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Discovering Falconry: A Comprehensive Guide to Contemporary Falconry

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This is one of the best books for someone looking to get into falconry. It has excellent how-to factors in it and has everything or basically everything a novice needs to know to get started. I definitely recommend this book!

If you are interested in becoming a falconer, stay away from this book. As a master falconer, and the current secretary and treasurer of the Maine Falconry and Raptor Conservancy, I have no problem referring to this text (if you could call it that) as "deplorable."

Rowley uses photographs of hawks with unacceptable equipment, and fails to introduce even an ounce of information that is new to the sport. Having read nearly 100 books on the subject, I can honestly say that this was the least useful. Sorry Sam, but if I had been asked to review this book prior to its publication, the task would have been an easy one; and wrapped up with a single word...

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Sam Rowley makes the practice of falconry accessable to the novice. His patient, calm, straightforward explanations of the care and training of a hunting hawk is never condescending to the beginning falconer. In the US, apprentice falconers must be under the guidance of an experienced, sponsoring falconer. When your sponsor is not immediately available, consulting this book is the next best thing. It is not the only falconry manual in print, but since it is written from a US perspective, it is more relevent to American falconry than some of the British books that are available. If you are starting out in the sport, order this book.