I'm a wanna be apprentice from NW Louisiana. I was lucky enough to find and meet some very good falconers in my area last weekend 2/20/11 who were willing to let me tag along with them for some squirrel hawking. I had an absolute blast which just made my desire to get into this lifestyle grow even more.

I am doing a plethora of reading and studying right now and plan to continue throughout the summer as well as construct my mews.

A big thanks to Michael Beran for getting me in the loop and inviting me to tag along. And another big thanks to Rusty Scarborough for letting me tag along for the hunt on his property. I hope to absorb all of the knowledge I can from these two guys. They invited me for another hunt tomorrow morning and I can't wait. Weather looks like its going to be great.