Mark Sullivan the Expose’

[Africa1]

I understand Mark's passion for the adrenaline rush. Whether it's my chosen profession, which risks my life every day I do it, or skydiving, SCUBA diving or bunji jumping off the Zambezi bridge this past May,,,I never feel more alive than when I walk the line. Why do so many of us knowingly hunt the DANGEROUS 7!! Surely that adrenaline fix has SOMETHING to do with it! I was charged by a 2200-pound Water Buffalo Bull in 2023 in Argentina and dropped him 15 feet away with a heart-lung shot from a 375 HxH backed up by my PH's 458 at the exact same moment I shot! His impact point was 4 inches above mine!! On the same trip I took a 350-pound wild boar, at night, with a knife only!! In May I shot a Cape Buffalo Bull in South Africa. He got both barrels of a 470 NE at 80 yards and an insurance shot from my PH from a 458 Lott. He ran 50 yards and expired quietly. However, his Askari waited quietly until we got 50-75 feet away from him on our way to my downed Buff. The long grass swirled and he came, head down straight for me. At 8-10 feet I pulled both triggers on the 470 NE thinking "This is going to hurt!" Adrenaline is an amazing chemical. I felt nothing til' the next day! At the report, the 2nd bull flipped over on his back bellowing angrily...spine shot. I walked around him,reloading and carefully finished him. They say charges happen on average once every 250 Cape Buffalo hunts. Maybe I'm just lucky!

 

[Africa1]

P.S....I eat everything I shoot. Croc is delicious!

 

[Hunt anything]

P.S....I eat everything I shoot. Croc is delicious!

Never eaten a croc but if they are as tasty as American alligator I would love to give it a try.

 

[mark-hunter]

Never eaten a croc

Like a chicken breast. My impression. A bit dry.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

And that’s what I was trying to convey to OH, who never listens to anyone, that there is a MAJOR difference between being in a dangerous situation and having a close call!
All the situations I listed in my remark to him have happened, in some cases multiple times, to either myself or my family and friends!
You can train and prepare all you want and that’s the correct thing to do! But not until shit goes sideways will you ever know just how you will react and how well you can handle the situation and come out the other end to tell the story!!!

I'm not sure I see the big difference between "being in a dangerous situation" and "having a close call." In all of the situations cited it was both. I agree that one never knows how it will turn out until it happens. Experience and good genetics are in my opinion the most critical factors for survival when the shit hits the fan, either on purpose or unexpectedly. One does not need to experience over the edge hypothermia multiple times to know how to react when it happens. However, knowing the symptoms is critical for surviving an initial encounter. It is unbelievably frightening (emphasis on unbelievable!) and excruciatingly painful. One does not need to fall through the ice multiple times to gain the experience to survive. Or survive a drowning unassisted. Or survive being charged by wounded game. What is at least as important as training and experience is the right stuff in one's genes to handle unexpected close calls. Personally, I have always been a fight rather than flight kinda guy. I get angry rather than frightened, even if it's just being angry with myself. It's a good thing I was able to avoid the infantry when I did my time in service. I would have either become a messed up beast with a bucket of medals or a very dead soldier very fast.

Sullivan, by all accounts, seems to have gained the experience needed to put ice water in his veins by provoking dangerous game charges. If it was experience gained from merely encountering charges, then that would be a different matter. At the end of the day ice water is still ice water. But I don't have any admiration for someone who purposefully antagonize game and endangers others to prove he's better than the rest of us.

 

[Africa1]

I've had both Gator tail and Croc tail. Both very delicious! Both at fine restaurants and seasoned and cooked perfectly. Gator in Florida and Croc in Cape Town.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Like a chicken breast. My impression. A bit dry.

Try some Tabasco hot sauce on it next time.

 

[CZDiesel]

I'm not sure I see the big difference between "being in a dangerous situation" and "having a close call." In all of the situations cited it was both. I agree that one never knows how it will turn out until it happens. Personally, I have always been a fight rather than flight kinda guy. I get angry rather than frightened, even if it's just being angry with myself. It's a good thing I was able to avoid the infantry when I did my time in service. I would have either become a messed up beast with a bucket of medals or a very dead soldier very fast.

Sullivan, by all accounts, seems to have gained the experience needed to put ice water in his veins by provoking dangerous game charges. If it was experience gained from merely encountering charges, then that would be a different matter. At the end of the day ice water is still ice water. But I don't have any admiration for someone who purposefully antagonize game and endangers others to prove he's better than the rest of us.

He does have ice in his veins! He’s an Arizona boy, like me! You wouldn’t understand…
Being PO my hats off as they always are to the boys in blue!!! But not understanding the difference between being in a dangerous situation and having a close call lol that I don’t understand!!!
Tracking a wounded Buff in the thick brush or tall grass is a dangerous environment, but being charged at 20 yards and even being hooked and thrown by one but living to tell the tale is a close call!!!
Wading into a heard of Cow Elephant to check which ones are out of breading age is dangerous environment, havinge one or two of the cows sniff you out and charge is a close call!!!
Being In an urban environment where CQB is something that can happen is being in a dangerous environment! Having taken five rounds while there, losing four units of blood and still having to shoot your way out to tell the story is a close call!!!!

I sure hope hope you can see the difference now?!?!

 

[mark-hunter]

I prefer distance, if I can choose. My two DG hunts were straight forward affairs, at 100 meters. Adrenaline, nonetheless.

 

[Foxi]

I understand Mark's passion for the adrenaline rush. Whether it's my chosen profession, which risks my life every day I do it, or skydiving, SCUBA diving or bunji jumping off the Zambezi bridge this past May,,,I never feel more alive than when I walk the line. Why do so many of us knowingly hunt the DANGEROUS 7!! Surely that adrenaline fix has SOMETHING to do with it! I was charged by a 2200-pound Water Buffalo Bull in 2023 in Argentina and dropped him 15 feet away with a heart-lung shot from a 375 HxH backed up by my PH's 458 at the exact same moment I shot! His impact point was 4 inches above mine!! On the same trip I took a 350-pound wild boar, at night, with a knife only!! In May I shot a Cape Buffalo Bull in South Africa. He got both barrels of a 470 NE at 80 yards and an insurance shot from my PH from a 458 Lott. He ran 50 yards and expired quietly. However, his Askari waited quietly until we got 50-75 feet away from him on our way to my downed Buff. The long grass swirled and he came, head down straight for me. At 8-10 feet I pulled both triggers on the 470 NE thinking "This is going to hurt!" Adrenaline is an amazing chemical. I felt nothing til' the next day! At the report, the 2nd bull flipped over on his back bellowing angrily...spine shot. I walked around him,reloading and carefully finished him. They say charges happen on average once every 250 Cape Buffalo hunts. Maybe I'm just lucky!

I have been hunting on every continent (except Down Under) for over 45 years, sometimes very intensively.
But I have hardly ever had any heroic stories to tell.
I must be doing something wrong...........

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

He does have ice in his veins! He’s an Arizona boy, like me! You wouldn’t understand…
Being PO my hats off as they always are to the boys in blue!!! But not understanding the difference between being in a dangerous situation and having a close call lol that I don’t understand!!!
Tracking a wounded Buff in the thick brush or tall grass is a dangerous environment, but being charged at 20 yards and even being hooked and thrown by one but living to tell the tale is a close call!!!
Wading into a heard of Cow Elephant to check which ones are out of breading age is dangerous environment, havinge one or two of the cows sniff you out and charge is a close call!!!
Being In an urban environment where CQB is something that can happen is being in a dangerous environment! Having taken five rounds while there, losing four units of blood and still having to shoot your way out to tell the story is a close call!!!!

I sure hope hope you can see the difference now?!?!

Late night. Check. Ridiculous post. Check. Not proofread. Check. Whiskey inspired. Most likely.

This thread should be locked.

 

[Hunt anything]

I have been hunting on every continent (except Down Under) for over 45 years, sometimes very intensively.
But I have hardly ever had any heroic stories to tell.
I must be doing something wrong...........

I know you are saying this in jest, but to the overwhelming majority of hunters we would say you are doing it right!

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

P.S....I eat everything I shoot. Croc is delicious!

Do you cook it in a Croc Pot?

 

[Africa1]

375...Good one! I don't know how it was cooked but it was delicious!

 

[Africa1]

Foxi...no heroism. Just the right reaction at the right time. I didn't knowingly antagonize either Bull, they just came after the shot's' were fired. The outcome was positive. No one hurt. Animals down quickly.

 

[CZDiesel]

Late night. Check. Ridiculous post. Check. Not proofread. Check. Whiskey inspired. Most likely.

This thread should be locked.

The post is pretty clear so I guess you’re not capable of comprehending it. Then again being a little boy that mama pays for your hunts would lead one to believe that you, like OH, do not know the difference between being in a dangerous environment and a close call!
All you have to offer is talking bs to another forum member you know nothing about. Check Mate

 

[Red Leg]

There are quite a few members of this forum who over the last twenty years have led rather dramatic lives. They make people like Sullivan and his ilk look like the posers they truly are. You will not find one of them bragging about their exploits.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

The post is pretty clear so I guess you’re not capable of comprehending it. Then again being a little boy that mama pays for your hunts would lead one to believe that you, like OH, do not know the difference between being in a dangerous environment and a close call!
All you have to offer is talking bs to another forum member you know nothing about. Check Mate

Just an observation. That’s at least the second time you’ve made a post of that kind in this thread. The nature of the post(s), among other things, led to the assumption that I posited. If I was wrong about the alcohol involvement then be honest and say so. If I was wrong then I’ll apologize.

My parents haven’t paid any of my bills since I was 18 years old. Or before, I can’t exactly remember when the spigot was shut off. I know it was either right at or right before I entered the real world. The one guided hunt I’ve been on (which happened to be in Africa) was paid for by the sweat of my own brow. On top of that I come from a long line of people who led less than affluent lives (for one reason or another) and I am not affluent myself. For my part, terrible decision making in my youth is the source of that discomfort but I’m trying to change that. So no, I did not and do not have that particular option to exercise.

I didn’t serve and I’m not a cop or firefighter or what have you so yea I’ve not been in either situation and have no idea how I’d handle it.

It is quite intellectually dishonest and disingenuous to compare hunting DG to combat. It’s also pretty disrespectful to those who have been in it. Frankly I can’t see how anyone who has seen it could tolerate listening to such nonsense.

 

[Hank2211]

I have the impression that the name-calling and personal abuse started on the Poltics thread (I may be wrong), but it seems to be spreading. AH didn't used to be like this, which is why so many preferred it to the "other" hunting forum.

I have a suggestion. The next time you read a post and think "what an [fill in your favourite word], do nothing and move on.

 

[CZDiesel]

Just an observation. That’s at least the second time you’ve made a post of that kind in this thread. The nature of the post(s), among other things, led to the assumption that I posited. If I was wrong about the alcohol involvement then be honest and say so. If I was wrong then I’ll apologize.

My parents haven’t paid any of my bills since I was 18 years old. Or before, I can’t exactly remember when the spigot was shut off. I know it was either right at or right before I entered the real world. The one guided hunt I’ve been on (which happened to be in Africa) was paid for by the sweat of my own brow. On top of that I come from a long line of people who led less than affluent lives (for one reason or another) and I am not affluent myself. For my part, terrible decision making in my youth is the source of that discomfort but I’m trying to change that. So no, I did not and do not have that particular option to exercise.

I didn’t serve and I’m not a cop or firefighter or what have you so yea I’ve not been in either situation and have no idea how I’d handle it.

It is quite intellectually dishonest and disingenuous to compare hunting DG to combat. It’s also pretty disrespectful to those who have been in it. Frankly I can’t see how anyone who has seen it could tolerate listening to such nonsense.

I post late at nite because I have troubles sleeping. I have troubles sleeping because I was shot five times and my legs burn and don’t let me sleep! I have served and I have also been in a gunfight and I will tell you that things happen so fast you react purely off of instinct and training!
This is exactly as a PH would deal with in a charge at close quarters! So the fact that you can’t understand the comparison is understandable as YOU have not served, YOU have not seen combat, and YOU have not have not been in a close call with dangerous game!
So I find it intellectually dishonest and disingenuous that YOU would even comment not having ever had any experience with these scenarios that I listed. And I find it not only disrespectful but troubling that YOU think it’s ok to not only have opinion that attacks someone who has had these experiences but would post it as nonsense! I can see the terrible decision making on your part is still ongoing!
You have some serious issues! I have a suggestion, go enlist like I did and serve your country! I’m done with you!!!