Basics of Training a Game Falcon

[MitchTalon]

im intrested in flying game as ive resently lost my gyrsaker and was thinking of going on to fly a pere male or female or a hybrid of the pere can any more experianced gamehawkers give a basic look at training as i would be intrested to know how diffrent people train and hoe they acheive good hight position

[Dean]

Mitch,training a gamehawk can be made as easy or as difficult as you want to take it!The end result however is the same,the bird waits on above the falconer or dog until the game is flushed!I have trained the easy way for several plus years with various breeds and the result is always basically the same,obviously some falcons fly higher than others but they have all succeeded in the task ahead of them!Its basically all about knowing the falcon,not pushing her too hard during early lessons and timing her reward!Where are you in Brum?

[MitchTalon]

im out by sutton coldfield not far from tamworth

[MitchTalon]

what would u think the best bird to start gamehawking with i have a p/s already but she is no use for game hunting only going up 100 feet at most more a lure bird i was thinking of a male pere but as ive only trained to a lure and never trained to gain height id be lost where to start

[Ginty]

Have a read of Ray Turners book "gamehawk" i think that pretty much covers everything.

The Hunting falcon by Bruce Haak is pretty good as well and a lot cheaper ;)

Steve

[Dean]

:wink:im out by sutton coldfield not far from tamworth
If you want to pop over I,ll give you my easy version,should start you off before you graduate to more,shall we say,interesting forms!!!You birds wont perform any better,but its sure more fun trying!!!:lol:Im in tamworth at the mo!!!

[Dean]

Have a read of Ray Turners book "gamehawk" i think that pretty much covers everything.

The Hunting falcon by Bruce Haak is pretty good as well and a lot cheaper ;)

Steve
Ray Turners "gamehawk" mmmmmmm interesting!!!

[Little Joe]

Ray Turners "gamehawk" mmmmmmm interesting!!!

Brilliant book!

But you made a very important point as well mate. Serving your hawk!!! A good dog can be a piece of gold!

[MitchTalon]

ant got a dog yet but will be buying on next year its just been a dream of flying falcons at game esp peres but was just looking for advice i will look for the book and see what i can do