THE FALCON FLYING FREE AND HE WAS DOING FOUR PASSES AT THE LATER STAGE IN TRAINING. THE PROBLEM I CAME UP AGAINST WAS THAT WHEN THE DARK NIGHTS CAME IN AND BY THE TIME I GOT HOME FROM WORK IT WAS TO LATE FOR FLYING HIM SO HE NEVER GOT AS MUCH WORK AS HE SHOULD BE GETTING. THEREFORE  WHEN I DID GET HIM OUT I WAS JUST ABOUT STARTING OVER AGAIN EVERYTIME. FROM FOUR PASSES BACK TO ONE AND UNLESS YOU CAN FLY HIM ABOUT THREE TIMES A DAY TO BUILD HIM UP I WOULD NOT CONSIDER A FALCON. ALTHOUGH IT WAS GOOD TO SEE HIM COMING AT THE LURE AND EXCITING WHEN WORKING WITH HIM THE TIME NEEDED IS ALOT MORE. SO I MAY HAVE A SWAP FOR AN AMERICAN REDTAIL WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO BE A VERY GOOD HUNTER.
PHOTOS WILL FOLLOW IF BIRD SWAP GOES AHEAD.      
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM PICS ABOVE THE SWAP WENT AHEAD AND NOW I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF AN AMERICAN REDTAIL. COUGAR HIS NAME AND ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD AND NEAR ENOUGH FEATHER PERFECT I WONDER HOW LONG THAT WILL LAST BY THE TIME HE GETS HUNTING. HE IS SUPPOSE TO QUITE A HUNTER AND GOES AT THE PREY WITH EAGERNESS TO THE EXTREMES. 2LB 7OZ WHEN I PICKED HIM UP AND HE IS TO BE AROUND 2LB FOR HUNTING SO STARTED BRINGING HIM DOWN. 15.02.03 COLLECTED.