A member of the audience stands with his arm outstretched for a falcon to land on during an Ohio School of Falconry presentation Wednesday at the Belpre EMS Training Academy. Many of the birds used ...

On Nov. 2, I trapped a juvenile red-tailed hawk and began the process of training. He will likely be returned to the wild after a year or two of guaranteed food, health benefits, and company housing, ...

Commonly referred to as The Sport of Kings, falconry is defined as the pursuit of wild game with trained raptors. Doesn’t ...

Falconry is considered to be the oldest sport known to man. Its participants, called falconers, train birds of prey to hunt game. As Pamela Watts of Rhode Island PBS reports, it’s also a chance to ...

Anna McBeain had a hard time finding a licensed falconer who would take her interest in falconry seriously enough for an apprenticeship. “I think it’s because I’m young and I don’t look like someone ...

PAMELA WATTS: Falconry or Hawking is training Raptors to hunt game with you. Witnessing their majestic flight, you understand why it was crowned the sport of kings. Its origins date back centuries to ...