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Apprentice
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This section is created so you can have question and answers to some common queries about falconry and apprenticeships.
So you want to be a falconer? Well the first thing you have to ask yourself is are you ready to change your life style? Falconry is an art and a sport. It requires infinite hours, commitment, financial stability, finesse, subtlety, skill and patience.
Falconry is not a hobby; it's a lifestyle. As a falconer you must devote time to your bird(s) each and every day. Many times it means special considerations and arrangements for things such as travel, daily activities, even family vacations.
Falconry is not suitable for everyone. Many people are exposed to falconry in a glamorized setting such as a movie, TV show, or magazine article. Rarely do these show the countless hours you spend training, hunting, or providing for well being of the raptor. These are not simply items that you can put into a pen and forget about untill next weekend when you want to go hunting again. Most falconers fly their birds daily during the hunting season, training and care of your raptor. Thus you will have to plan everything else around daily hunting. Unfortunately this is the good side. The other side is animal-rights activists and some environmentalists condemn falconry as "inhumane" and "morally wrong". Even some other hunters condemn falconers, claiming we interfere with "their" hunting or "their" game populations. It is important to understand that scientific research has verified that the use of raptors in the sport of falconry has no detrimental impact on the raptor populations, game populations or on the environment.
A hopeful falconer should begin with knowledge. The beginner should first be consumed with reading all that's available on raptors and falconry. This should include raptor species, species characteristics, nutrition, diseases- ailments and their treatments, prey habitat, prey characteristics, proper husbandry and the legal requirements. They can also at the same time contact and speak with other falconers and ask to accompany them both in training and hunting. This may be the best way to guarantee falconry is "right" for you.
If you have any questions you can contact the Apprentice Coordinator.
Apprentice Workshops
The list below gives you the area an apprentice workshop will be held.
NOTE: All workshops are sponsored by:
Pennsylvania Falconry and Hawk Trust
Central
Sorry No Workshops
Eastern
Sorry No Workshops
Western
Sorry No Workshops
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