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A podcast that interviews real authentic falconers. Learn about the sport of falconry from those generous enough to share their experiences. I started this channel as a way to bring falconers and future falconers together. The goal is to share techniques and stories that can benefit others in their falconry journey to improve falconry progression and success. I hope you enjoy and comment for questions and future ideas of podcast ideas. Thanks for the support! Support this podcast: https://po ...
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Episode 117: NJ Roundtable Discussion
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While recording the bulk of the ongoing dachshund series last summer in New Jersey, Paul Eliya, Casey Everett, Pakorn Patimetha (who you'll hear from soon), and Erik Swanson decided to sit down and have a group discussion, highlighting different viewpoints on a couple of continual hot topics within the falconry community: the use of social media by…
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Episode 116: Clayton White
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This episode is another lengthy one, and it's packed full with a lot of good information and experiences! A lot of you, especially the falconry book collectors in the community, will probably recognize the name of our guest for this episode. Clayton White, who is the author of Peregrine Quest, and co-author of Peregrine Falcons of the World, gave m…
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Episode 115: Jeff and Lauren Redig
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This is another nice change of pace episode for you all, featuring another husband and wife falconry duo. Jeff Redig was recorded at last year's NAFA meet, and while we were all in Wyoming to meet with and record other falconers. a recording with Lauren was able to get done as well. The decision was made to go ahead and combine their conversations …
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Episode 114: Dennis and Alyssa Hurley
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This episode with Dennis and Alyssa Hurley was one of the last episodes recorded while in Tyler, TX, and is only one of a couple of episodes published thus far that features a father/daughter falconry tandem! It was interesting to hear about some of their experiences getting into falconry together, as well as some of the early hurdles they had to f…
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Episode 113: Erik Swanson
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We're back into dachshund talk again! Erik Swanson, another part of the crew I got a chance to record while in New Jersey last summer, is also the owner of East Coast Falcons, which offers a lot of different abatement services and has been featured in the New York Times, Philly Times, CBS News, and other media outlets. Erik has also owned and bred …
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Episode 112: Nathan Hyland
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This episode concludes (for now) the series featuring falconers from Canada. While at this past year's NAFA meet, Nathan Hyland was finally able to come onto the podcast to discuss using modern technology to film hunts, flying falcons, goshawks, Harris's hawks, and other species in Canada, and other fun topics. Hopefully in the future, we'll be abl…
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Episode 111: Bob Glass
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While at the New Jersey meet earlier this year, Bob Glass joined the podcast to discuss his new book, A Journey with Red Tails, and the process involved with writing it. We also discussed different aspects of being musicians, NAFA, the New Jersey club, his sponsor and mutual friend, Bon Lozaga (sorry Bon!), and he also shared one of the craziest st…
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Episode 110: Robert Carter
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We're back in Eastern Texas again for this episode, in which Robert Carter joins us to discuss his transition from his early falconry days flying longwings on ducks, to flying red tailed and Harris's hawks on squirrels. He also is one of the first falconers I've talked to that has incorporated poodles to help in his falconry. This is also another g…
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Episode 109: Brian Bradley
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Brian Bradley of Skyhunters in Flight joins us for this episode of the podcast. This episode not only takes us back to more dachshund talk, but Brian also discusses different kinds of trapping, as well as other important aspects of falconry that he's had a lot of experience with. This was another fun episode recorded while visiting the falconry cre…
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Episode 108: Dale Guthormsen
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We're coming down to the last couple of episodes of the series featuring falconers from Canada. There's still one left after this episode (for now), but the guest for this episode, Dale Guthormsen, is a well-traveled and experienced falconer. Dale is full of knowledge and stories, and I'm glad that we got a chance to talk about all kinds of odds an…
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Episode 107: Michael Calvin
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This was one of handful of episodes that was recorded at the 2023 NAFA meet. This last NAFA meet also happened to be the international (IAF) meet, and presented the chance to sit down with a few falconers from other countries. In this episode, Michael Calvin sits down to discuss and clarify the current state of falconry in Australia, raptor rehabil…
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Episode 106: Dr. Corey Roelke
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This episode features the current president of the Texas Hawking Association (THA), Dr. Corey Roelke. Corey is a biologist and also teaches at the University of Texas at Arlington, and thanks to him and the Texas Hawking Association, you all will get to continue to hear more about falconry in other parts of Texas, particularly the Western part of t…
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Episode 105: Madison Abell
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This episode continues the ongoing dachshund series! Madison made the long drive to New Jersey from Eastern Tennessee to join us all while we were recording a lot of the initial episodes for this series. After taking in some of the sights of the surrounding area, she sat down to discuss some of her highs and lows in the worlds of falconry and dachs…
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Episode 104: Louise Engel
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In this next episode featuring falconers from Canada, Louise Engel joins the podcast to talk about some of her experiences with flying and breeding barbary falcons, as well as flying a perlin (cross between a peregrine falcon and merlin). Amongst many other things, she also discusses how some of her early interest in falconry took shape when she fo…
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Episode 103: A Tribute to Teddy Moritz
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This is another special episode that brings many falconers together to recognize the contributions of another one of their own: Teddy Moritz. After much debate on when would be a good time to release this episode, the decision was made that now would be as good as any, being that none of us are getting any younger, and there's still so many more st…
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Episode 102: Charl Lotriet
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This episode lets us briefly revisit the Western Cape region of South Africa again, where our guest for this episode, Charl Lotriet, is from. Charl was one of the falconers kind enough to host me while I was in South Africa last summer, and he also took me to experience my first safari trip. Charl is relatively new to falconry, and he discusses his…
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Episode 101: Randy Watson
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This episode takes us back down to Eastern Texas to talk about some good ol' fashioned squirrel hawking! I have to acknowledge and give props to this episode's guest, Randy Watson, for helping to make a lot of these Texas-based episodes happen with falconers on his side of the state, including the recent Gary Brewer episode. Randy was generous enou…
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Episode 100: Martin Geleynse
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This episode's guest features another falconer from Canada, Martin Geleynse. Martin is another falconer who's been at it for a very long time, and during that time, he's sure stayed busy! During his years in falconry, he's worked a lot to get falconry regulations approved in Ontario, and he's also currently serving as president of the North America…
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Episode 99: Dr. Ken Felix
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Those who are knowledgeable in the history of falconry are aware that there are few falconers left who were around during the early formative years of falconry's foundation in the United States. There are even fewer left who can say that they had a chance to learn from some of those falconers instrumental in forming those foundations. Thankfully, s…
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Episode 98: Paul and Phil Eliya
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In this episode, we revisit the world of dachshunds with Paul and Phil Eliya, who also make up the first brother falconry duo to appear on the podcast. These two have contributed back quite a bit to the world of dachshunds and falconry as well, and they started off their falconry journey as apprentices to Teddy Moritz, so they had a great guide thr…
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Episode 97: Brittany Gravel
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This episode brings us back to Canada, where Brittany Gravel discusses the challenges of falconry in her area. Despite having to contend with some pretty brutal hunting conditions, she has become passionate about hawking snowshoe hares, and has experience hunting with red-tailed, Harris's, and now goshawks! At the time of this recording, hunting wi…
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Episode 96: Gary Brewer
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Welcome, and thanks for checking out this first official episode of the newly launched Falconry Chronicles Podcast! Be forewarned, this episode is a lengthy one! It's actually a combination of two different recordings, which took place over the same weekend. Gary was kind enough to take a couple of afternoons to talk at length about his history, wh…
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Episode 95: Falconry Told State of the Union
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This was the recording made announcing that this podcast would be started and that Jon would be branching out on his own. This marks the end of the previous recordings Jon made under the Falconry Told banner, and the start of the recordings made under Falconry Chronicles! Special thanks to the organizations and businesses who've kindly helped suppo…
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Episode 94: Gaylen Gerrish
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This episode was recorded back in the summer in between some of the dachshund episodes. While visiting Seth Roy, Gaylen also happened to be visiting, and it just made sense to get another long-tenured falconer on the podcast who was involved during the very early days of US falconry. It was a privelege to be able to hear about some of his early day…
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Episode 93: Casey Everett
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Our dachshund series continues with one of several falconers from the New York/New Jersey area that were recorded. Once I contacted Casey and told him my plans and inspiration for doing this series, he was instantly inspired to help make it happen. He helped this series come together by coordinating a lot of these episodes with other falconers in h…
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Episode 92: Lynn Oliphant
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Our Canada series continues with another familiar name in the falconry community! A falconer of multiple decades from Saskatchewan, Lynn Oliphant, author of Developing the Modern Gamehawk, takes some time here on the podcast to discuss his background and history, as well as some of the preparation and work that went into putting together his book. …
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Episode 91: Tyler Sladen
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Our dachshund series continues with a guest who has been requested often on the podcast, but until recently, we couldn't connect with and make a recording happen in person. Tyler Sladen has been a friend for awhile, having started falconry around relatively the same time. However, a recent terrier trial event in Kentucky held on the weekend of my b…
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Episode 90: Mark Williams
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Well, you all have been asking for it, and we listened.... This is the start of a series featuring falconers from Canada! We heard the requests before, but as always, we try to do as many episodes in person as possible. However, after much debating, discussing, and planning, we conceded that the only way we were going to be able to ever initially p…
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Episode 89: Teddy Moritz
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We're shaking things up a bit over the next few months of the podcast! This episode brings the start of one of a couple of new series, with this series featuring one of the favorite dog breeds used in falconry: Dachshunds! After meeting the guest for this episode of the podcast for the first time, the inspirational spark for a series featuring this…
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Episode 88: Mike McDermott
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This episode has taken awhile to come to fruition, but thanks to some mutual friends (and some bourbon!), Mike McDermott has agreed to come on the podcast to discuss his falconry experiences with us. Amongst other things, we talk about passage Cooper's hawks, imprint goshawks vs. chamber/parent reared goshawks, and the motivations for writing books…
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We're switching gears again, bringing you a couple of individual episodes before starting into a mix of a couple of new exciting series for you all! Recently, we were fortunate enough to be able to meet up with Seth Roy while recording with several falconers around the New Jersey area. He was nice enough to show us around his amazing property, disc…
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Episode 86: Steve Eastwood
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The Cape Falconry Club series concludes with this second bonus episode featuring another falconer from the UK, Steve Eastwood. In this conversation, we discuss Harris's hawks, ferrets in falconry, and experiences coming to South Africa. Steve also talks some about what falconry is like for him in the northern part of England, where he currently res…
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Episode 85: Robert Kenward
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This Cape Falconry Club series concludes with two bonus episodes, both with falconers from the UK in attendance at the meet. This first bonus episode is with Robert Kenward, a falconer who has volunteered a lot of time with the IAF and IUCN, helping many falconers with their conservation efforts. We discuss some of his background and experiences wi…
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Episode 84: Dr. Adrian Lombard
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This Cape Falconry Series is almost at an end, with this being the last falconer in the series from South Africa. Originally from Zimbabwe, Dr. Adrian Lombard has a lot of experience volunteering with the IAF, and has served in multiple capacities, including chairman. We discuss that, as well as some of the details of his medical practice, and we a…
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Episode 83: Dr. Edmund Oettlé
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As we come closer to ending this series showcasing some of the wonderful falconry in South Africa, Dr. Edmund Oettlé joins us in this ninth episode of the series to discuss some of his experiences in the sport, and experience is something he has no shortage of! On top of being one of the falconers responsible for getting falconry legalized in the W…
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Episode 82: Zayin Vermaak
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In this eighth episode of the Cape Falconry Club series, Zayin Vermaak joins us to talk about some of the experiences he's had in the many years he's practiced falconry. He elaborates some about the species he's flown, including black sparrowhawks and lanner falcons, as well as some of the challenges he's faced with them! We have just a handful of …
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Episode 81: Francois Breedt
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This Cape Falconry Club series continues on with this seventh episode, which features another falconer with a unique experience. Francois Breedt is another falconer who has had the experience of helping to get falconry legalized and a club established in their respective province, which was the Free State province at the time. Along with that exper…
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Episode 80: Thean Prinsloo
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The fun at the CFC meet continues with this sixth episode of the series. This recording was made shortly after a morning of hawking, where Thean Prinsloo bagged the first head of game at the meet. Later in the morning, after his falcon took a duck in a nice flight, we sat down to discuss his first few years in falconry. He talks about his experienc…
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Episode 79: Neil and Erin Deacon
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We're about a quarter of the way through this series brought to you all from the Cape Falconry Club, and in this fifth episode of the series, we bring you a fun new first for the podcast! This episode brings you all Neil and Erin Deacon from Zimbabwe, and they also happen to be our first father/daughter guests on the podcast. They discuss some of t…
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Episode 78: Trevor Oertel
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During another rainy day recording this fourth episode at the CFC meet, Trevor Oertel sits down with us to talk about his lengthy falconry history, and quite a history it is! Trevor is one of the falconers responsible for getting falconry legalized in the Western Cape province, as well as helping to form the Cape Falconry Club and South African Fal…
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Episode 77: Dr. Kyle Perrin
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We're joined by Dr. Kyle Perrin during a very rainy day at the CFC meet for this third episode of the Cape Falconry Club series. Kyle is another falconer who is also a veterinarian, with experience practicing not just in South Africa, but also the UK. He's also practiced falconry in both countries, so offers insights and stories into his falconry e…
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Episode 76: André Cilliers
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In this second episode coming to you from the Cape Falconry Club, we're joined by its chairman, André Cilliers, and he does a great job of going into further detail about how falconry is regulated and conducted in the Western Cape. He also discusses his use of dogs in his falconry and what led him to choose his current dog, his journey to flying lo…
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Episode 75: Richard Huchzermeyer
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Thanks for joining us for the start of our journey in South Africa! Our first podcast episode of this series organized by the Cape Falconry Club features a conversation with Richard Huchzermeyer. We were able to get this recorded in between breaks during the joint IUCN/IAF conference being held in Cape Town the first weekend I was in South Africa, …
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Episode 74: Joe and Alyssa Pravongviengkham
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This episode was recorded the week of the Archives Spring Rendezvous, and we're happy to finally be able to release it for you all! Joe and Alyssa were kind enough to host us at their home that week, and we took the opportunity to have a fun conversation catching each other up on our falconry seasons during the visit. Since Joe and Alyssa also have…
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Episode 73: A Tribute to Harry McElroy
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It's only fitting that we conclude this Arizona Falconers Association series with a tribute to the man who kicked the series off, Harry McElroy. When we started putting this series together, it became apparent very quickly that a tribute episode was in order for Harry, who's made so many contributions to falconry and had an impact on so many falcon…
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In this last jaunt of our Arizona Falconers Association series, we're joined by Greg Smith, who discusses how falconry life has been for him during his years in Kingman, AZ. This episode was a great learning experience, since Greg has imprinted and flown a fair amount of accipiters. He also is one of the few people we've been able to talk to thus f…
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Episode 71: Brian Wood
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In this next episode of the Arizona Falconers Association series, we make our next stop in Tucson to visit and talk with Brian Wood. After a long day day of traveling and recording, it was nice to finish the day by getting Brian's take on experiences with Cooper's hawks, quail hawking, and career decisions inspired by falconry. It's always nice get…
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Episode 70: Tim Riordan
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These next couple of installments of the Arizona Falconers Association series take us down to Tucson, where we met first with Tim Riordan. In this episode, on top of sharing his experiences flying imprint Cooper's hawks and various longwings, Tim also shares some of his initial falconry experiences as another one of the people starting in the sport…
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Episode 69: Randy Hale
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In this second installment brought to you all by the Arizona Falconers Association, we make the trek over to Cornville to meet up with Randy Hale! It was great seeing this part of the state again after so many years, and we were fortunate to be able to see some great scenery while also hearing some great falconry stories that Randy was willing to s…
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Episode 68: Harry McElroy
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Thanks to the Arizona Falconers Association, we were able to do a series featuring falconers from all across the Grand Canyon State, including our esteemed guest for this episode, Harry McElroy! Harry and his wife Beth were kind enough to invite us into their home to discuss Harry's long tenure in falconry, which spanned several decades. At 93 year…
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