Quote Originally Posted by footbound View Post
Eric,
Just go hawking as much as you can with what you have. It will all work out.
Thank you for the encouragement.

My fall back is to take another passage red-tail hawk just as I have done for the last 2 years. A passage bird already knows how to hunt and needs only a few slips and a drop in weight to figure out that Jack rabbit is on the menu.
I was just hoping that I could train a Harris's hawk. It is the favorite of all the hawkers I hang out with. They are super tame and never try to fly off even when over hunting weight.
The hawks that are a couple of years old catch a jack rabbit nearly everytime we go hunting, but I was concerned that the low numbers of game would present a problem for a first -year chamber raised bird. Therefore waiting until next year when I can get a dog or better fields might be the right option for me.