First of all you need to read the Forum Rules at the top of the page, and make sure you sign each post with your name otherwise you will get in trouble on here. Now that we have that cleared up, . Illinois has many great falconers, I would suggest looking into to the IFO forum. http://illinoisfalconers.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=1. The best thing to do is get out and get hunting with some falconers. and see if this is for you. There is a meet February 9th in Bloomington which is worth looking into. Also I suggest picking up a couple books and start reading, and going through forums and reading post. It's not a easy process to become a falconer, but if it's truly something you want it's achievable and well worth all the effort. Good luck