Falconry with merlin falcons, learn to train, trap and hunt with merlins. Including articles on flying casts of merlins, falconry equipment for merlins.

As of the 2022 falconry season I’ve flown over 30 passage merlins, most of them female columbarius with only one male flown. I’ve flown four casts, and I’ve inter-mewed four of these …

Proper equipment is the most important and most overlooked aspect of successfully flying a merlin. Merlins have very delicate legs that are easily damaged. To get the most from your bird …

How to trap merlin falcons with Dho-gazza nets. Additional information on trapping with small cannon nets.

A small, pale falcon flashing through a flock of cowbirds at a distance could be either of three species. But serious birders, banders and experienced falconers should all be able to “tell a …

Merlin Falconry Equipment The equipment below is the same equipment I use on my own birds. This equipment has been developed over 25 years of flying and trapping merlins.

I’ve flown seven merlins for falconry. I’ve hunted mostly sparrows, but they’ve caught a variety of birds. I would best describe the way I hunt with merlins as “loose” on marked quarry. In short, I …

Her prey, snatched in flight six feet above the muddy bank of a pond, was a Common Snipe: one of falconry’s most difficult quarries. Catching this one cost the lives of two falcons, the pride of …

This is a 2" Pole Perch Kit. The kit includes everything shown except for the bucket, mute pan and concrete (Merlin also not included). Please allow 2 weeks for delivery. You will receive 3 pole …

I first discovered this at the end of the 2001-2002 falconry season. I was flying Mallory, an inter–mewed passage female merlin, and Daisy, a young female peregrine. In February I …