Yes, there are newsgroups on falconry. Alt.sport.falconry was first created for the discussion for falconry. Before the newsgroup had propagated all over the net, someone created alt.falconry and then later on someone created alt.sports.falconry. It has been decided by the USENET community that the proper name for a falconry group should be "alt.sport.falconry". This is the proper name and the group that is most widely carried and used by falconers.

Do not post to or discuss falconry on rec.birds. Rec.birds is for bird watchers and the discussion of bird watching. You will severely flamed by bird watchers for discussing falconry on rec.birds.

Rec.hunting is a group dedicated to hunting in general. You may discuss the hunting aspect of falconry on this group.