The Sporting Chance

It's Gos Thirty! Brave the cold with Casey and Aaron as they are joined by Mike Radford. Mike is a falconer in the Last Frontier, the great state of Alaska. Learn about his unique way of hawking as he braves the cold, snow, bears, wolverines, and moose. Pay attention; you might learn something!

Get schooled this week with Casey and Aaron as we are joined by the one and only Phil Eliya. Phil is a family man and a falconer in New Jersey. Follow along as Phil details his start with Teddy Moritz, why he sponsored Casey, trapping wild goshawks, flying wild goshawks, climbing goshawk nests, training goshawks, and hawking in urban locations. Also, listen as Phil and Casey debate the pros and cons of falconry on social media, as Aaron takes the position of Switzerland!

This is an epic one folks, and not for those with thin skin! Meet Shawn O’Neil, Hollywood stuntman (Ninja Turtles, Goodfellas, Miami Vice, etc…), bounty hunter and legendary dog man. In addition to his many awards and accolades, Shawn is an old friend of Teddy Moritz and has led an incredible life. Hear his exploits with Teddy, his brushes with monkeys, professionally racing greyhounds, hunting with lurchers, breeding lurchers, ratting in NYC, what he thinks of thermal coyote hunting, training guard dogs, and especially; hunting coyotes with sighthounds. All of this and much much more!

Hit the trap line this week as Casey and Aaron are joined by Zach Bohn. Zach is a falconer, trapper and all around outdoorsmen. Experience the harrowing tale of being lost in Grizzly country for days with no food or water, cooking bear meat, trapping muskrats, imprinting goshawks, fighting for your goshawks life and much more!

Check out this bonus episode! Casey and Aaron were Jon Munnier's first guests on his new series, Falconry Follies. We say all sorts of foul things and even worse stuff on the unedited version only available on: https://buymeacoffee.com/falconrychronicles

Go down under with Casey and Aaron this week, as they welcome Tony Gillahan to the Sporting Chance. Tony is a YouTuber hailing from Victoria, Australia. Tony fills his weeks hunting feral cats, invasive foxes, Fallow Deer, and Sambar Deer. Along the way we debate whether or not the Tasmanian Tiger still exists, whether or not bow hunting is superior, hunting Himalayan Tahr in New Zealand, fishing for sharks, and of course crocodiles.

Get the lay of the land this week as Casey tells you exactly how to raise an imprint Goshawk, join the debate on whether park squirrels are sporting, get GPS coordinates to all of Casey’s hottest rabbit spots, find out the limits on exactly how far squirrels migrate, and much more!

Head down to the holler with Casey and Aaron as they are joined by Heather McNemar. Heather is a falconer, and the author of Squirrel Hawking in Appalachia. She is also the proprietor of Mountain State Falconry Supply, specializing in micro falconry gear. Join us as Heather shares her experiences hunting fox squirrels, doing micro falconry (kestrels and sharpies), the challenges of operating a falconry business, and much more!

This week we are joined by Tom Cullen. Tom is a falconer and raptor breeder extraordinaire! Follow along as Tom runs through falconry history in New York, Casey commits to flying a harris hawk, we discuss the horniest birds, the ins and outs of importing exotic eagles, how much Neanderthal DNA Casey has, summers with the Kennedy family, hunting porcupines with goshawks and much more!

Saddle up with Casey and Aaron as they are joined by the one and only Mink Man! Joseph Carter details his history as a falconer, dog man, and ultimate metamorphosis into a mink man. Along the way we debate if falconry is too hard to get into, imprinting geese, and flying kestrels. Joseph shares the ins and outs of getting a mink, training a mink and turning your passion into a business.

Join Casey and Aaron as they are welcomed by Jason Norman, an Arizona falconer. He details his entry into the sport, shares some of his unique experiences such as hacking birds in a stadium, the differences flying a redtail, harris, and a goshawk, and shows his very rare grey hawk!

Get to know Ian Anderson, hot off the heels of his viral goshawk catching ducks video featured by Barstool Sports! As usual we discuss dogs and goshawks! We talk about some of the differences between parent reared and imprinted birds, pheasant hunting, the TV series Alone, the book Hatchet (the only book Casey has read), some memorable hunts and much more!

Get your candle lit this week as Casey and Aaron are joined by Eric Harrold. We discuss the failures of conservation, fist fighting other falconers, setting trees on fire in pursuit of squirrels, wind farms and their impact on wildlife, moving from the south to the west and practicing minimalist falconry.

Head down to the holler with Casey and Aaron as they speak with their new best friend Kirk Price! Kirk is a professional youtuber that focuses predominately on the ancient sport of hunting black bear with his hounds. Kirk shares what it takes to make a successful bear dog, some of his crazier hunts, how to go viral, the dangers of trichinosis, and of course THA HATERS!

Aaron interviews Casey hot on the heels of his goshawk eyeass collecting trip. Did he come home empty handed? We discuss the theory that conifer needles treat and prevent aspergillosis in wild hawks and falconry birds. Casey attempts to explain why goshawks are special. He goes into his history as a television star, imprinting goshawks, his favorite thing to hunt and shoe horns in how much he can bench press. This and much more!

Get to know cohost Aaron, as Casey interrogates him about his falconry history and what wets his whistle. Aaron shares his experience hunting with a Great Horned Owl, the many reptiles he has kept over the years, spills the tea on falconry politics, and gives the cold hard truth about Harris Hawks.

Lock in with the boys as we turn the tables on the world's biggest falconry podcaster, Jon Munnier. Jon shares his experiences with imprint Harris Hawks, the loss of good birds, his experience ratting with Aaron, why he hates Zach Bryan, catching coyotes with Harris Hawks, his global falconry adventures, and much more!

Holla at ya boys as they are joined by Jeremy Jones. The falconer that took social media by storm. Jeremy boasts over 1.5 millions subscribers on youtube and has been featured all over the damn place! We talk about going viral, falconry with kestrels, car hawking, Casey getting the cops called on him, HATERS, and much more!