#then theres not really any issue in trapping them for another winter and helping them hunt. as long as theyre released again in the spring | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

kiwisoap · 1 year ago

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Congrats Odyssey on his first squirrel! I have a question about falconry! Have you ever trapped and released a hawk, only to trap the same hawk again for a second season?

Hi and thank you!! To answer your question - no, I haven't personally experienced that, because Odyssey is the only bird I've trapped so far! So I don't really have a wide pool of experiences to draw from haha

HOWEVER it's definitely happened to other falconers! It's not super common but I was actually just listening to an episode of the Falconry Told podcast where they interview Al Ross (a prominent merlin falconer) who talked about how he'd trapped the same merlins multiple years in a row. IIRC he had one female that he released in the spring and trapped again in the winter for 5 years straight!

#however youre not technically supposed to keep any haggard (non-juvenile) birds that you trap even if they were previously used for falconry #so from a legal standpoint its not really possible to keep re-trapping the same bird for the winter #however from an ethical standpoint its fine imo. like if you release them in the spring and they get to mate and raise young and migrate #then theres not really any issue in trapping them for another winter and helping them hunt. as long as theyre released again in the spring #but i digress!! basically yes sometimes people trap the same bird twice #falconry #asks

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