A dramatic new large format book, a documentary of one man’s epic journey over several decades find and successfully hunt Sage Grouse with falcons. Steve demonstrates the relentless efforts and energy required to successfully study and more fully understand and find the magnificent birds in their remote habitat. His notes and observations on the natural history and seasonal behaviors of these large North American grouse contain the insights gained from extended and patient observation.
The Art of Hawking Sage Grouse
I never heard of it but Steve likely has.
The Art of Hawking Sage Grouse is a narrowly-focused falconry book, and therefore welcome for good reason: we have no shortage of general purpose falconry books in this day and age. Steve’s book deals with only one very specialized branch of game-hawking, one that few experience or are even able to attempt, one that few experience or are even able to attempt, one that may in fact be rendered illegal or consigned to history in the near future. Here is a book with observational descriptions and hard-won insights gained over decades of devotion to the art and detailing how his incredible record of consistent success in finding and hawking grouse has been achieved. This work will be a memorable milestone to a moment in our falconry time-line that may be coming to a close, as with the Heron Hawking days in Holland, now impossible, only to be read about.
Yes, 100 years from now it may be all that is left of an eye blink in time.
Wonderful book. Have looked over but just haven’t had the money to invest in my own copy. Something else to budget for. Thanks for the reminder.