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It has always been my belief any wounded game should be finished at the first opportunity, not at the best camera opportunity. That is the difference I see between ms and other hunters. Ivan Carter does take chances, but from what I have seen once something is wounded it is dispatched at the first opportunity. I don't see waiting until a wounded animal has enough and decides to charge as showing it respect.

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I met him once. He was an obnoxious jerk.

And I've met too many gentlemen and ladies in the hunting community to recommend spending time or (God forbid) money with any self-promoting blowhards.

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I challenge those who speak ill of me to find anyone who had a complaint about myself, or my safari company, after hunting with me."

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If I had the money, and he had the space on his calendar, I'd book with him in a heartbeat.......for as long as I could afford to hunt with him.

He's opinionated............but who among us isn't........ but it's opinion/knowledge from experience.

Remember "it ain't brag if you can do it !!". The movies prove that he can do it.

Anybody who knocks him for his up close and personal antics with buffalo etc had better chime in on Ivan Carter and Buzz Charlton as well.

But I would also book with these gents if I had the money and they had the time.

It's your money. You've seen the movies and read the books. It's your call.

Temper your decision with the knowledge that, it would appear that, nobody who has hunted with Mark Sullivan is posting on these websites criticising him.

I can stand to be corrected if I am in error.

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Well if you talk to him again, tell him I'm still waiting for my movies I ordered last week!
I have also talked to him on the phone, and he was always polite.

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Toby,

On most forums you would get loads of posts attacking the man, all by people that have just watched his videos.

Never hunted with the man myself. Did meet him at the Heym Challenge Shoot last year in Germany.

As for him as a PH, all the people that I have talked to, or have written about their hunts were happy about it.

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He's opinionated............but who among us isn't........ but it's opinion/knowledge from experience.


Temper your decision with the knowledge that, it would appear that, nobody who has hunted with Mark Sullivan is posting on these websites criticising him.

I can stand to be corrected if I am in error.

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Very well said...it seems lots of people sling shit at a bloke that does it repeatedly on a weekly(?) basis rather than look at themselves in comparison.

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Toby,

On most forums you would get loads of posts attacking the man, all by people that have just watched his videos.

Never hunted with the man myself. Did meet him at the Heym Challenge Shoot last year in Germany.

As for him as a PH, all the people that I have talked to, or have written about their hunts were happy about it.

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By the way John, when I mentioned this forum to Mark, he said to say hello to you, and mentioned his talking with you for a bit at the shoot.

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The old saying of "where there's smoke there's fire" probably holds true here. There are comments on this forum and others from people who have met MS and they have not liked what they found. For someone meeting him in person to say he was an "opinionated jerk" would make me sit up and think.

Of course who would pay big money to attend a Rolling Stones concert or dress up in their finery and attend a night at the opera and then come away saying they were disappointed or did not like the band or opera singer, what would you expect to hear from those that attended either?

And yes in answer to an earlier question from NitroX, of course anyone is allowed to make negative comments about a poor safari but in general where you read these they are concerning more obscure operators with poor research and preparation by the hunter. Like the original poster here, most would ask about and go with a more well known safari operator and if they have made their mind up that that will be Mark Sullivan then they are very unlikely to come back and state on a forum that they were disappointed. Not human nature.

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The old saying of "where there's smoke there's fire" probably holds true here.

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People that repeat the opinions of others who repeat the opinions of others who also did not actually ever hunt with the guy. Maybe it is not fire but just loads of hot air coming from lots of people on all sides talking bullshit. Certainly Mark puts out a lot of hot air too.

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And yes in answer to an earlier question from NitroX, of course anyone is allowed to make negative comments about a poor safari but in general where you read these they are concerning more obscure operators with poor research and preparation by the hunter. Like the original poster here, most would ask about and go with a more well known safari operator and if they have made their mind up that that will be Mark Sullivan then they are very unlikely to come back and state on a forum that they were disappointed. Not human nature.

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You have a very low opinion of your fellow humans. That none of these guys who are paying a substantial amount for a safari would criticise if the safari was not up to expectations. I think some of these silver spoon guys would criticise for not having enough ice for their cold drinks at night.

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To answer the question,

I know someone who hunted with MS,

General Jorge Jimenez in the US Navy

his email : generaljjr@aol.com

He was very pleased with his safari.

Another is Buzz Charlton's attorney in the USA, his first name is Keily or something like that? On MS or CMS videos, it's a guy strange looking because of his stiff neck. He can't turn his head and has to turn his body. He ruined his vertebraes playing American football.

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I had forgotten Jorge who is also a member here on NE. Have sent him an email of the thread.

If anyone cares to search, among the in-numeral threads and posts on MS there are several members who have hunted with him.

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NitroX presenting Mark Sullivan at the Heym Challenge in April 2013 with the award for being the topic starter of the most threads on internet hunting forums ....

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Oh, by the way, Mark's shaved his mustache.

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