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Ep. 110 California Ducks & Modern Shotshells: A Conversation with MIGRA’s CEO
Season 1 Episode 110
Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard sit down with Mark Regalbuto, CEO of MIGRA Ammunition, for a straight-shooting talk on California waterfowling and the …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 109 November Recap & December Openings: CWA Hunts, Rice Blinds & Staten Highlights
Season 1 Episode 109
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 openin…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 108 From Turbochargers to Duck Calls: Inside Pardi Calls with Kevin Azzopardi & Jason Cline
Season 1 Episode 108
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 industria…
11 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 107 The Life of a Waterfowl Hunter with Mike Cole
Season 1 Episode 107
Jeff sits down with Mike Cole—CWA Gold Benefactor, rice grower, lifelong duck hunter, and serious decoy collector—for a grounded, from-the-bootstraps…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 106 October Recap & November Forecast: Refuge Managers Roundtable (Yolo, Upper Butte, Grizzly)
Season 1 Episode 106
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 f…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 105 California Duck Banding: Klamath Night Lighting, Pintail Nets & Why Reporting Matters
Season 1 Episode 105
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 t…
1 year ago
Ep. 104 Season Outlook 2025–26: Refuge Managers on Water, Habitat & Access
Season 1 Episode 104
Jeff sits down with a panel of California wildlife refuge managers to lay out what hunters can expect this season—water deliveries, flood-up timeline…
1 year ago
Ep. 103 80 Years Strong: How CWA Raises Dollars and How You Can Plug In
Season 1 Episode 103
Director of Fundraising Jason Minsky joins Jeff Smith to break down how California Waterfowl keeps the lights on and the wetlands wet—banquets, sweep…
1 year ago
Ep. 102 The Legacy of California Waterfowling: A talk with Conservationist Yancey Forest-Knowles Pt.6
Season 1 Episode 102
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…
1 year, 1 month ago
Ep. 101 Integrated Wetlands at Bird Haven: Mosquito-Smart Water, More Ducks
Season 1 Episode 101
Carson and Jeff sit down with John Veon (UC Davis PhD candidate, wetlands & waterfowl) and Andy Atkinson (manager, Bird Haven Ranch) to unpack a five…
1 year, 1 month ago