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Episode 111 - Ian Douglas May 25, 2026

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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!
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Publisher: https://merlinunwin.co.uk/collections/new-books/products/undiscovered-corbett

This week's episode thumbnail also features custom artwork by Phillipe from Our Numinous Nature.

This episode is sponsored by:

North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/

Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/

Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

Episode 110 - Steve Layman May 18, 2026

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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.

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This episode is sponsored by:

North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/

Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/

Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

Episode 109 - Stephen Ziegler & Aaron Futrell May 11, 2026

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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.
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This episode is sponsored by:

North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/

Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/

Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

Episode 108 - Paco Rojas May 04, 2026

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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/

Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/

Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

Episode 107 - Jim Hoover Apr 27, 2026

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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 (hawking a shortwinged hawk off the fist), some early history of American Game Hawking and much more on this very interesting episode!

This episode is sponsored by:

North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/

Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/

Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

Episode 106 - Helen Macdonald Apr 20, 2026

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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://northmountaingoshawks.com/

Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/

Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

Episode 105 - Dave Stevens and Dan McCarron Apr 13, 2026

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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 training passage goshawks, including the first hand account of trapping a Siberian Goshawk in America!

Episode 104 - Frog Jumpin’ and Walnut Syrup Apr 06, 2026

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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!

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This episode is sponsored by:

North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/

Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/

Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

Episode 103 - A Siberian in America - Geoff Hirschi Part 2 Mar 30, 2026

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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://northmountaingoshawks.com/

Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/

Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

Episode 102 - Geoff Hirschi Mar 23, 2026

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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://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/

Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

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