MIKE DE KOCK and KEVIN SHEA go Falcon Hunting
Friday, February 15, 2008 at 08:34AM 
Mike de Kock, Sheikh Saeed bin Mohammed, Diane de Kock, Kevin SheaMike and Diane de Kock and Kevin Shea were invited to Falcon Hunting in the Dubai desert with Sheikh Saeed bin Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum this week. He is the eldest son of Summerhill client Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.
Explains Sheikh Mohammed’s right-hand man, Mohammed Khaleel: “Falcon Hunting is a substitute to hunting with a gun which gives equal chance to the hunt, because we must always remember a falcon hunts for itself not for the human, so the hunter’s job is to have him fit and strong enough to chase the hunt and at times fight on the ground which, believe it or not, is more tiring than flying.
“Plus the falcon should be brave enough. You achieve this with daily training and strict diet, he must be hungry enough to hunt. The blindfold is a hood to keep them calm, you have to keep them hungry enough to hunt. If they are without a hood, any bird or animal movement will get them excited and they could get hurt. In the natural habitat the falcons eat in the desert or the mountains and plains, we feed them on their hunt.”
Extract from Mike de Kock Racing
Reader Comments (2)
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Naim Esser
Good Morning Naim
Many thanks for your interesting note, and also for your interest in our business. Unfortunately, at the moment, we have a serious unemployment problem in our area, and so every effort is being made to employ local people wherever we can, which means we’re unable to consider applications from abroad.
However, since you seem to be well qualified in falcon hunting, perhaps you should address a note to those who pursue it. We don’t hunt with falcons here; it’s largely people in the Middle East who do so.
We wish you well in your efforts.
MICK GOSS