Stephen Buffat’s gyr peregrine falcon hybrid keeps his foot on a rooster pheasant it brought down during the annual Idaho Falconers Association meet-up in Arco on Friday. The group wasn’t able to find any grouse to hunt on Friday so they used pheasants for training.
(Photos/John Roark Idaho Falls Post Register)
November 4, 2018
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Falconry taking flight in Idaho
A young falcon circled around a sagebrush and cheatgrass field south of Arco on Thursday when a few sage grouse burst from the ground. The chase was on. The falcon closed the gap and hit one of the grouse, but not hard enough to do any damage and the grouse flew away.