EP 655 Jay Nichol | Mindful Hunter
This week, I had an awesome conversation with my good friend Jay Nichol—a deep thinker, a hardcore backcountry hunter, and an entrepreneur with a wild journey.
Jay has a crazy past, overcoming addiction and finding purpose in hunting and pushing himself in the backcountry. A few years ago, he sold his business to chase hunting full-time, leading to an incredible rollercoaster of lessons, challenges, and growth.
We dive into:
- Life lessons, success, and purpose through hunting,
- The traps he fell into during his hunting season and how he’s evolving,
- His experience consulting for Lululemon and how that influenced his business, and
- How he turned his obsession with gear testing into Forged in the Backcountry, a hardcore hunting brand.
Jay spent the last year building the perfect underwear for hardcore hunters—a fascinating story of taking everything he learned from Lululemon and applying it to solve a real backcountry problem.
🚨 Special Offer: Right now through April, for every $5 spent at ForgedInTheBackcountry.com, you get an entry to win a Swarovski ATX spotting scope!
Be sure to subscribe to his YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/MindfulHunter/videos
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