Table of Contents

An historical outline; the birds themselves; training in brief; housing; tools and equipment; hoods and hooding; handling the new arrival; condition; manning and early training; flying free and getting fit; flying falcons out of the hood; flying short-wings; merlins; game hawking; moulting, imping and coping; lost hawks; hack and hacking back; dogs for hawking; hood-making; making bells and hawking bags; glove-making; health and disease; captive breeding; hawking houbara with sakers.

Promotional Information

A book on all aspects of the sport of falconry and hawking. Topics include history, the birds themselves, training, housing, tools and equipment, handling and training. There are two new chapters on health and disease and captive breeding and on the author's experience of Arab falconry practice.

About the Author

Phillip Glasier was a keen conservationist, and trained and flew birds of prey for over 60 years as both an amateur and a professional. He was the founder of the Falconry Centre of Newent in Gloucestershire and co-founder of the Hawk Trust and the Raptor Breeders Association.