Falconry Told Podcast

Hosted by Israel Matson for The Falconry Fund, Inc. Lauren McGough joins us for the next installment of the Falconry Fund Podcast. Lauren's falconry career drew early fame after her adventures hawking foxes with Golden Eagles in Mongolia caught the attention of many. Since then, she has dedicated the entirety of her career to these magnificent birds of prey, hunting  jackrabbits in the wide open s...

Jamaica Smith joins us for an especially epic episode of the Falconry Fund Podcast: Talking horseback hawking in Arizona, defining experiences with Harry McElroy, slope-soar hawking cottontails with a Ferruginous Hawk, and applying falconry techniques to Golden Eagle rehabbing. This one is action packed!

A roundtable discussion on the topic of "Why the Falconry Fund" with Carter Wilford of the Falconry Fund, Sheldon Nicolle - President of NAFA, Martin Geleynse - VP of NAFA, James Maynard - NAFA Legal Counsel, and a segment with Ralph Rogers of the Falconry Fund.

Falconry as we know it is a relatively new thing. Tom Smylie entered the American falconry scene as it was just decades old, and the landscape for the sport was literally Wild West. There were no regulations, no rules, hardly any clubs or organizations, and all of this had to be made up as these falconry pioneers went along. Tom donated the first two pairs of breeding Peregrines to the cause of sa...

Squirrel hawking, Merlins in the Southeast, finding and getting access to hunting land where public lands are scarce, and monitoring loads of falcons in the remote Nevada Desert!? Episode 4 of the Falconry Told Podcast has it all! Nick Yashko is relatively new to the sport of falconry, 22 years old with 3 seasons under his belt, but he's already experienced his fair share of adventure and his pers...

After recording the previous episode, that was Episode 2 with Steve Chindgren, I was on my way home late that night and I get a text, t's Steve, he wanted the man who joins us for this episode, Dr. Jeff Broadbent, to come on. Well here we are, what you're about to hear changed me, and I believe it will change you as well. Dr. Broadbent has a reputation of being among the most excellent of falconer...

Steve Chindgren is one of those "larger than life" figures in the sport of falconry. He's the author and photographer behind his signature book, "The Art of Hawking Sage Grouse" and is a Sage Grouse hawking phenom. His movies and social media posts about the famous House of Grouse have made us all feel like we know him; and this podcast episode will further solidify that notion, as we get a glimps...

Joe Wilcken has been flying Merlins for the past 5 years, he is also a founder and co-host of the famous Utah Merlin Meet. Joe joins us for an in-depth exploration of Merlins, Merlin falconry, and Merlin falconry the way he does it. In this podcast, hosted by Zane Muhlestein and I, we learn about Joe's trapping, training, and hunting with Merlins, as well as brief examinations of Merlin history, t...