Big 10, Trapping, Mentors: Modern Mountain Man Pete Muennich

The Rich Outdoors

Cody Rich

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Wilderness, Business, Sports

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Ep 656: Pete Muennich
This week on the Elk Hunt Podcast, I’m joined by Pete Muennich, a true modern-day mountain man. Pete took my son and me out to check beaver traps, something I’ve wanted to do for years. As a guy who’s read every mountain man and trapper book I can get my hands on—including Steven Rinella’s new book The Mountain Men 1806-1840—getting to live a piece of that history with my five-year-old son was an unforgettable experience.
But Pete wasn’t born into this lifestyle. He grew up in the suburbs of Cincinnati to parents who didn’t hunt at all. So how did a city kid become a hardcore mountain man, trapper, dog handler, and hunting guide?
In this episode, we dive into:

Pete’s love for the mountains, trapping, and running dogs,
How a kid from the suburbs became a skilled outdoorsman,
Completing the North American Big 10 at a young age with no outside capital,
The power of mentorship—how Pete built relationships that opened doors worldwide, and
His journey to becoming a Montana outfitter and guiding in the wilds of Alaska.

This is a fascinating conversation about grit, mentorship, and chasing a dream. Don’t miss it!
📍 Pete’s Outfitting Business: North Country Outfitters, Montana
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0:00.0	Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
0:10.0	They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
0:14.0	I can't even make this up.
0:19.0	He starts walking, I drawback, and he's down.
0:21.7	It's right there.
0:28.1	Today's episode of the podcast, brought to you by Onax Hunt.
0:30.9	Such a great tool.
0:32.0	Use it constantly.
0:33.3	And if you're not an elite member yet, you need to consider it because it has some great tools for researching planning and making sure you have hunts for this fall.
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0:55.5	tools that are able to help you plan and figure out this hunt for the fall. Really tough to do.
1:01.5	And I know a lot of people struggle with hunting out of state or finding new areas and they kind of
1:05.9	keep doing the same thing because they just don't know how to figure it out. Onex, a hunt elite
1:10.4	membership will give you tools that will make you a better hunter,
1:13.9	or at least put you in better areas to get more at-bats.
1:18.4	Use the code TRO when you upgrade your account to Elite, and you'll save yourself 20% off.
1:24.0	All right, buddy, welcome the show.
1:26.0	We did a show, gosh, it was years ago.
1:28.7	You and Whitney were on.
1:29.9	We tried to do a show at the old Stone Glacier Shop,
1:34.5	and it was just a complete debacle.
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