The Sporting Chance

Join us this week as we sit down with falconer Steve Kaufer! Steve comes highly regarded by Steve Layman. We discuss goshawks, photography, outdoor cats, and including your family in  the sport. This and much more!   #SportingChancePodcast #Falconry #HuntingPodcast #FieldSports #BirdsOfPrey #WildlifeManagement #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #WildlifePhotography #Goshawk This episode is sponso...

This week we are joined by eagle falconers Joe & Cordi Atkinson. Get some pro tips that come from a long history of working with Golden Eagles in the American west. Learn how he teaches eagles and other birds to slope soar, how he got involved in a project working with the potential man eating, Philippine “Monkey Eating” Eagles, and what they are like to train. Also we get into a discussion on...

“MAGA” Casey and “The Other Host” are back with a recap of their recent eyas goshawk trip. Plenty of tangents and rabbit-holes in this fun little episode.  #SportingChancePodcast #Falconry #HuntingPodcast #FieldSports #BirdsOfPrey #WildlifeManagement #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #BabyGoshawk #GoshawkEyas  This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.c...

This is it! The illustrious Dr. Nick Fox, OBE!   https://www.rofalconry.com/ Bird of Prey Management Series: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/481391/     Listen on all major platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcast, and YouTube SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/246VCJipreV92yqeEhsbyd?si=1c2845c5173f40ef APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sporting-chance/id1742074805 YOUTUBE: https:...

It's that time of the year! Casey and Aaron revisit the topic of imprinting Goshawks. We make no claims that our ways are the definitive way to do it!  #SportingChancePodcast #Falconry #HuntingPodcast #FieldSports #BirdsOfPrey #WildlifeManagement #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #ImprintGoshawk #Goshawk   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/...

This week we are joined by Japanese falconer Ben Makepeace! Ben started in the UK and has for many years resided in Japan. We dig deep into his start, some of the current laws in Japan, Japanese culture, land access, and much much more on this much anticipated episode! #SportingChancePodcast #Falconry #HuntingPodcast #FieldSports #BirdsOfPrey #WildlifeManagement #Conservation #WildlifeConservation...

We have been wanting to do this episode for a long time. We are joined by naturalist and author Ian Douglas. Ian just released a book called Undiscovered Corbett! Ian is an authority on the legendary big cat hunter Jim Corbett. He has spent considerable time exploring the same haunts of Corbett and even held Jim's legendary Rigby rifle! #jimcorbett #jimcorbetttigerattack #wildlife #wildlifeconserv...

This week we are joined by Goshawk Guru Steve Layman. Steve has lived an absolutely fascinating falconry life that has spanned several decades. He was an early adopter of operant conditioning with hawks and a pioneer of treating aspergillosis with pine needles. We are also joined by Steve's disciples Geoff Hirschi and Mike Radford on this monumental episode. #SportingChancePodcast #Falconry #Impri...

This week we are joined by Aaron Futrell and Stephen Ziegler. These guys co-own the historic fishing lure company, DeLong Lures (home of the original rubber worm!). Aaron and Stephen also run popular facebook pages, The Sportsmen Party and Rack Junkies. We discuss politics and hunting, conservation, feral cats, how they came into possession of a such a historic lure company and much more. #Sportin...

This week on the pod we sit down with an old friend of Casey's, falconer Paco Rojas. Paco calls in from Mexico. Find out the hilarious way Paco and Casey first met and bonded over Coronas in the field. Listen to the harrowing tale of finding human skulls in the field. How Mexico does falconry and much more!   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/...

This week on the pod we interview Jim Hoover. Jim is a falconer from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Uniquely, Jim was personal friends with Daniel Mannix, the author of The Fox and the Hound and this podcast's namesake, A Sporting Chance! Find out some very interesting details about the eccentric author and his menagerie of animals. Jim also shares with us his personal preferences in falconry (...

Welcome to season 3 of The Sporting Chance Podcast. We kick things off with an interview with author of H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald. Helen is a falconer from England and is the subject of the new film based off of her best selling book. We discuss the making of the film and Helen's falconry like you have never heard before.   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northm...

Season 2 of The Sporting Chance Podcast ends with a bang! We are joined by Dave Stevens and Dan McCarron, old school falconers that became acquainted in Wyoming in pursuit of the legalization of eagles in falconry. We dig deep into what all transpired to get access to eagles post Eagle Protection Act. Both Dan and Dave are avid goshawkers that share their decades of experience trapping and trainin...

Catch up on a lil offseason talk with the boys. Casey is busy making walnut syrup and Aaron is spending a fortune on turkey hunting gear. Find out Aaron's history in professional Frog jumping, vaccinating birds for West Nile, this and much more!   Brian Hershberger House Fire Recovery: https://www.gofundme.com/f/brian-hershberger-house-fire-recovery   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain G...

We felt like we had so much left to cover with new friend of the show, Geoff Hirschi, that we got together for part 2! We find out how Geoff got into falconry, his pick of falconry dogs, the nitty gritty of Goshawk classification, discuss whether Siberian Goshawks live in America, a brief history of eagles in falconry and much more!   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://...

This week we are joined by falconer Geoff Hirschi. We dig into Geoff's way of imprinting Goshawks, hunting the northwestern United States, Olympic Goshawks, negativity in the falconry community, the importance of political participation in falconry and much more!   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/   Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://ww...

Join the boys as we wrap up the 2025-2026 hunting season hot off the heels of a whirlwind trip to Ohio to hunt black squirrels and more! We touch on the remainder of the Jersey meet, and tell you all about the 3rd Annual Dirt Hawking with Dogs meet in Ohio. This and much more. This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/   Mountain State Falconry Supply...

Join the boys LIVE from the New Jersey Falconry Club meet, with special guest - the brothers Eliya - Phil and Paul! Hear about the group encountering a hunter harassment situation that weekend, what it is like being Teddy Mortiz’s apprentice, live questions from the audience and plenty of goshawk talk - this and much more!   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmount...

Join this week as we are joined by Steve Wash. Steve is a falconer from England. Listen along for conversation on goshawks, falconry apprenticeship, sliding through badger poop, UK gun laws and much more!   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/   Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/   Midnight Falconry: htt...

This week we are joined by the President of NAFA, Martin Geleynse! We have a very nice conversation with Martin about his personal falconry, various gamebirds, and falcons. Martin shares some information about the proposal for the open take of Peregrines and NAFAs future priorities. This and much more! https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/peregrine-falconry-ea   This episode is sponsored by: No...

This week we are joined by New Jersey Falconer, Tyler Simcoe! In addition to falconry, Tyler is an all around sportsman. He hunts, fishes and traps and has gotten in his fair share of controversy. Find out how Tyler became public enemy #1 in his town, what being attacked by a raccoon is like and much more!   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/...

Hunting leopards with hounds! This week we are joined by Gavin Lipjes. Gavin is a big game hunter in Africa. He shares the ins and outs of leopard hunting with hounds with the boys along with some hair raising tales from the bush! Don't miss this one. Panther Trackers: https://panthertrackers.com/   This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/   Mountai...

Have you ever had a red-tailed hawk grab you by the taint? Gary Brewer has! Gary is a legendary figure in the world of falconry. Find out his ways of training squirrel dogs. His ranking of the best squirrel hawks and much more on this exciting episode! Recorded LIVE at the NCFG Field Meet.    This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/   Mountain State...

This week we are joined by Al Franke. Al is a falconer originally from Africa, now residing in Canada. Hear about his experience flying birds in Africa, and now in Alberta. Get educated on the current issues such as wild take of falcons and eagles, captive breeding Golden Eagles. Find out what the Falconry Fund can do for you and much more. The Falconry Fund - Legacy Hood Maker Series Fundraiser:...

This week the boys are joined by American / Canadian resident Jeremy Roselle. Hear about his experience starting falconry in the United States, to currently practicing in Canada; along the way we discuss what is the king of North American falconry quarry, encounters with predators in the field, and of course snowshoe hare. All this and more! This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: h...