As dawn breaks over the stark mountains and scrubland of California’s Eastern Sierras, falconer Shawn Hayes can be found striding across remote fields with a powerful bird of prey on his gloved wrist, ...

Anyone who has ever seen a hawk or falcon effortlessly glide through the sky in pursuit of prey has admired its grace and instinct, but some people, known as falconers, actually hunt with these ...

“The Art of Falconry” explores the unique relationship between human and hawk. Humans have been hunting with birds for at least 5,000 years and in Idaho the practice has become increasingly popular ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The red-tailed hawk sat perched on the twisted limb of an old, dead tree, its eyes locked on the woman traipsing through the briars and thickets below. Wherever Jade Chen went, ...

From Stavridanoudakis v. U.S. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife, decided Friday by Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill (E.D. Cal.): The Migratory Bird Treaty Act ("MBTA") codifies the protections of migratory birds as ...

The training of falcons as hunting companions dates back nearly 3,000 years and is one of the oldest hunting methods on record. At first, falconry was used to help in hunts, but it quickly became a ...

CAMDEN - When deer season ends, many Alabama hunters put their high-powered rifles away and grab their .22 rifles or shotguns for a little small game hunting. But one group of hunters gathered in ...

Ken Aubin, of Auburn, with "Jade",one of the Harris's Hawks that he and his wife Melissa hunt with. (Dick Blume/The Post Standard) Examinations for those seeking a license to practice the sport of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HAMMOND, La. (WGNO) — Birds are simply ...