Originally Posted by
Saluqi
Where is the contradiction Stacia? First off, the NAFA publications are not peer reviewed scientific journals, therefore, we must state that up front in the disclaimer. Secondly, articles written by falconers are that falconer's opinion, whether that be regarding a method of training, or a personal hawking story, NAFA as an organization, can not vouch for the factual truth such information.
Several years ago, here on NAFEX, someone stated that there was some mistake in a NAFA Journal article, and that what the author of the article had written was not correct from a biologic point of view. Well, that comment was 100% correct, because it was the author's opinion, and not peer reviewed information.
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