The Fat Bird, Ugly Dog Podcast

A podcast by Al Franke

38 Episodes

  1. 18. Falconry Med Kit and First Aid with Vickie Joseph

    Published: 7/21/2023
  2. 17. Upland Gamebird Conservation with Doug Manzer

    Published: 7/5/2023
  3. 16. The Art of Hawking Sage Grouse with Steve Chindgren (Part 3)

    Published: 6/20/2023
  4. 15. The Art of Hawking Sage Grouse with Steve Chindgren (Part 2)

    Published: 6/10/2023
  5. 14. The Art of Hawking Sage Grouse with Steve Chindgren (Part 1)

    Published: 6/2/2023
  6. 13. The Specialist Falcon with Simon Tyers (Part 3)

    Published: 5/21/2023
  7. 12. The Specialist Falcon with Simon Tyers (Part 2)

    Published: 5/14/2023
  8. 11. The Specialist Falcon with Simon Tyers (Part 1)

    Published: 5/4/2023
  9. 10. Hunt Quietly with Matt Rinella

    Published: 4/26/2023
  10. 9. Steve Layman on Operant Conditioning

    Published: 4/21/2023
  11. 8. Gun Dog It Yourself with Nick Adair

    Published: 4/11/2023
  12. 7. Normalizing peregrine falcon take in North America (Part 2)

    Published: 4/4/2023
  13. 6. Normalizing peregrine falcon take in North America (Part 1)

    Published: 3/30/2023
  14. 5. Operant Conditioning 101

    Published: 3/21/2023
  15. 4. Scott Larsen, and the Perfect Pigeon

    Published: 3/14/2023
  16. 3. The Flying of Falcons with Ed Pitcher and Ricardo Velarde (Part 2)

    Published: 3/8/2023
  17. 2. The Flying of Falcons with Ed Pitcher (Part 1)

    Published: 2/28/2023
  18. 1. Introduction to the podcast

    Published: 2/27/2023

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The goal of this podcast is to present alternate viewpoints on falconry. Topics covered range from training philosophy, husbandry, and health of birds and bird dogs to conservation and management of raptors, their main prey species, and the respective habitat that they rely on. In addition, I’ll cover-off themes related to hunter ethics, fair chase, and access to public and private land. I’ll outline efforts that falconers can make to contribute to all of these topics of conversation.