The Sporting Chance

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 fal...

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...

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!

In this exciting episode, Aaron and Casey speak with Marshall Feinburg, dog trainer, and founding father of the DC Ratting Crew. Join us as we discuss lurchers, patterdale terriers, dachshunds, and rat hunting in Washington DC. 

Join Casey and Aaron as we engage Jimmy G in a thought provoking conversation on falconry books (Stephen Bodio, etc), Robert Kennedy Jr, goshawks, finding raptor nests, pioneering legal falconry at home, crappy sponsors, swimming across shark infested waters on a dare and MUCH MORE!

After the last episode the boys address the firestorm of controversy following a viral post by the podcast. We shame anti predator hunters while Casey yells a whole bunch.

In this exciting chapter of the pod, the fellas are joined by Derik Remley; falconer, farmer and avid predator hunter. In this spicy episode we talk about the avian flu, hunting coyotes, the impact of feral cats, receiving death threats online and much more!

Join the boys as we speak the legendary Paul Eliya about trapping birds of prey, including ridge and beach trapping. Along the way we discuss what makes the best bait, debate who is the better Eliya - Phil or Paul, and tales of harris hawks eating trash out of dumpsters.

Join the boys as we speak with a main character in The Sporting Chance universe, Harrison Dalby, the sexiest young falconer in America! We discuss imprinting, hacking goshawks, encountering bears while in the field, diggin’ whistle pigs and much more!

Join Casey and Aaron with special guest Tyler Sladen as we discuss getting high on human excrement, finding dead bodies, dogs falling down mine shafts, and getting your bird stolen. Along the way, we discuss the nitty gritty of quail hawking. Enjoy!

Join Casey and Aaron on their maiden podcast! We discuss the basics of dachshunds in falconry!