Save it for the Blind Podcast
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Welcome to the Save it for the Blind Podcast. Dive into the world of duck hunting, conservation, and legislation. Join us for insightful discussions on preserving both tradition and nature. Our podcast isn't complete without tackling the legislative side of things. Discover how local and national policies impact hunting seasons, bag limits, and wetland preservation. Interviews with experts and policymakers will shed light on the intricate balance between hunting traditions and the need for sustainable practices. RSSVERIFY
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S1E121 Ep. 121 Dr. Bob McLandress on Building Early CWA
Mallard nesting at Grizzly Island, the story about CWA’s first biologist, and how research, banding, fundraising, and education all took shapeJeff Smith and Carson Odegard sit down with Dr. Bob…
S1E120 Ep. 120 Chemistry, Calls, and Canada Geese with Chance Wadsworth
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard sit down with Chance Wadsworth, owner of Quill Creek Championship Calls, to talk goose calling from the inside out—how a chemistry background helped him design the Mach…
S1E119 Ep. 119 Tracking the Flyway with Cory Overton
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard sit down with Cory Overton for a data-driven look at what really happened during this season’s migration. Instead of relying on blind chatter and guesswork, Cory breaks…
S1E118 Ep. 118 Season Recap: January Averages, Year-to-Year Swings & Pintail Puzzles
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard wrap the season with a clean, property-by-property breakdown—January numbers, year-over-year changes, species quirks, and the big themes (fog, late rains, road work,…
S1E117 Ep. 117 Senior World Champ Duck Caller — Craig Wilson
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard sit down with Craig Wilson, owner of River Oaks Outdoors and a Senior World Duck Calling Champion to trace his path from SoCal refuge rat (Wister/Kern) to Idaho mallard…
S1E116 Ep. 116 CWA-New Zealand Hunter Exchange Program with Eben Herbert
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard welcome Eben Herbert from the New Zealand Hunter Exchange to compare notes on waterfowling half a world apart—what shocked him about the Suisun Marsh, why California’s…
S1E115 Ep. 115 Mapping the Flyway: CWA Science Director Corey Overton on Telemetry, Pintail, and the Klamath Connection
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard welcome Cory Overton, California Waterfowl’s new Science Director, for a clear, field-level look at how modern telemetry is rewriting what we know about duck…
S1E114 Ep. 114 Uruguay Mixed-Bag Done Right: Closaway Outfitters with Dwight Jones
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard sit down with Dwight Jones, founder of Closaway Outfitters (Uruguay) and CEO of Okmulgee Fields Inc., to unpack a boutique, American-run operation built for wild birds,…
S1E113 Ep. 113 December Property Recap: Floods, Fog, and Averages Across CWA Hunts
Carson Odegard sits down with Jeff Smith to break down December’s numbers across California Waterfowl properties—what got better, what got buried under water, and how long tule fog and rolling storms…
S1E112 Ep. 112 Questions from the Blind: Jeff & Carson’s Mid-Season Q&A
Merry Christmas! This episode drops right before the holiday—here’s to safe hunts, full straps, and time with your crew and family.Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard dig into listener questions—from “what…
S1E111 Ep. 111 Rugged Sound for the Duck Life: DEMERBOX with President Alex Keil
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard sit down with Alex Keil, president of DEMERBOX, to unpack how a garage-built, Pelican-case speaker turned into a made-in-USA workhorse for hunters and outdoor crews.…
S1E110 Ep. 110 California Ducks & Modern Shotshells: A Conversation with MIGRA’s CEO
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard sit down with Mark Regalbuto, CEO of MIGRA Ammunition, for a straight-shooting talk on California waterfowling and the nuts and bolts of building precision shotshells.…
S1E109 Ep. 109 November Recap & December Openings: CWA Hunts, Rice Blinds & Staten Highlights
Carson Odegard (fresh off dad duty) and Jeff Smith run a quick, no-nonsense update on how November hunts went across CWA properties—and what’s opening up for December. From Staten Island’s lights-out…
S1E108 Ep. 108 From Turbochargers to Duck Calls: Inside Pardi Calls with Kevin Azzopardi & Jason Cline
This week, Jeff sits down with Kevin Azzopardi and Jason Cline of Pardi Calls (Yuba City, CA) to trace how a family machine shop that built industrial turbocharger parts turned its precision tools…
S1E107 Ep. 107 The Life of a Waterfowl Hunter with Mike Cole
Jeff sits down with Mike Cole—CWA Gold Benefactor, rice grower, lifelong duck hunter, and serious decoy collector—for a grounded, from-the-bootstraps story of how passion turns into habitat,…
S1E106 Ep. 106 October Recap & November Forecast: Refuge Managers Roundtable (Yolo, Upper Butte, Grizzly)
Jeff Smith checks in with three boots-on-the-ground voices to break down how California’s opener really went—and what to expect as November weather finally shows up. Guests include Garrett Spann…
S1E105 Ep. 105 California Duck Banding: Klamath Night Lighting, Pintail Nets & Why Reporting Matters
Jeff sits down with Brian Huber and Jason Coslovich to unpack this summer’s banding push and preseason pintail work—what changed with more water on the landscape, how night-lighting in the Klamath…
S1E104 Ep. 104 Season Outlook 2025–26: Refuge Managers on Water, Habitat & Access
Jeff sits down with a panel of California wildlife refuge managers to lay out what hunters can expect this season—water deliveries, flood-up timelines, food on the landscape, and how weather and…
S1E103 Ep. 103 80 Years Strong: How CWA Raises Dollars and How You Can Plug In
Director of Fundraising Jason Minsky joins Jeff Smith to break down how California Waterfowl keeps the lights on and the wetlands wet—banquets, sweepstakes, merch, and a statewide volunteer network…
S1E102 Ep. 102 The Legacy of California Waterfowling: A talk with Conservationist Yancey Forest-Knowles Pt.6
Waterfowl historian Yancey Forest-Knowles closes the series with a tour of California’s fog belt and beyond—Humboldt Bay, the lagoons north and south of Crescent City, Laguna de Santa Rosa, and the…
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Save it for the Blind Podcast has published 121 episodes since August 2023, covering topics in Nature, Science.
Save it for the Blind Podcast is currently moderate with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 54m.
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