ERO # 019-1806 My dad is a…

ERO # 019-1806

My dad is a falconer and he has encouraged much interest in not only myself, his daughter, but in his 2 granddaughters as well. When reading the proposal I was very interested in the prospect of eliminating the draw and consider this a huge improvement. It enables all apprentice falconers to be able to trap their first bird of prey. Not only does the apprentice gain experience trapping, but they can release their bird back to the wild at the end of the hunting season, knowing that they'll be able to trap a new bird for the next season. This is the way that falconry has been practiced for thousands of years. Releasing birds back to the wild to breed in the spring, and trapping a young bird the next fall season are an important falconry tradition. In this way, the effect of falconry on the wild raptor population is inconsequential.