Ep. 13: Trent Ellis - Marine, Outdoorsman, and Rising Social Media Voice
In Pursuit
MeatEater
4.9 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of In Pursuit, Rich Froning sits down with Trent Ellis, Marine, outdoorsman, and rising social media voice, whose mix of grit, humor, and authenticity has built him a loyal following. Trent opens up about his journey from small-town Mississippi dreams of football, to deployments overseas, to finding peace and purpose back in the woods. He shares how hunting with his brother shaped his early years, why fitness and preparation matter in the backcountry, and how storytelling on social media (and now stand-up comedy) has given him a new platform to inspire others.
From lessons learned in the Marines to the joy of making memories with his own kids in the outdoors, Trent reminds us that living authentically isn’t about chasing the spotlight—it’s about keeping your priorities rooted in family, faith, and the wild.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | This season on Blood Trails, each story begins with a hunter stepping into the wild, but not all of them come back. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Jordan Sillers, a journalist with over a decade of experience investigating stories about hunting, fishing, guns, and crime. |
| 0:20.7 | Join me as we track the truth through tangled cover and cold case files, where every |
| 0:24.8 | trail tells a story, and every story leaves its own trail of blood. |
| 0:30.2 | Blood trails. Listen now on Spotify. |
| 0:34.3 | Today we're joined by Trent Ellis, ex-Marine, Instagram influencer, and a guy who's out there inspiring folks to make light of most situations. |
| 0:43.0 | In this episode, we're talking to Trent about how he built his following, his approach and inspiration for hunting, and what it takes to live authentically in today's world. |
| 0:54.6 | Out here, the stakes are real. |
| 0:57.8 | Effective preparation starts with fitness, but it requires so much more. |
| 1:02.8 | This show explores the tools, knowledge, resilience, and skills needed to be ready |
| 1:07.8 | when it matters the most. |
| 1:09.8 | Join me, Rich Broning, as we apply the decades of wisdom I have gained through training |
| 1:14.6 | and competition to hunting in the backcountry. |
| 1:18.5 | This is In Pursuit. |
| 1:21.3 | Brought to you by Mountain Ops. |
| 1:25.5 | In collaboration with Mayhem Hunt. All in pursuit we got bird we established that was |
| 1:31.7 | your character name from now on bird we're not even going to go with your full name why you |
| 1:35.5 | think they call him bird his name is josh bergeron the eyes and the nose |
| 1:44.0 | you could have just said the no yeah so i mean he's run. The eyes and the nose? |
| 1:46.5 | You could have just said the nose. |
| 1:47.6 | So, |
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