Thread: Hunting with Hawks

About 40 years ago, I was given an owl nestling that had fallen on the road from where ever the nest was located (it arrived in a brown paper bag). I fed it up and it grew up and I flew in around the house from my hand. It was quite affectionate. Even such a small bird was quite difficult to keep well. I had to get up in the middle of the night to feed it and fly it which was always a bit of a problem when getting up for work the next morning. I did read of others flying owls around the house - the idea is to breed mice and set them in the bath tub until the owl gets the idea of catching them. I suppose the next step is to set mice free in the house and fly the owl at them - I'm sure that would go down well with the wife. Later, I applied to the department of internal affairs to take a hawk or falcon for training but the answer was a definite no.