Every year I stay in Creston, Iowa with Aaron Chapman, and this year he has added a new member to his family. A 1 year old Red Tailed Hawk named Izzy (short for Izabel). He has recently completed his Falconry license requirements and is able to hunt squirrels and rabbits with a Hawk. Very cool.
I got the chance to hunt with her Saturday morning, and it was quite an experience. We would walk around some brushy areas and try to flush rabbits out for Izzy to dive bomb. Izzy would follow us around from tree to tree, watching intently. We didn't get any rabbits, but Izzy flew down and got herself a nice field mouse. She's an amazing beautiful animal and it's very weird to be watching TV, while a hawk watches you.
Oh yeah, I got a BIG surprise coming to my blog in a couple days.
I left one piece of my hunting trip out that was the experience of a lifetime.
Stay tuned...
1 comment:
*So you take her out and get the rabbits to come out of the bushes and she nabs them? Sweet!!
*How does she follow you? Just fly around and land in the trees? How does she know to stay with you? What kind of training does this entail?
*I'm very intrigued. I must know!
-B
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