Recommended Reading

Pre-Apprentice

• North American Falconry and Hunting Hawks – Frank C. Beebe and Harold Webster Jr.
• California Hawking Club Inc. Apprentice Manual
• A Falconry Manual – Frank Beebee
• The Falconer’s Apprentice – William Oakes
• The Modern Apprentice

Exam Study Material

• California Hawking Club Inc. Apprentice Study Guide (Note: TPWD regulations apply in Texas)
• Texas Administrative Code, Natural Resources And Conservation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Raptor Proclamation – Title 31, Part2, Chapter 65, Subchapter K
• Federal Regulations – Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries, Chapter 1, Subchapter B, Part 21 – Migratory Bird Permits, Subpart C, 21.82 Falconry Standards and Falconry Permitting
• The Encyclopedia of Falconry – Adrian Walker
• Falconry Equipment – Bryan Kilmsey and Jim Hodge
• Trapping Essentials – Ben Woodruff
• A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors – Brian Wheeler & William Clark
• New York Falconry Practice Exam
• California Falconry Flash Cards

Additional Reading Material

• Four Falconry Fundamentals – Matt Mullenix
• The Red-tailed Hawk – Liam McGranagham
• American Kestrels in Modern Falconry – Matt Mullenix
• The Harris’s Hawk Revolution – Jennifer and Tom Coulson
• Hunting with Harris Hawks – Bob Dalton
• Dirt Hawking – Joe Roy III
• Buteos and Bushytails – Gary Brewer
• Duck Hawking and the Art of Falconry – Joe Roy III
• Hoods, Hooding and Hoodmaking – James Nelson