Hello from Oregon!

[Tnocks]

My name is Thomas Nockles (preferably Tommy) I am 21, and I am from Gresham, Oregon. I grew up as a outdoors/wilderness nerd and spent all my time watching animal planet where I fell in love with wildlife and the great outdoors. I also grew up participating in the Boy Scouting of America program where I was able to earn the rank of Eagle Scout! During scouting, I was even more exposed to the majesty of the wilderness through camping, backpacking, and hiking. My dad has been fortunate enough to buy his own whitewater rafting equipment, and my family has been out on river for the past 25-30 years. I have a passion for serving the public and protecting wildlife so I decided to enroll at Oregon State University and pursue a degree towards Fisheries and Wildlife Science with a specialization in Law enforcement. This upcoming fall will already be my senior year!

My entire family is an outdoors type, but none of us have never been involved in the hunting aspect. I got involved using firearms last summer and this last spring when I went skeet shooting and spring turkey hunting. I've had a previous internship with OSP doing 100 hours of ride alongs and have just started another internship this past July with the Oregon Department of Fisheries and Wildlife which goes through December.

I have always been fascinated by wild raptors and how truly unique and amazing they are. I had never known about falconry until about a few years back. Ever since then I have been obsessed with watching all sorts of videos on youtube and picking up a bird book and attempting to identify raptors I see perching on power lines. This last week I got to do a falconry inspection of a mew with my boss, and I decided there that I was going to start seriously considering falconry and doing research. I love hunting and being in the field. Having the privilege to be in cooperation with an actual wild raptor to hunt just blows my mind and fuels my passion for wanting to dive in and get hands on experience.

I have my hardest year of school coming this next year, while I am still working part time. I will only have a little bit of time here and there during school to study and read all the books and information. I would definitely make time to go to falconry meets and assist with hunting on weekends though!

Cheers,
-Thomas Nockles

[California Native]

My name is Thomas Nockles (preferably Tommy) I am 21, and I am from Gresham, Oregon. I grew up as a outdoors/wilderness nerd and spent all my time watching animal planet where I fell in love with wildlife and the great outdoors. I also grew up participating in the Boy Scouting of America program where I was able to earn the rank of Eagle Scout! During scouting, I was even more exposed to the majesty of the wilderness through camping, backpacking, and hiking. My dad has been fortunate enough to buy his own whitewater rafting equipment, and my family has been out on river for the past 25-30 years. I have a passion for serving the public and protecting wildlife so I decided to enroll at Oregon State University and pursue a degree towards Fisheries and Wildlife Science with a specialization in Law enforcement. This upcoming fall will already be my senior year!

My entire family is an outdoors type, but none of us have never been involved in the hunting aspect. I got involved using firearms last summer and this last spring when I went skeet shooting and spring turkey hunting. I've had a previous internship with OSP doing 100 hours of ride alongs and have just started another internship this past July with the Oregon Department of Fisheries and Wildlife which goes through December.

I have always been fascinated by wild raptors and how truly unique and amazing they are. I had never known about falconry until about a few years back. Ever since then I have been obsessed with watching all sorts of videos on youtube and picking up a bird book and attempting to identify raptors I see perching on power lines. This last week I got to do a falconry inspection of a mew with my boss, and I decided there that I was going to start seriously considering falconry and doing research. I love hunting and being in the field. Having the privilege to be in cooperation with an actual wild raptor to hunt just blows my mind and fuels my passion for wanting to dive in and get hands on experience.

I have my hardest year of school coming this next year, while I am still working part time. I will only have a little bit of time here and there during school to study and read all the books and information. I would definitely make time to go to falconry meets and assist with hunting on weekends though!

Cheers,
-Thomas Nockles

Hello Tommy,

There is a Oregon falconry club name Oregon Falconers Association. Attending Oregon State is the current vice president of that club, a Trent Seager. Now enrolled in the Forestry field. You can look up the OFA website and look around. Inquiries often go to Trent since he designed the current website and is actively updating it. He is a good source for anything current in the states falconry.

Dan

[Breeze]

Welcome, Tommy! Fasten your seatbelt, falconry is a fascinating ride! Enjoy!

[Ally]

Welcome Tommy! Good luck!

[sharptail]

My name is Thomas Nockles (preferably Tommy) I am 21, and I am from Gresham, Oregon. I've had a previous internship with OSP doing 100 hours of ride alongs and have just started another internship this past July with the Oregon Department of Fisheries and Wildlife which goes through December.

This last week I got to do a falconry inspection of a mew with my boss, and I decided there that I was going to start seriously considering falconry and doing research. I love hunting and being in the field. Having the privilege to be in cooperation with an actual wild raptor to hunt just blows my mind and fuels my passion for wanting to dive in and get hands on experience.

Cheers,
-Thomas NocklesHi Tommy and welcome to a portion of the falconry community. Yours is an interesting story in that you have become interested in falconry from the Law Enforcement side of our grossly over regulated sport. I am pleased that you may become a falconer, coming from a LE back ground. I cannot tell you that I believe that government inspection(administrative searches) have any valid business being any part of a benign endeavor as the art and sport is, as it has no major influence on the health, safety or the well being of our society.

Allow me to suggest that you read from another source than you are likely not to find in your courses required reading. It is WILDLIFE LAW, REGULATION AND FALCONRY, by William Murrin & Hal Webster. This is a new book and can be ordered from Western Sporting, a falconry supply Co. in Sheridan Wy. Hal is the famed author of N. American Falconry and Hunting Hawks. and Bill Murrin is a past Pres. of the American Falconry Conservancy. I would be interested to read of your opinion on this works.

[Tnocks]

Hi Tommy and welcome to a portion of the falconry community. Yours is an interesting story in that you have become interested in falconry from the Law Enforcement side of our grossly over regulated sport. I am pleased that you may become a falconer, coming from a LE back ground. I cannot tell you that I believe that government inspection(administrative searches) have any valid business being any part of a benign endeavor as the art and sport is, as it has no major influence on the health, safety or the well being of our society.

Allow me to suggest that you read from another source than you are likely not to find in your courses required reading. It is WILDLIFE LAW, REGULATION AND FALCONRY, by William Murrin & Hal Webster. This is a new book and can be ordered from Western Sporting, a falconry supply Co. in Sheridan Wy. Hal is the famed author of N. American Falconry and Hunting Hawks. and Bill Murrin is a past Pres. of the American Falconry Conservancy. I would be interested to read of your opinion on this works.

Jeff,

That does sound like a very interesting piece of literature. I will definitely look into that and see if I can fit that into the already enormous pile of falconry research I am currently doing. Thanks for the recommendation!