The Sporting Chance

Get schooled this week with Casey and Aaron as we are joined by the one and only Phil Eliya. Phil is a family man and a falconer in New Jersey. Follow along as Phil details his start with Teddy Moritz, why he sponsored Casey, trapping wild goshawks, flying wild goshawks, climbing goshawk nests, training goshawks, and hawking in urban locations. Also, listen as Phil and Casey debate the pros and cons of falconry on social media, as Aaron takes the position of Switzerland!

This is an epic one folks, and not for those with thin skin! Meet Shawn O’Neil, Hollywood stuntman (Ninja Turtles, Goodfellas, Miami Vice, etc…), bounty hunter and legendary dog man. In addition to his many awards and accolades, Shawn is an old friend of Teddy Moritz and has led an incredible life. Hear his exploits with Teddy, his brushes with monkeys, professionally racing greyhounds, hunting with lurchers, breeding lurchers, ratting in NYC, what he thinks of thermal coyote hunting, training guard dogs, and especially; hunting coyotes with sighthounds. All of this and much much more!

Hit the trap line this week as Casey and Aaron are joined by Zach Bohn. Zach is a falconer, trapper and all around outdoorsmen. Experience the harrowing tale of being lost in Grizzly country for days with no food or water, cooking bear meat, trapping muskrats, imprinting goshawks, fighting for your goshawks life and much more!

Check out this bonus episode! Casey and Aaron were Jon Munnier's first guests on his new series, Falconry Follies. We say all sorts of foul things and even worse stuff on the unedited version only available on: https://buymeacoffee.com/falconrychronicles

Go down under with Casey and Aaron this week, as they welcome Tony Gillahan to the Sporting Chance. Tony is a YouTuber hailing from Victoria, Australia. Tony fills his weeks hunting feral cats, invasive foxes, Fallow Deer, and Sambar Deer. Along the way we debate whether or not the Tasmanian Tiger still exists, whether or not bow hunting is superior, hunting Himalayan Tahr in New Zealand, fishing for sharks, and of course crocodiles.

Get the lay of the land this week as Casey tells you exactly how to raise an imprint Goshawk, join the debate on whether park squirrels are sporting, get GPS coordinates to all of Casey’s hottest rabbit spots, find out the limits on exactly how far squirrels migrate, and much more!

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 falconry business, and much more!

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!