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

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

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

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0:00.0	Are you an adventurer looking to take your hunt to the next level?
0:04.6	You're in the right place.
0:05.8	Welcome to East Meets West Hunt with your host, Beaumartonic.
0:14.3	Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by OnX.
0:21.4	On today's episode, I am joined by Chad Mendez, former UFC superstar, owner of fins and feathers,
0:30.1	and co-author of the provider cookbook. Chad and I talk about his journey with guiding
0:35.0	and teaching new hunters, what it means to be a provider,
0:39.5	the new cookbook, whitetail hunting, bare-knuckle boxing, and a story of a brutal
0:45.2	elk hunt with his wife and father. This episode is brought to you by Onex. The OnX hunt app is
0:51.7	your premier GPS hunting app, it turns your phone into a working GPS.
0:56.2	This time of year, I am scouring the maps on the desktop version of the app to look for areas of scout and hunt for mountain bucks, as well as potential hunting locations for my annual Western hunt, which is just coming up here in just over a week.
1:10.3	The new 3D feature makes it convenient to look for glassing locations and ways of travel.
1:15.3	If you want to check out the Onex Hunt app for yourself, head over to onexmaps.com.
1:19.9	Use a coupon code EMW to save 20%.
1:23.6	Tethered is a company founded on the principles of educating the hunting community on saddle hunting
1:29.4	while creating the most innovative, lightweight, and safe products for saddle hunting.
1:34.8	I'm using the phantom saddle system with the predator platform for all of my mobile hunts.
1:40.7	To learn more about tethered and saddle hunting, head over to tethered nation.com.
1:46.0	Maven is building the highest quality optics at half the price their competitors through their direct-to-consumer business model.
1:54.0	They want to create the best optics for the job, period.
1:56.0	And I am using their B3-8x30 binos for all of my Eastern hunting. White tails, turkeys, scouting.
2:06.8	I've done a YouTube video on these not too long ago and I just really love this piece of glass.
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