One of the foundational elements of the IFO is that we wanted to be a club about hawking. Our intention is to have six meets a season, one a month for the entire hawking season. It matters not if two or twenty show up to the meets. All that matters is that every member will have six opportunities to hawk with fellow sportsmen every season.

The details for this years meets are not yet fully finalized, but we will be spending at least some time at a couple of our favorite spots, Bloomington and Kankakee. The remaining locations we are going to call "Scouting Meets". What these are, are meets where we pick a town to hawk, and go explore. Hopefully we will find the next Bloomington! Regarding future scouting meets, give us some more ideas of locations you think might be good. Your input would be fantastic.

June 4, 2011 is our early summer Picnic Raffle. Click here for details!

LINKS for Contributors to the Raffle. Please take time to thank them for their generosity and consider them for your future falconry needs!

Meet Dates:

October 29, 2011 Saturday, DeKalb. More Details
November 13, 2011 Sunday Bloomington More Details
December 10, 2011 Saturday, Springfield More Details
January 7, 2012 Saturday, Kankakee More Details
February 5, 2012 Sunday, Bloomington More Details
March 3, 2012 Saturday, TBA More Details

If anybody has any ideas or feedback please feel free to contact me at meets@illinoisfalconers.org