The Rich Outdoors

Welcome to The Rich Outdoors where we dive into everything from hardcore backcountry hunting to being an entrepreneurship, and life in general.  It is back! A while back we put together a massive compilation of the best moments of throughout Wapiti Wednesday over the last couple years. What started as a concept for a 1 hour podcast turned into a gigantic project. This compilation is packed full of...

This week, I wanted to share an episode where I was the guest on another podcast. Ty Leary, who I consider a good friend and has been on the show multiple times, is launching his own podcast later this week, called Life In Full. He invited me as a guest for one of the first interviews and we ended up having a killer conversation lasting over 3 hours! Ty’s podcast, Life In Full, focuses on th...

A lot of you probably know that I like talking business and learning business. Some of you probably know that I am also a big fan of new music and underground artists. Recently I got introduced to a gentleman by the name of Bo DePeña. Bo and I hit off talking about the music industry and hunting. We had a fascinating conversation just shooting bows in my back yard and decided we should hit the rec...

In today’s podcast we sit down with a solid group of mountain hunters to talk about what makes them more successful than 90% of other hunters. Dioni Amuchastegui, Travis Nowotny, and Zach Kenner have all been on the podcast before but it is pretty special to have them all on together in a round table format. Dioni, is one the best mule deer hunters I know and puts so much dedication toward f...

Today I’m joined by a good friend and excellent elk hunter Dirk Durham from the Elk Collective and Phelps Game Calls. In this podcast Dirk shares is journey last year to turn a ruined season into a success. After receiving a major shoulder injury just days into season, Dirk thought it was all but over for the year. After switching to a mouth tab release and teaching himself to shoot it, Dirk...

This week I wanted to answer one of the questions I have been getting a lot. This question also popped up at The Western Hunting Summit and I knew we should tackle it in a podcast. It is easy to get into the weeds with every guest and focus so much effort on a specific topic. This week I asked Jaden Bales to co-host a show with me and get back to at 30,000 foot view on planning both  a backcountry...

I am pumped to bring you guys this episode. Paul Thacker is an all around badass! Thacker has set many world record distance jumps on a snowmobile and has competed in X-Games freestyle. In this podcast Paul shares his crazy story of going from a successful banker to world class snowmobile rider, and even being a stunt double in a major film. Paul’s story took a major turn when he ended becom...

We have been getting great feedback from the entrepreneur podcasts that we have been putting out, and honestly I could talk about this all the time. On that note, I wanted to get an outside perspective on building a side hustle, and who better than Nick Loper of The Side Hustle Show. Nick has been helping people build a side business for longer than I have been doing a podcast. In this episode Nic...

In this episode I wanted to answer some of the questions I get surrounding backcountry food, cooking systems and recommend some products many of you have probably never heard of. My guest for this show is Josh Kirchner ( @dialedinhunter) Josh recently just finished writing a book called Becoming A Backcountry Hunter which is now out on Amazon. Josh has also been a long time Backcountry Fuel Box su...

Welcome to the Rich Outdoors, where I sit down with guests of all kinds to discuss adventure, hunting and entrepreneurship. I am constantly looking to grow and expand and hopefully along the way add value to you the listener as well. In todays podcast I am joined by Rocky Crandell, an Instructor at the University of Montana Western in Dillon. Rocky joins me to chat about the outdoor industry, the...

This week my man Ryan Lampers joins me to talk backcountry bear hunting. Ryan doesn’t do anything not as hardcore as he can and bear hunting is definitely no exception. We dive into Ryans recent trip to Idaho and discuss a lot of the things they learned throughout their 12 day trip. Ryan has spent time hunting bears as early as April all of the way into June. We talk about the different beha...

This episode of the podcast is brought to you by FHF and Backcountry Fuel. Which is funny because that who’s on the podcast. Today I sit down with Paul Lewis the founder and owner of FHF Gear. I had pretty much force Paul to come on the podcast because he is almost humble to a fault. I have a ton of respect for Paul who has built an amazing company pretty much entirely on the side while also being...

This weeks podcast I got the pleasure to sit down with Terry Houin a retired Navy Seal and all around solid gentleman. I love that Terry is so humble but we did get some great stories out of him like his journey to becoming a Navy Seal despite not really knowing what the Seals even were. Terry shares his journey of becoming an elk hunter and the ups and downs of being a Seal and an outdoorsman. Te...

Lady’s and gents, the master is back. This time he has a big announcement as well. Mark Livesay is thee most knowledgeable person I know when it comes to planning and mapping out a hunt from a computer. Mark has year and years of experience and has a system that is dialed. Our first two podcast are some of the most downloaded episodes we have done and now Mark comes on to answer  many of the...

This week I am joined by Brian Rhead, who has among many accomplishments, managed to get his entire sheep slam (all 4 North American Sheep) by making trades and working his side hustle. That alone is a feat that I really look up to, but Brian has one of the most impressive trophy rooms I have seen. In this podcast, we also talk solo elk hunting as Brian has taken 30 bull elk with his bow as well....

This week Gabrio and I wanted to do a podcast about the 10 most common mistakes in archery elk hunting. First and foremost Gabrio and I completely acknowledge that we make most of these as much as anyone out there. We kick off the podcast with Jon’s epic story of his Montana bull from 2019 and his crazy encounter wit a heard of 300 head of elk. Let’s just say it is one of those insane...

This week I am stoked to bring you a podcast that I have wanted to do for a while. Scott Carney wrote a book called What Doesn’t Kill Us and when I first read this book I realized that so many things Scott was talking about were things I was thinking about in regards to hunting and pushing my own limits in the mountains. I am fascinated by Scott’s ability to control his mind in so many...

On this podcast, Kyle Williams and Jaden sit down to talk Kyle’s 3 great bucks he took with 3 different weapons in one season. He was followed up in 2019 by his buddy Ace’s similar three-peat, and they dive into the stories behind both years. Kyle is an excellent storyteller, and though he admits hasn’t been killing big deer for too awful long, he really has a great grasp on what...

Over the years I have been lucky enough to meet some of the best hunters from around the world. I have also been lucky enough to get the opportunity to bounce ideas and tactics off these guys and it has helped me significantly. Today is one of the times. Cam and I met through Adam Foss his brother a few years back at Sheep Show. Over the last couple of years, I have picked Cam’s brain on she...

In this week’s Wapiti Wednesday we have a long time elk hunting guest Zach Bowhay. In this episode Zach and I break down a very common complaint amongst elk hunters, “how do I get away from all these peoples!” Zach has hunted Idaho his whole life and we talk about how in recent years he has had to change his approach and adjust tactics on the fly constantly. We talk about ways to...

With the world virtually at a standstill and many wishing, they had more survival skills. James Nash and Lampers join me today for a conversation about how we as sportsmen can up our skills to be better prepared for chaotic times such as these. So many things are unknown right now and we talk about some issues as it pertains to both spring closers affecting bear hunts and also what fall hunts migh...

On this episode of muley Monday, Jaden sits down with the gear guru herself, Jordan Budd. Jordan not only gets after it in the mountains both hunting and filming but as the host of the Rokcast, she has a ton of conversations strictly about gear and gear function. On top of that, she went on an epic muley hunt with the big buck legend, Robby Denning. Her experiences watching and learning from him b...

I always enjoy having Micah on the podcast and this episode was no exception. Micah is a former Navy Seal who now makes a huge impact on the lives of many veterans with his program Heroes and Horses. Micah is one of the more introspective humans I have ever met and we chat a lot about purpose and meaning as it gets wrapped up in this thing we call identity. We talk about the current events and Mic...

Jonathan Metcalf is one hell of a good guy. He introduced himself a few years ago and it’s been cool to follow his journey along the way ever since. In 2019 Johnathan took one of the cooler Roosevelt bulls I have ever seen but what I love about this story is his journey and learning curve to get to that point. To say he earned that bull would be an understatement. Jonathan has put in an hour...

This past week I headed to Bend Oregon to host a fundraiser on behalf of Raise em Outdoors. While I was in town I got the invite to tour the Nosler factory. This ended up being way cooler than I thought it was going to be and I highly recommend do it. On top of the tour, one of our listeners, Justin Moore actually set up a podcast with The President and Grandson of the Founder, John Nosler himself...