AFC 2009 Field Meet

[jhausman]

The American Falconry Conservancy Fall Meet

I wanted to let the membership know that the fall meet will be held this year in El Dorado, Kansas November 17-21. It starts on Tuesday and ends Saturday. We chose those dates so it would not conflict with other meets. We hope everyone can come. The hunting is fantastic, grouse, pheasant, ducks, rabbits and Jacks. It is in the Flint Hills and is a beautiful area. We will send out the Hotel information when it gets closer.

Thanks,

Jason


Click the picture below for more info


http://www.falconryconservancy.org/images/stories/articles/eldorado..png (http://www.falconryconservancy.org/fieldmeet)

[samatney]

Count Me In. are you going to try to get better rates through a couple hotels, Because I would like to book now so I don't wait till the last min. and forget. I know it is a ways off still, but I like to stay on top of things if I can.

Thanks

[jhausman]

Count Me In. are you going to try to get better rates through a couple hotels, Because I would like to book now so I don't wait till the last min. and forget. I know it is a ways off still, but I like to stay on top of things if I can.

Thanks
Glad to hear it! I will try to continue to post updates as I have them! Do not hesitate to contact me if you have not heard anything. 704-906-3136 or PM me.

Cheers!

Jason

[Chris L.]

Jason,
are you going?

Stef and I are thinking of going there first, then driving down to Tx and NM.

let me know

[Chris L.]

Looks like Kansas City (MCI) Airport is the closest to the meet.. anyone know of a closer airport that delta will fly into?

[Roper]

Jason
do we need to join the club to come to the meet if so perhaps a membership form might be in order here.. can you give us a little more info on the peramatures and requirements etc....

[jhausman]

Jason,
are you going?

Stef and I are thinking of going there first, then driving down to Tx and NM.

let me know

I plan to be there brother. We can bunk up. I know Stef misses me something awful! toungeout

[jhausman]

Jason
do we need to join the club to come to the meet if so perhaps a membership form might be in order here.. can you give us a little more info on the peramatures and requirements etc....

Here is the gist. We want to hang out with falconers and hunt with falconers. No other agenda. Please join AFC to help falconry. Not to go to a meet! If you are not a member. Please become one or come as my guest!

Sign up for AFC is located at www.falconryconservancy.org

Hope we see you there!!!

[wesleyc6]

I suspect I will come out a few days also. I hate the Thanksgiving day clash one has to deal with. Having to choose to put the falconry over family to attend the entire NAFA meet always bothered me. Family won out every year but one for me.

[Chris L.]

I plan to be there brother. We can bunk up. I know Stef misses me something awful! toungeout

LOL yeah she mentions your name way to much ;)...

you flying or driving??

We will be flying but seems the biggest airport is 2 hours away!.. hmm confusedd

J, you should ride down to amarillo with Stef and I. Going to go there the week of thanksgiving then to New Mexico to see Paul, Greg, nate and the other NM crew. Loopi's thinking of coming but not holding my breath on that one

[jhausman]

LOL yeah she mentions your name way to much ;)...

you flying or driving??

We will be flying but seems the biggest airport is 2 hours away!.. hmm confusedd

J, you should ride down to amarillo with Stef and I. Going to go there the week of thanksgiving then to New Mexico to see Paul, Greg, nate and the other NM crew. Loopi's thinking of coming but not holding my breath on that one

Yeah, tell her I love her too!

As for riding down with you... man I would love too! I just have way too many trips planned already! ND, KS, IN are all on the books! Oh... ad Ireland in August! Don't think I can add much more! Plus, you don't want me around Stef that long anyway!!! ;)

Your pal,

J.

[jhausman]

I suspect I will come out a few days also. I hate the Thanksgiving day clash one has to deal with. Having to choose to put the falconry over family to attend the entire NAFA meet always bothered me. Family won out every year but one for me.

That is the VERY reason we chose to stay away from holidays.

[borderhawk]

Here is the gist. We want to hang out with falconers and hunt with falconers. No other agenda. Please join AFC to help falconry. Not to go to a meet! If you are not a member. Please become one or come as my guest!

Sign up for AFC is located at www.falconryconservancy.org (http://www.falconryconservancy.org)

Hope we see you there!!!

so..... no big banquet or raffle?:eek: :( Just all hawking and parties?(dog) rockonbeeer

I suppose I can handle that.... :D

[Roper]

jason
so is it that unorganized (not meaning a negative here) . is there a meet hotel or do we all meet in a field and build a camp fire and pitch a tent or bring an rv, no agenda than just hanging and hawking. tell me more

[raptrlvr]

Those dates sound like the time that the eagle club has their meet. I think they are in Garden city, Kansas.

[jhausman]

jason
so is it that unorganized (not meaning a negative here) . is there a meet hotel or do we all meet in a field and build a camp fire and pitch a tent or bring an rv, no agenda than just hanging and hawking. tell me more

As with all meets, there will HAVE to be some organization. That is all in the works now or I would just post it up here. It will be coming soon. Hotel info etc. No worries!

I would just as soon sleep in a tent or my FJ with my birds. Though, I have to agree with some others on here. I might be getting just old enough to lean towards a nice bed! ;)

[Roper]

jason
sounds workable to me.. keep us informed.. In the last couple of years, there has been a bunch of us going some where the week before and then heading to the nat meet..
two years ago went to Trinadad and then to Alamosa Co.
last year Dodge City and then Amarillo.

this sounds perfect the week before the meet somewhere and then to oklahoma for a couple of days .. I usually have to leave on Wednesday before thanksgiving as I promised my daughter I would be home for thanks giving..
keep us informed

[jhausman]

jason
sounds workable to me.. keep us informed.. In the last couple of years, there has been a bunch of us going some where the week before and then heading to the nat meet..
two years ago went to Trinadad and then to Alamosa Co.
last year Dodge City and then Amarillo.

this sounds perfect the week before the meet somewhere and then to oklahoma for a couple of days .. I usually have to leave on Wednesday before thanksgiving as I promised my daughter I would be home for thanks giving..
keep us informed


Will do! Cheers!

J.

[harrishawk_79]

whats the weather like at that time of the season there

[jhausman]

whats the weather like at that time of the season there

Somebody else will have to answer that one for ya. I would be guessing.

[NCFalconer]

I would just as soon sleep in a tent or my FJ with my birds.

So...you're driving out? Save me a seat.

[jhausman]

So...you're driving out? Save me a seat.

Now D. You KNOOOW I ain't drivin' if YOU are going!!!!! ;) rockon

[NMHighPlains]

two years ago went to Trinadad

You went to Trinidad CO? That's almost in my backyard...

Personally, I like the idea of less structure. I go to hawk and talk anyway. I think I'll slap those dates on my calendar and see what happens.

[NCFalconer]

Now D. You KNOOOW I ain't drivin' if YOU are going!!!!! ;) rockon

If there are any ducks and if the birds are in shape, I am going. And praying for good weather to fly in!

[Bird_Dog]

If there are any ducks and if the birds are in shape, I am going. And praying for good weather to fly in!

There are definitely lots of ducks and ponds, plus pheasants and chickens. It's very nice!

-- Scott

[Chris L.]

Bump of this thread to remind some people about the meet

looks like they have hotel information on the AFC site Click the picture below for more details


http://www.falconryconservancy.org/images/stories/articles/eldorado..png (http://www.falconryconservancy.org/fieldmeet)

[frootdog]

I made my hotel reservations this morning but the person that made them had no idea what I was talking about. I gave them AFC, Ron Krupa, American Falconry Conservancy and they could not find any block of reserved rooms. Anyone else have a problem?

[Peregrinus]

I made my reservations last week. I mentioned that I was attending the AFC meet, but they didn't acknowledge whether they knew about that either way. So maybe I'll show up and no one will be there. This is the El Dorado Spa in Mexico, right? <g>

Bridget

[Saluqi]

What does a non-resident temporary small-game hunting license cost in KS? Habitat stamps? Waterfowl stamps? Does KS have any import rules regarding raptors?

[Heatherg]

Small game license is $71.00 if you buy it at walmart...$75.00 if you buy it online. Not sure bout' pheasant or waterfowl stamps etc....The license is good till Dec 31st 2009. There are no short term (5 day type) licenses available for KS.

[FredFogg]

Has anyone else booked a hotel room for the AFC Meet? Anymore information on if the hotel knows about the meet when you book a room? Who all is going? I will be there Friday and Saturday.

[frootdog]

Has anyone else booked a hotel room for the AFC Meet? Anymore information on if the hotel knows about the meet when you book a room? Who all is going? I will be there Friday and Saturday.

I confirmed my reservation tonight and they had it all squared away.

[Roper]

where and who is organizing this thing .. Krys it's time to step up again like you did for the nafex dinner !!!!!!

[jfseaman]

I leave Saturday 11/14.

First stop Kingman AZ..
then
Albuquerque, NM
Weatherford, OK
and arrive in El Dorado on the 17th.

I'm keeping the mileage below 500 per day so I can weather and perhaps fly the birds each day.

From there I go to Kansas City, MO for a couple days with Mom. Then down to Woodward, OK.

The non-resident fees along the way are pretty ridiculous, $70 or more each state. In many ways too much for a one day hunt with no knowledge of each area.

So there lies the problem. If I balloon or kite do I need a hunting license? If i throw a sealed pigeon do I need a hunting license?

[jfseaman]

El Dorado was an interesting field meet.

Thanks to Ron Krupa (sp?) for doing all the leg work.

I had good success at the meet, taking a teal and helping trap a prairie for one of the forum members who is pretty much a lurker. He had given up and given away his pigeons. We were spotting ponds when we came across this girl.

Here are a shot of the new prairie.

http://www.softforge.net/falconry/prarie.jpg

[sharptail]

That is one big grin!!

[Migisi]

Any more pictures from the meet? I'd love to see some. photoo

[frootdog]

Any more pictures from the meet? I'd love to see some. photoo

I have a lot! but I will have to work on getting them posted this week while I am out at the ranch deer hunting.

[borderhawk]

I'd like to hear more about the AFC meet. How big was it? Was there alot of fun to be had? How many liked it enough to go to the next one? Will there be a next one? (and a whole bunch of other questions I'm finding difficulty putting to words.) etc.......

[Dirthawking]

I have a lot! but I will have to work on getting them posted this week while I am out at the ranch deer hunting.

And.....

[frootdog]

I'd like to hear more about the AFC meet. How big was it? Was there alot of fun to be had? How many liked it enough to go to the next one? Will there be a next one? (and a whole bunch of other questions I'm finding difficulty putting to words.) etc.......

I would definitely go again. All in all there were probably 50ish people coming and going. Some came on the way to the eagle meet, some after a couple days at the eagle meet, some on the way trapping, some on the way to the NAFA meet, and some just for the AFC meet itself. I think dinner Thurs had the most people there about 35. It was not the first AFC (WRTC) meet and likely not the last.

[Roper]

Michelle
I met up with my english buds in guthrie OK . which was really stupid because we turned around and came back north the El Dorado to go to the afc meet .. complete waist of fuel and time. My english buds gary wren and guy whitmarsh and I headed to el dorado .. if we would have been thinking we would have had gary and guy come up to there and not waisted the time going to guthrie ok.. some times i am really short sighted.. anyways we got there and it was cold and it was turning wet and sleeting. we watched the weather and decided to head to the west part of the state toward garden city way as the weather appeared much better there.. we got a chance to visit with a few falconers but we bailed .. I think you could have hawked right outside the hotel immediately behind the hotel.. we were seeing bunnies there at night.. so we were only there for a limited time in the very beginning.
As I get older I am learning and yearning to appreciate people that have the same interests that I do and only get to see them for a short period of time.. Got a chance to meet and come to know Geroge Bristol and others. Able to help mend a few fences and it all turned out good.
eventually we headed to Woodward and I approached woodward more on the Social aspect this time around as I was only going to be there for the first 3 days. I missed the meetings and I quess i really missed some good infor but I like the idea .. But of course we go out the week before on our way to the meet and really push the bush so to speak.

[borderhawk]

Got a chance to meet and come to know Geroge Bristol and others. .

LOL!!! He's a character, huh? I'm sure he'll be at the DHC this weekend, he gets around.

[Dirthawking]

I have a lot! but I will have to work on getting them posted this week while I am out at the ranch deer hunting.

and....we are waiting..... toungeout

[frootdog]

and....we are waiting..... toungeout

Good things come to those who wait. I have over 2000 pics from my trip to go through. I made the NAFEX dinner pics my priority. :D

[Lowachi]

Good things come to those who wait. I have over 2000 pics from my trip to go through. I made the NAFEX dinner pics my priority. :D
as well you should have!!!haill

[frootdog]

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[frootdog]

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[frootdog]

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[frootdog]

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[FredFogg]

Krys, you shouldn't have posted those last two pictures. LOL Man, you can see we were road weary. We had just driven about 20 hours straight. :eek:

Well, you posted more pictures before I could post. The last two in the previous post are the ones I am talking about. LOL

[frootdog]

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[frootdog]

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[frootdog]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/frootdog/Amos1.jpg

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[frootdog]

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[FredFogg]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/frootdog/sally1.jpg

Hey, that is Sally, tipped primaries and all. LOL Great shot of her flying off away from us all and not coming down when I called her Krys! LOL That is what I get for flying her too heavy! Sorry about that!

[Eragon]

Are these Brian McDonald hoods?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/frootdog/AFC2009260.jpg

If they are, does anybody know how much he charges for a hood like these?

[frootdog]

Are these Brian McDonald hoods?



If they are, does anybody know how much he charges for a hood like these?

They are and I believe they were $150 each.

[Lowachi]

Are these Brian McDonald hoods?


If they are, does anybody know how much he charges for a hood like these?

Yessir they are, and I believe the 'dog is correct on the price as well.