The Rich Outdoors

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...

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 th...

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 es...

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 hav...

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...

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 was...

Map Check Challenge helps you clarify what your success looks like. 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 d...

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...

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 depa...

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...

This week I am joined by an interesting veteran who is doing some cool things. Jeremiah is a retired Green Beret with a mission to help. He started War Party Movement as a way to help vulnerable women and children, particularly those in Native communities. In the podcast we talk about some of his hero’s growing up, his experiences in the military, and his growth as a person. We talk about hi...

My good buddy Seth Perkins of Bearded Butchers Just hit 1 Million Subscribers on YouTube. I am super pumped for him and the team. The coolest part about this is that these guys are just a couple of small town farm kids from Ohio who were tired of cutting meat and decided you know what we gotta do something more. In this podcast we talk about that decision to shift gears and grow from a mom and pop...

This week my good buddy Mr. Nash catch up on life and talk about our current projects. James Nash is a solid human and it has been great to see the success of his podcast and all of his projects. In this episode we chat his transition from the military and how he thinks about goals/ accomplishments. We also talk about think big vs impost vs imposter syndrome. We talk about the power of doing hard...

This week Otis McGregor joins me on the podcast. Otis is a retired Special Forces Lt Colonel and is now helping people launch and scale their business through his company Tribe and Purpose. In this podcast we talk about developing your own tribe and purpose. We also talk about over coming challenges both in hunting and in life. Show Notes: Otis’ Mindset When Hunting in CO – 01:54 Getti...

This week we talk Spring bear hunting. Been talking a lot about entrepreneurship lately so it was fun talk about upcoming spring bear plans. Garrett Weaver runs a hunting YouTube channel called On Point and does a lot of bear hunting in Oregon. Jared Newman is out of Colorado and we talk about his plans to hit up Montana this year. Spring bear hunting is one of my favorite trips of the year and re...

It’s a pleasure to have Remi Warren on the podcast again. Remi is someone I have always looked up to for a few reason. Remi is about as true to character as anyone I have met. He also has the ability to be 100% true to himself which is more rare than one would think. It can be hard to know when to be yourself and when people you expect something else of you. In this episode we talk about a s...

This week I am joined by Justin Wegner of Backbone Swag. Just when Justin took the leap of faith in himself and went out on his own, life had other plans. Justin worked his way up to finally having some big contracts in the agency space just as COVID and 2020 punched everyone in the face. Every single project he was working on stopped or postponed. The problem is when that happens it is not like t...

We are launching a men’s candle company. I have more ideas than time, some ideas are better than others I’ll admit. Ideas are actually pretty easy it’s deciding which ones to pursue, which ones are going to be dead ends that take a ton of intuition and skill. I created this thing Rich Ideas Lab for a few reasons. 1) I love jamming about business ideas, making money, and how to ha...

This week I am joined by fellow podcaster Steven Cook. Steven is an entrepreneur who took his families feed store business and scaled it a very profitable business. We talk about his background in animal nutrition and how he pivoted his college education into something that would help grow the family business. We also cover some funny side hustles that the early entrepreneur used to pay his way th...