Quote Originally Posted by Saluqi View Post
By 2012 there will be 26 states up and running under the new regs which leaves just two years to get the other 23 states on board. I know from personal experience that it took three years to get the new regs through the system here in New Mexico. So, for the states where the process is foundering it could well be that come January 2014 - the deadline for compliance - some of these 23 states will lose falconry as a legal means of hunting.

This is the most important issue facing falconry today and should not be taken lightly by anyone who plans on flying birds in the future.
Indeed, Paul. Some of these states need legislative approval, and have legislatures that meet once every two years.