The Rich Outdoors

I get this question all the time. "I went to school to be a wildlife biologist but I don't want to work for the state, is there another option?" Zack Vucurevich is showing us exactly how to go about that with his Whetstone Habitat Consulting.  Wildlife management is one of the coolest jobs you can have as a wildlife nerd the problem is that if you go work for an agency you are more often stuck beh...

Carter Brown comes from a long line of family dentist. In fact he was destine to follow in his fathers footsteps and was headed down that path. That was until something in his gut told him that finding a way to make his passion a career was more his cup of tea. Carter didn't know what that would be be he knew this was the road he wanted to go down. I really enjoyed this conversation and was blown...

Mike Merrill aka @michaeltmerrill is a Run, Lift, Shoot machine that secretly is a partner in a majorly successful software company in the construction industry. I'd say most people would follow Mike on social media don't even realize that there is a whole other side to this man who is always smiling ear to ear running up the mountain to train for hunting. In this episode we dive into the entrepre...

This week I am joined by Kincade Pavich to talk about a side hustle that changed his life. Kincade started flipping motorcycles in the pandemic and just for fun decided to turn his goPro on to film a time-lapse of what he did, mostly for his own documentation.  After posting the video he quickly realized that he might be onto something here!  In this podcast we talk about how he got into flipping...

Rocky has been on the podcast before and among being very articulate I truly enjoy bouncing concepts off of him. Over the years we have kicked around many business ideas and Rocky has been a huge part of the success that The Lab has had in the last few months.  After deciding it was time to leave academia Rocky went head first into designing a product that solve a problem he recognized. After almo...

I was super excited to sit down with Casey Underwood. Casey and I have a list of mutual friends but had never really crossed paths. Ironically my wife bought me some of Casey's coffee mugs for the office and I knew I had to get him on the pod.  What fascinates me about Casey is not his success with everything he does but more the fact that he does things very different from how things are supposed...

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This week I am joined by Joe Griffin who just got off his dream hunt of an Alaskan Dall Hunt. I love that Joe has set out to knock out his bucket list items and not just say "someday". This podcast is a story about an epic adventure and we talk about the mind set Joe has to keep pushing to reach those dreams.  Today's podcast is brought to you by the folk over at On X maps. Much more than just sho...

This week my good buddy and country music artist joins me in the studio to catch up and talk about the big moves in his life. Aka, How to take your 10 year goals and make them 1 year goals. We talk about the music career and some big changes that o has up his sleeve. We talk about elk hunting and we talk about the major life update Bo has made. Overall I enjoy talking to Bo because he is very thou...

This week I am joined with Jeff Shardell the founder of Humble Brands. Jeff was in Silicon Valley working for the big tech startups when he realized if he was going to work that hard it mind as well be for himself. Jeff has a passion for storm chasing of all things. We talk about storm chasing and his passion for tornados. Jeff shares a story of almost getting swept up in a tornado that turned on...

Mark has been on the show multiple times and him and I love to talk e-scouting. this time I thought we would do something a little different. A lot of people don't know that Mark is a solid entrepreneur that built his life around being able to go elk hunting more. In this podcast we dive into how he built the event business and how he continues to make decisions based on having the month of Septem...

Welcome to the podcast. This week I am joined my a good buddy Shawn Melland. Shawn is probably one of the best elk hunters in the world. I think a lot of people like to hate on him because what he does seems unattainable. I promise you the only difference between you and Shawn is mindset. You can sit here and say well thats not realistic but but ask yourself why. Why is unrealistic?   We recorded...

I had to title the podcast this just because we made fun of it on the show. In all Reality JD Sustar is pretty far from the "get rich quick crowd. JD is just an average dude the decided one day "I'm going to change my life." And that he did. We talk about his journey to becoming a millionaire and what advice he would give about your own journey. JD made his money in real estate, and to this day fe...

This week I am joined by Brian McElrea aka BMAC. BMAC is a solid dude and I love his story from corporate America to chasing his dreams and building a life most dream of. In this podcast we dive into some background most have probably never heard about Brian and talk about his transition as well as what is next for him. It's safe to say I use On X pretty much daily. With gas prices through the roo...

Fred Bohm was working at his desk one day and just decided. If I'm gonna work this hard it mind as well be on my own thing. Fast forward and I think Fred has a pretty awesome gig and at least appears to be pretty happy. This week we talk with Fred Bohm who not only built a great little brand and company but most importantly he designed his life to optimize his passion. Fred doesn't have to be famo...

I ran into Jim Boorman on a trail outside of town. Jim is 83 now and walks about 4 miles 3 days a week. Seeing him a couple miles up the trail I decided to stop and chat. Turns out he's a hunter. He asked why I was running and I told him the only reason I run is to stay in shape for hunting season. He proceeded to tell me about shooting a book ram at 82. You best believe I had to get him on the po...

This week we deep dive into something very specific from someone you probably haven't heard it from. Willi Schmidt is well know for his long running show Pure Hunting, but a lot of people don't know he actually made his living with Car Washes. In this episode we talk about how Willi went from running a bank to walking away and buying a car wash so he could hunt more. Having the car wash allowed hi...

My good buddy Jake pops into the studio to catch up on plans for this fall, and to talk about work play balance. Jake is a serial entrepreneur with multiple business yet seems to travel as much or more than anyone I know. We talk about early mentors and how he got the itch for doing his own thing. Growing up in Port Angeles WA he said starting a business was just what you did if you wanted to be s...

How to clarify your life route.    Hey you beautiful podcast listeners. I got a something special for you today. Recently I created something called the Map Check Challenge . It's a tool to help you clarify your life route. A few weeks ago my buddy David Brinker was on and he talked about having this moment where his goals didn't align with what he was doing. I know this feeling well because I too...

This week I jump on with Drew Miles who among being a successful business owner recently came up with a clever way to make the lightest tripod on the market using the trekking poles you already pack. Drew happens to also have an interesting history with patents and actually still gets royalties on a design he sold from a napkin drawing years ago. Interesting story! If you want to check out the Tri...

Do I have a pod for you guys this week! I came across Michael on Tik Tok and I thought wow this guy is living the life. Michael is in his early thirties and for the last nine years has been living a nomadic lifestyle on horseback. Traveling From April through September Michael travels with west with his horses and his partner. They Spend the winters in a teepee making their own clothes and tools....

David Brinker went from growing up in the middle of nowhere more worried about chewing Kodiak and drinking beer than what the big plan was. That was until he happened to meet a guy named Jason Hairston. "I remember him telling me, we are gonna take over the world, and I was like holy crap this guy is serious - David Brinker Brinker went from being a nobody heading up the marketing department of Si...

This week we catch back up with Braxton McCoy. Braxton was on way back in 2019 where we chatted about his injuries, and his book The Glass Factory . Braxton is a thoughtful guy and you can follow him on twitter at @braxton. Be sure to check out the first podcast with him that I did to get his backstory here. This week we catch up on our crappy bear seasons, we talk about his guiding career, and ab...

This week I am joined by thee one and only Jack Carr, author, Navy Seal commander and outdoorsman. Jack is a such a down to earth good guy. On a professional level Jack is a tremendous author and has an amazing series out that starts with the book, The Terminal List  and will suck you in like a good binge worth Netflix show. In this episode I dive into Jacks creative process and we chat about insp...

Kip Fulks is the co founder of Under Armor and most recently Big Truck Brewing. Kip is a savage! you does everything at level 1000. I appreciate that in a lot of ways. It was really cool to chat with someone who just just has zero cap to their own possibilities and pushes themself to be what they know is possible. I love when Kip said about building Under Armor that he "didn't pick my head up unti...