The Sporting Chance

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Episode 81 - Mike Trizano Oct 27, 2025

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Get choked out this week with UFC and BKFC professional fighter Mike Trizano. Mike touches on his history as a professional fighter, including winning The Ultimate Fighter Competition. Mike is also a hunter and shares his experience hunting all across America and Africa. Topics include, how he would fight Bigfoot, giardia, elk hunting, bear hunting and much more!

Episode 80 - Roy Lupton Oct 20, 2025

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This week we are joined by Roy Lupton. Roy is a falconer from England that stars on the popular Field Sports Britain Channel of Youtube. Hear Roy's thoughts on European Buzzards vs Redtails, Goshawks, Eagle Falconry, Anti Hunters, and much more on this very special episode!

Episode 79 - Hannah Doll Oct 13, 2025

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Join us this week as we are joined by houndswoman and falconer, Hannah Doll. Hannah joins us from the great state of Kentucky! Listen along as Hannah shares her experience flying red-tailed hawks, training various dogs, including jagdterriers, walker coon hounds, spaniels and dachshunds. Find out if Casey has rabies or not, what exactly goes on at terrier trials, 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 78 - Bladen Benson Oct 06, 2025

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This week we are joined by abatement falconer and owner of Desert Kings Falconry, Bladen Benson. Get the ins and outs on the abatement business, find out if he thinks car hawking pigeons is cool or not, how to hawk bunnies in the ‘burbs, how Christ influences his business, learn about Peruvian Harris Hawks, his experiences hunting big game in the desert with a bow 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 77 - Rashad Carter Sep 29, 2025

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This week, the pod boys welcome you to Atlanta where we are joined by Georgia falconer Rashad Carter. Find out why Rashad flies a Siberian Goshawk in the hot humid urban environment of Atlanta and how he tore his Achilles heel while doing it! Along the way we discuss the legality of free range rabbits, we ponder why there is more game in the city, we talk about falconry culture and much more in this very fun 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 76 - Christian Dutton Sep 22, 2025

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This week the boys are joined by fellow boy, Rhode Island falconer Christian Dutton. Christian is a microspecialist. He operates his falconry out of his airstream trailer, and flies a kestrel and a merlin. Find out how Christian makes his falconry work, how he thinks starlings are doing, his history in falconry, learn some terms and find out if Casey would rather be eviscerated by a crocodile or mauled by a great white shark. 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 75 - Pakorn Patimetha Sep 15, 2025

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This week we are blessed with special guest Pakorn Patimetha! Pak, as we know him, shares his experience flying goshawks, including parent reared birds. The boys lament the fragile nature of the Gos, and some of the differences between the different species of Goshawks. Find out Casey's secret to talking breeders down on their prices, Pak’s experience being a homeless youth falconer, what falconry in Thailand is like and much more on this 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/

Episode 74 - Tyler Rankin Sep 08, 2025

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This week NAFA South East Director Tyler Rankin steps into the lion's den and we really let him have it! Tyler is a falconer from the great state of Kentucky. Find out his perspective on being part of NAFAs leadership team. Some of the efforts NAFA is making for North American Falconers, his experience flying a cast of harris hawks, running decker terriers and much more on this exciting episode.

Reminder! Not much time left to pre-order our Devils of Dirt Hawking collaboration merch line! Through September 14! https://devilsofdirthawking.brettrees.com/

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 73 - Connecticut Falconry - Jon D’Arpino & Jimmy G Sep 01, 2025

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This week we are joined by falconers, Jon D’Arpino of Connecticut and Jimmy G of Rhode Island. The focus of this episode is to shine a light on the current falconry landscape in Connecticut. Our brothers and sisters in the Constitution State face the strictest* falconry laws in the country. Find out what they are doing to fight the power and get some common sense laws in place. This and much more!

*excluding Hawaii

Reminder! The Devils of Dirt Hawking x Sporting Chance merch pre-sale ends September 14!

https://devilsofdirthawking.brettrees.com/

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 72 - Brett Rees Aug 25, 2025

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Hot on the heels of the Devils of Dirthawking x Sporting Chance Merch Collab, we welcome special guest Brett Rees. Brett is a falconer and an artist out of the great state of Texas. Find out how Brett would describe his art, learn about Audubon's Cryptid Eagle, does Casey know Pandas are in China? Along the way we discuss falconry, parasites, Japan, and much more!

Pre-Orders through September 14! https://devilsofdirthawking.brettrees.com/

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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