Hello Y'all! (from Mississippi)

[JeremyLee]

Hi,

My name is Jeremy and I live in south central Mississippi. I am 31 years old and have been deeply interested in falconry for most of my life. However, I have never met any falconers or seen falconry in action other than in books, film, and youtube. I received my packet from Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks earlier today. I have emailed the Central Mississippi Hawking Club requesting info from them. So now I am just kinda waiting. I have a couple more books on the way from Northwoods so I can keep on learning. At this point I just would like to talk with some falconers to see how to proceed and hopefully find someone near enough to me to get started soon.

[thunderheartiii]

Hello and to NAFEX. There's plenty to read here and lots of great knowledge tucked away in the forums. Again...welcome.

[Red-tail71]

Welcome Jeremy! I hope all goes well and you follow through with your interests. Hopefully in your packet they will include a sponsors list. If not there is a ton of info on the internet. On this site you can go through the members list and look for someone in your area. From there hopefully you can find a sponsor and they can guide you through the process. Good luck and stick with it man!!

Take care, David

[JeremyLee]

Well, it's been about two years since I last posted, so here's a re-introduction of sorts: things didn't pan out before, the company I was working for went under about a year and a half ago, and I've been in barber school for the last 13 months. Last week, finally, I spoke with a falconer in Mississippi. One of 21. If all goes well I will be going trapping with him this Monday. I am hopeful this will lead to me getting a sponsor. I guess dreams do come true after all.

[Sym]

I look forward to hearing more about your adventures.. keep me updated.

[JeremyLee]

I will Sym; thanks.

[JeremyLee]

spent the morning with a master falconer, learned a lot, saw no hawks. But, the journey has begun. Now, I start preparing for the test.