These next handful of episodes are going to come at you from Wyoming! Due to various work circumstances that came up in early 2024, life took me back out to west work again, so I made the most of it while out there. As part of a productive jaunt through different parts of Wyoming on some off days, John Coffman had me out to his stomping grounds to talk about his longwing pursuits, ranch life, being a part of some work for the Peregrine Fund, and what falconry looked like for him traversing many states early in his tenure. This is the start of some more great content, and Jeff and Lauren Redig earned a lot of credit in helping to set many of these recordings up, so many thanks to them for helping make some of these happen! There's a lot of falconers with some great history and experience in Wyoming, so enjoy!

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Masters of the Skies

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Baba Yaga Crafts

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North Mountain Goshawks

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New Mexico Falconers Association

Arizona Falconers Assocation

http://www.arizonafalconers.com

Texas Hawking Association

http://www.texashawking.org

North American Falconers Association

http://www.n-a-f-a.com

Falconry Fund

http://www.falconryfund.org

Pursuit Falconry and Conservation Magazine

http://pursuitfalconry.co.uk

The Specialist Falcon

http://www.thespecialistfalcon.com

Cape Falconry Club

http://www.capefalconry.co.za

East Coast Falcons

http://www.eastcoastfalcons.com

Blackhawk Falconry Dachshunds

https://www.facebook.com/blackhawkdachshunds

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By request, Chris sits down with Donny Walston and Steve Burkholder for this prequel episode of the Big Country story. They discuss the life of one of the most controversial coonhounds of the 21st Century and give the whole story-no holds barred.

• Where did Big Country come from
• What influential breeders and hunters played the big role
• The greatest completion run of any blue tick alive
• What is wrong with the blue tick breed
• Why can’t blue ticks win on the big stage
• Are winners really talented or do they have great financial backing

It’s all here and discussed between these great friends as they relive and reminisce one of the best coonhound partnerships ever.

Release Date: 12-02-21

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This week Josh is lucky enough to sit down at the PKC World Hunt with Mr John Strickland, and Mr Ashley Oxendine, owners of one of the most notorious dogs in coonhound history, Platinum Champion BIG COUNTRY!  Josh sits down and talks with John and Ashley about everything Country!  

• Is Big Country better than Bad Habit?
• Is Ashley ever going to take a vacation?
• What’s next for Big Country?
• Country would dominate Airplane?

Find out the answer to all of these questions and more!!!  Only on “The Truth!” and the Houndsman XP Podcast Network!!

Release Date: 11-04-21

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Shannon Raska is a third generation houndsman from the state of Texas. His grandfather and father were both members of the South Texas Wold Hunters Association. Shannon is still raising, training and hunting the same family line of coyote hounds that was started in the late 1930s. 

Chris travelled to Texas and hunted with Shannon and this podcast was recorded in the field in the middle of what Shannon refers to as “Live Action” and it sure was. At several points Chris and Shannon pause to listen to hounds and hope to catch video of the Texas wolf stretching the legs of these young hounds.

Shannon’s hounds consist of mainly Running Walkers with touch of July mixed in. Chris and Shannon discuss his family’s philosophy on breeding, what his goals are for his breeding program and how Texas hunting has changed in his fifty year hunting career. Shannon runs in and outstiside of the pens and discusses the benefits and problems with doing both.

Shannon Raska is an old school Houndsman at heart but is perceptive enough to understand how to take advantage of modern technology and how to continue to enjoy his lifestyle in a changing world.

Release Date: 10-31-22

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Having been a fan of Tucker Taylor's hoods for awhile before having a chance to talk to him, I was pretty excited about getting a chance to record with him on my way home from Wyoming earlier this year. While being kind enough to host me, he also was nice enough to talk about what his experience was like getting into falconry, flying red-tailed hawks and Cooper's hawks, his path to hoodmaking, and some of what he's learned during those times. If you're interested in hoodmaking, you should make it a priority to listen to his insights! Tucker makes a pretty darn good hood!

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Masters of the Skies

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Baba Yaga Crafts

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North Mountain Goshawks

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New Mexico Falconers Association

Arizona Falconers Assocation

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Texas Hawking Association

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North American Falconers Association

http://www.n-a-f-a.com

Falconry Fund

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Pursuit Falconry and Conservation Magazine

http://pursuitfalconry.co.uk

The Specialist Falcon

http://www.thespecialistfalcon.com

Cape Falconry Club

http://www.capefalconry.co.za

East Coast Falcons

http://www.eastcoastfalcons.com

Blackhawk Falconry Dachshunds

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Release Date: 04-24-23

Game Wardens and Houndsmen have always had a special relationship. Albeit, adversarial, it is a relationship that is steeped in  mystery, misunderstanding and at times; outright hatred. It is a relationship that also comes with a long history and tradition. For way too long it has been widely accepted that the Houndsman’s job is to outsmart the game warden and the game warden feels it his job to outsmart the Houndsman. An ignorant game that needs to be resolved.

Seth goes to work in this episode to pry some of those tales from Chris. Being a Houndsman and a game warden Chris lays out some entertaining stories about his professional encounters with hunters and also talks about his frustrations in dealing with an ignorant bureaucratic machine known as government.

This episode is filled with tones of laughs but also touches on the serious topic of how houndsmen can gain ground and earn respect from other hunters and policy makers. Chris also challenges game wardens to do better. No one is innocent and there is plenty of ignorance on both sides of the issue. 

The LAW is DOWN the ROAD! Only on the the Houndsman XP Podcast Network.

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Tracking Off the Charts part 1&2 (episodes 351 and 354) brought in a flood of questions. Heath and Houndsman XP favorite, Mark Dufresne, breakdown the concepts that were covered in these in depth and highly informative episodes in a way that makes it easy to understand. 

Topics Covered:

• Operative conditioning
• Scent association
• When to introduce odor
• How to “wake up” a pup’s nose
• Do s and Don’t s 

Cut through the chatter and get straight talk about proven methods for getting the most from your pups from and early age. Heath and Mark help us Teach, Train and Learn on this episode of The Journey on the Houndsman XP Network.

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While working in Wyoming earlier this year, I was able to take a bit of time on some days off and visit friend and fellow Houndsman XP/Xtreme Performance Outdoor Network collaborator Chad Reynolds. Chad was able to take some time and record with me after one of his usual busy days at the ranch, and we talked dog/animal training, the rigours of growing a successful business, and what his falconry has looked like in the different parts of the country he's been in. There's a lot of great discussions in this lengthy episode, and it was great getting a chance to sit down in person to record this, see some of his dogs run, and get an idea of what a day in his life looks like!

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Masters of the Skies

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Baba Yaga Crafts

http://www.instagram.com/babayagagoshawk

North Mountain Goshawks

http://www.northmountaingoshawks.com

New Mexico Falconers Association

Arizona Falconers Assocation

http://www.arizonafalconers.com

Texas Hawking Association

http://www.texashawking.org

North American Falconers Association

http://www.n-a-f-a.com

Falconry Fund

http://www.falconryfund.org

Pursuit Falconry and Conservation Magazine

http://pursuitfalconry.co.uk

The Specialist Falcon

http://www.thespecialistfalcon.com

Cape Falconry Club

http://www.capefalconry.co.za

East Coast Falcons

http://www.eastcoastfalcons.com

Blackhawk Falconry Dachshunds

https://www.facebook.com/blackhawkdachshunds

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Seth and Chris sit down to talk about the feelings and excitement of mentoring new Houndsmen while reflecting on their own journeys with their own mentors and how much it meant to them. This is an episode that will have you laughing, reflecting, and ready to get you into the woods with a friend!

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Release Date: 08-18-19

Readers of hound hunting books like Life of the Greatest Guide, Slash Ranch Hounds or Meet Mr. Grizzly, by McCurdy, Evans or Stevens respectively have, no doubt, yearned to experience the thrill of hunting mountain lions and bears on horseback in the old West. Our guest in this episode, Chris Todd of Kingman, Arizona doesn’t have to live the lifestyle of the western lion hunter vicariously through the printed page. He literally lives it every day.

Todd, who once hunted lions for ninety days out of ninety-two operates a guide service in which hunters experience a seven-day horse-mounted, hound-enhanced, classic mountain lion hunt just like those taken by Dale Lee, Dub Evans or Montague Stevens. In this episode, Chris and Steve interview Todd on several aspects of lion hunting in Arizona. The discussions range from profiling the successful lion hound to breeding, training, and conditioning the hound for rigorous terrain. The hosts drill down into the origins of the guest’s successful pack and uncover some popular names in hound breeding.

Todd knows lions and lion hounds and the hosts pick his brain on many aspects of the sport of hunting the most elusive of quarry in this interesting episode. Chris Todd is the authentic article and his warm personality and storehouse of knowledge about dry ground lion hunting will entertain and inspire listeners to head out west to hunt lions with hounds in the company of a master lion hunter. This episode will rank high on the reader's enjoyability scale.

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