The Art of Falconry: The Long Slip Tote Bag

Not buying right now? Please share with the group. "The Last Flush" Every dirt hawker knows the the long slip. Whether your raptor is perched high in a tree, on your T perch or riding your falconry glove, it's all up to your bird. Some Harris's hawks will chase over a quarter mile for that white-tailed jack rabbit prize. The women the bird see the rabbit run, the falconry cries "ho, ho". It's the traditional falconry call that tells everyone present the bird is after the jack. The bird of prey, whether it's a red-railed hawk, goshawk, gyrfalcon, or Harris's hawk know the call and it excites the bird, stimulating the primeval sense of the chase and kill. We've tried to capture a classic scene here, in a minimalistic style, the scene of a long slip at sundown after working the fields and pushing all the rabbits away. The final flush of daylight brings the final flush of of prey as the hare races across the field. You take off running as fast as you can after the hawk hoping to catch up with as soon as possible after it tackles the rabbit or hare. It all happens so fast yet it seems to take forever to finally catch up with your hawk or falcon. But as your bird gorges on its ultimate reward and you lay there, lungs still gasping and heart pumping... you wouldn't want to be any other place. This is the moment all falconer's live for