Date: Saturday, August 10th 2019 Time: 11am - 3pm Location: Thumb Butte group picnic area in Prescott, AZ Google Map Link Details: We will be firing up the grill with the club providing entrees and water but please bring a dish to share. Other drinks are BYOB. Meet new members, visit with old friends and bring any questions to the brief membership meeting. For those looking for a sponsor, this is your best opportunity to meet other falconers and network. Hope to see you there! Contact Harold Smith @ 480 280 1313 or Haroldiv@gmail.com with any questions No dogs allowed per picnic area r ..read more

​Some call the falconry community a family.  A family of hunter-conservationists that protect and defend raptors and the natural world. The following snap shots are a glimpse of the gathering of falconers and our hunting partners, new and old, that met in Tucson, AZ January 24-27, 2019 for the annual Desert Hawking Classic hosted by the AFA.  We hope to see you again in 2020!          Photos courtesy of Paul Schnell, AZ's Raptor Experience, LLC A Michigan visitor poses with 'Odin', male Harris's hawk Wood (pack) rat nest in the prickly pear One of several Meet coordinators Lydia Stin ..read more

Dr. Lauren McGough describes her experience hunting game in south africa with a Crowned Eagle at the 2019 Arizona Falconers Association Desert Hawking Classic ..read more

Dr. Jennifer Coulson presentation on Harris's Hawks at the 2019 Arizona Falconers Association Desert Hawking Classic ..read more

Jon Orona updates members of the Arizona Falconers Association at the 2019 Desert Hawking Classic on the American Kestrel Nest Box Project ..read more

The Director of Global Conservation, Chris Parish gives a talk on The North American Non Lead Partnership at the 2019 Arizona Falconers Association Desert Hawking Classic ..read more

Neil Balchan tells the Arizona Falconers Association what its like to practice falconry in Canada at the 2019 Desert Hawking Classic ..read more

John Bostwick presenting the Apprentice Workshop at the 2019 Arizona Falconers Association Desert Hawking Classic ..read more

The Desert Hawking Classic, one of the finest falconry meets in the Western US, is heading to Tucson! Game is plentiful, with cottontails, quail, black-tailed jacks, and Antelope jacks available! Thanks to our friends at NAFA, and notably Sheldon Nicolle, we have online pre-registration available, including payment with a credit card or PayPal. Please go to https://www.n-a-f-a.com/event/2019AFADHC to enter the registration process. Preregistration will eliminate the need for paperwork at the meet. Show up, pick up your attendee package, and go! You can still register at the meet if y ..read more

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