Ep. 293: Alaska Hunting, Trapping, and Bush Plane Flying with Adam Grenda // Stuck N The Rut

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Adam Grenda. Adam is a father, entrepreneur, bush pilot, moose fanatic, and trapper currently residing in Alaska. They discuss what it means to be an entrepreneur, flying planes into remote places, obsession with moose, the importance of trapping, and much more. Adam is a part of the Stuck N The Rut Youtube channel, where you can watch some of his hunts.

Topics:

• 0:00 - INTRO
• 06:55 - Quitting your job and going full time
• 10:04 - Having to ask permission to go hunting
• 11:11 - What Adam does, what his wife does, and what he did to to leave his job
• 13:26 - Being an entrepreneur is hard work, but means freedom
• 16:47 - Where Adam grew up and his origin story
• 24:17 - It’s hard work, but you can do it
• 26:59 - Moose hunting and how difficult it is to hunt Alaska
• 40:00 - Bear problems and sidearms
• 50:20 - Hunting with people who elevate you
• 56:59 - The importance of a tough mindset in hunting
• 58:15 - Trapping in Alaska
• 01:00:04 - The weather factor
• 01:01:52 - The fur market and trapping
• 01:09:34 - Moose numbers and hunting consultation
• 01:14:00 - Getting meat home
• 01:15:28 - Using airlines miles to hunt Alaska
• 01:17:35 - Closing
• 01:18:38 - OUTRO

Note** timestamps might be off by a few minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes

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