Falconry
Falconry is a hunting partnerships between man and bird. The art is to cast the bird from your wrist into the sky from where it spies its prey, soars to its pitch and swoops down at speeds of up to 120 mph, killing the prey with a knock-out blow from its talons.
It is one of the oldest sports in the world, believed to have originated in China over 4,000 years ago. In the Middle Ages it was a popular sport in Europe and an efficient way for catching small mammals and birds for the table.
The introduction of firearms brought to an end the art of falconry. Guns are more efficient weapons and do not need daily feeding and exercise!
