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This
is a warning before you scroll down - if you're not
a falconer, you may not like these; if you choose
to go look anyway, we don't want to hear how you,
as a horse person, are not amused. Falconry
cartoons are not for the PETA folks. Falconry
itself is an old, old sport - falcons and hawks
were used to catch small game for dinner. These
days the average hawk or falcon's job is to feed
himself and catch enough to stash in the freezer
for the non-flying days. Falconers think nothing of
driving miles to a good field for their bird to
hunt; many also have dogs to help "beat the bushes"
to see what runs out - our own Pennee is a good dog
for sniffing out rabbits & Bullet has learned
to watch her. Sometimes it's a rabbit. Sometimes a
(yech) rat. Sometimes the bird goes & sits in a
tree & falls on an unlucky lizard or snake or
picks her toes. And while the description for this
page - falconry cartoons - seems to be the "duh!"
explanation, let me clarify. You know how non-horse
people tend to think we're rather obsessed with
horses and anything pertaining to them? Horses, to
non-horse people, are large, smelly creatures who
bite & step all over your feet. They give us
weird looks in the supermarket with our mucky boots
& hay on on our jackets & our carts full of
25 lb bags of carrots. Falconers also tend to be
misunderstood. They have bumper stickers that say
things like "I Brake for Road Kill" or I Swerve for
Small Animals." Their best days are when their bird
catches a rabbit, or a duck, or almost anything,
but the thrill of the chase - letting your bird fly
free, with the option of it leaving you at any time
- is the best part, even if the bird misses
everything she chases or comes home with a rat or a
lizard. See, while we look at rabbits as furry
& cute, the average falconer looks at them as
food for the bird. They buy "chicksicles" from the
local poultry farm for those times when the bird is
molting or hasn't caught anything and think nothing
of storing them in the freezer next to the ice
cream - and that road kill from last week. So when
some of cartoons here seem really rude, please
remember they have a different outlook on life than
we do, their sense of humor is definitely
different, and to each to his own . . .
John
(Hawk) and Bullet, the Harris Hawk he's had since
he was an eyas (baby bird). Bullet is now 19
(2008). John has lost him twice - once during the
Cedar fire in 2003 and once when he escaped from
his weathering area and went exploring. Twice he's
returned to John, after being gone at least a week
both times. Yes, John kisses his bird, just like we
kiss our horses. :)
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