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Photos/John Roark, Idaho Falls Post Register Kenley Christensen prepares to put his gyr peregrine falcon hybrid away after flying it to hunt a rooster pheasant during the annual Idaho Falconers Association meet-up in Arco on Friday. “My middle school principal had a goshawk and I thought it was cool,” said Christensen, a falconer by trade. “My parents thought it was a fad and 30 years later I’m making a living doing it.”

Photos/John Roark, Idaho Falls Post Register Kenley Christensen prepares to put his gyr peregrine falcon hybrid away after flying it to hunt a rooster pheasant during the annual Idaho Falconers Association meet-up in Arco on Friday. “My middle school principal had a goshawk and I thought it was cool,” said Christensen, a falconer by trade. “My parents thought it was a fad and 30 years later I’m making a living doing it.”

November 1, 2018

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Idaho falconry: Hunting with beak, talons and feathers
November 1, 2018 1 a.m.

Idaho falconry: Hunting with beak, talons and feathers

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.