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Episode 91 - Adam Brown Jan 05, 2026

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Whip your cocker spaniels out boys. This week we are joined by falconer Adam Brown. Join us for lots of dog talk (cocker spaniels, springer spaniels, and beagles). Casey shares his final review of Blood Meridian, Adam shares his experience flying his first Sharpshinned Hawk and his first Goshawk. Along the way we discuss hunting Coyotes with thermals, and we learn the Amish also use thermals! This 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 90 - Corey Roelke Dec 29, 2025

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Ring in the new year with the controversial Sporting Chance Boys as we beat a dead horse again with special guest Corey Roelke. Corey is the new Director at Large for NAFA, an accomplished longwinger and a Texan. Hear about his experience running a very large state club, flying falcons, running Springer Spaniels, duck hunting, and much more on this exciting 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 89 - Jonathan Hayes Dec 22, 2025

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This week the boys are joined by musher and falconer Jonathan Hayes. Jonathan is the northernmost falconer in the contiguous United States! Jonathan is the author of the book, One Hundred Winters. Retracing the Great Race Against Death, commemorating the Centennial Seppala Expedition across Alaska. Listen to Jonathan detail the mind bending cold he experiences, his chosen breed of dogs (Seppala Siberian Sleddog), the other dangers he has faced on his expeditions and much more in this exciting episode!

One Hundred Winters: Retracing the Great Race Against Death: https://a.co/d/9zRRR24

The TOGO 261: A Maine Musher’s Solo Dogsled Expedition Across the Northwoods to commemorate a legend: https://a.co/d/asWQ98p

True North Legends of Dogs: https://youtu.be/kqAFuSr4fyk?si=ObrEZsN_lqwMZmCy

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 88 - Liars, Con-men, and Thieves Dec 15, 2025

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For falconers only!

Find out all the falconry vendors that have done Casey and Aaron wrong over the years. What gear should a falconer make themselves? Should you buy birds? Are you a Filson man or Dans man? This and much more on a gear centric episode of The Sporting Chance.

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 87 - Everett UB Giberson Dec 08, 2025

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This week we are joined by falconer Everett UB Giberson. UB is the real deal. He lives on a southwest ranch, flies birds, digs badgers and runs dogs! He is a wealth of knowledge and a real fun guest!

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 86 - Heath Garner Dec 01, 2025

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Very special guest, NAFA VP Heath Garner joins the boys this week. We talk trapping peregrines, the lack of passage redtail hawks, the normalization of trapping peregrines, NAFA business 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 85 - Laura Hazelett Nov 24, 2025

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This week we are joined by President of the American Falconry Conservancy, Laura Hazelett. Find out how she got her start in falconry, get the details on the AFC, what the AFC has done over the years, and what they plan on doing in the future. Peruvian harris hawks, and the boys crying about falconry regulations 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 84 - Tom & Jennifer Coulson Nov 17, 2025

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Get your T-perch out folks cause this week we are joined by The Coulsons! You demanded it and here it is, the Harris Hawk episode. Tom and Jennifer are American falconry legends. They have fine tuned the art of flying a cast of harris hawks and have been doing so for decades! Find out some pro-tips on hawking in the swamps of Louisiana, the secret sauce food they provide their hawks, how to introduce two birds to each other, how to catch your first jackrabbit 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 83 - Talking Texas and How RFK Cost Casey 1,000 Followers Nov 10, 2025

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Catch up with the boys this week as we get political! Find out how RFK cost Casey 1,000 followers, hear about Aaron's trapping trip to Texas and much more on this exciting 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 82 - Teddy Moritz Nov 03, 2025

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Once again, the boys sit down with the living legend Teddy Moritz! This time we dig a little more into Brian Plummer, David Hancock, and lurchers. Of course we talk dachshunds, and falconry as well. Along the way we talk tularemia, rabies, hantavirus, raccoons and badgers. This and much much more on a very special 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/

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