It's perfectly OK with both a bird and a gun. As well as bow and arrow. Falconry is the oldest sport in history, dating back at least 6000 years. Thousands of

It's perfectly OK with both a bird and a gun. As well as bow and arrow. Falconry is the oldest sport in history, dating back at least 6000 years. Thousands of years ago, men hunted with raptors -- falcons, hawks, owls, and sometimes even eagles. They would catch young falcons in the wild, spend years training them, live with their birds, then release them, using signals from hundreds of feet away to coordinate the hunt, and then split the hunt with the bird. Today, they usually give all of it to the bird, nevertheless it's still a beautiful and noble sport in which man and bird work together to catch prey. Fun Fact: Falcons are used in public parks and golf courses to chase away nuisance birds. It's also used by farmers -- more effective than scarecrows. There is a long apprenticeship required and a centuries old system of knowledge and training. The most famous book is called "The Modern Apprentice". It's a worth a read even if you don't practice falconry. http://www.themodernapprentice.com/glossary.htm http://www.themodernapprentice.com/glossary.htm Here is the CA club: https://www.calhawkingclub.org/falconry-apprenticeship/apprentice-bookshelf https://www.calhawkingclub.org/falconry-apprenticeship/appre... Each state has its own regulations for falconry as it does for all other forms of hunting.