Ep. 196: What It Means To Be A Provider with Chad Mendes

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Chad Mendes, former UFC superstar, owner of Finz and Featherz, and co-author of The Provider cookbook. Chad and I talk about his journey with guiding and teaching new hunters, what it means to be a provider, the new cookbook, whitetail hunting, bare knuckle boxing, and a story of a brutal elk hunt with his wife and father.   Topics: Background in hunting and how that changed once he got into wrestling/fighting Finz and Featherz - guiding and teaching new hunters   New cookbook - The Provider What does it mean to be a “Provider” From big game to whitetail hunting Why he got back into fighting Public Land Backcountry elk hunting story with his wife and father   Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @chadmendes   Facebook:    East Meets West Outdoors   https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/   YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w   Shop new apparel!  https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/shop   Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik   Partners: onX Mapping at your finger tips on your phone, computer or GPS that will allow you scout harder, hunt farther and increase your success rates. This is the number 1 tool that I use every single time I'm in the woods or mountains. Use code EMW for 20% off of the Hunt app. https://www.onxmaps.com/ Spartan Forge Forged in combat and tailored for hunters, Spartan Forge stands at the nexus of Machine Learning and White-tailed Deer hunting to deliver truly intuitive and science based products that save the hunter time spent scouting, planning and executing their hunts. Check out the Outfitter for deer movement predictions based on millions of data points for your area! Save 25% with coupon code eastmeetswest www.spartanforge.ai Heather's Choice Healthy, great tasting, dehydrated meals for the backcountry. Use code eastmeetswest to get free shipping on ALL orders.  http://lddy.no/7og2 Maven Optics Top quality binoculars, spotting scopes and rifle scopes for your hunts from east to west. Use the code eastmeetswest-gift get a free gift with your next order! https://mavenbuilt.com/ MTN OPS MTN OPS is the leader in providing science based supplements to help you train inside and conquer more outside. Use the code BEAUFREESHIP for free shipping on all orders.  https://glnk.io/mw0/beaumartonik TETHRD The Tethrd Team has created the ultimate tree saddle hunting setup. The Phantom Saddle and Predator Platform system is truly the culmination of ideas & input from thousands of dedicated tree saddle hunting fanatics around the world.  https://tethrdnation.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices