Falconry is simply, using a hawk or falcon to hunt with. Allowing the bird to do what it naturally does in nature. You are just there to observe and help. Unfortunately the hard part in today's world is finding wild and pristine places left to practice this ancient art.I choose to fly large falcons, Peregrines ,at Native Prairie grouse, and Ducks. This means wide open habitat such that is found on our north American Prairie's . But most of the habitat required for flying falcons on grouse and Ducks has been ruined by man's activities, mostly due to, to much farming ,and cattle grazing.I am not against farming or ranching, although modern industrial agricultural uses way too many chemicals ,which is harmful to us, and the environment, but the level and amount of land we impact with agriculture. It is just to much, and wrong. Only one percent of the Great Plains has been protected, only one percent of one percent of Iowa's Prairie remains, that's wrong , but nobody seems to think so.To practice the art well, I have had to move multiple times to find the few isolated ,over looked prairie left some what alone, where wildlife can still exist. These few remnants left of what once was, is as much apart of my appreciation , experience, and enjoyment, and why I continue to practice Falconry.