Mark Sullivan the Expose’

[grand veneur]

It's very difficult to judge and condemn all of this if you were not there.

@Hunter-Habib

As for the attack in Africa’s Black Death, we interpreted it differently in the 1990s. MS could have easily shot the prone buffalo, but he waited a long time before firing and missed it. But that was the only situation I can remember that was heavily criticized at the time. Unfortunately, sometimes a single negative incident is enough to ruin a reputation.

As for buffalo attacks, may be you don't need to wound a buffalo to provoke something like that. I can remember two situations in two different countries. As we were following a buffalo trail in dense vegetation with poor visibility we regularly noticed at the track that the buffalo was turning and looking in our direction and doing that more and more frequently. The local guides and trackers became anxious and were of the opinion that perhaps we should not continue, as an attack could not be ruled out. We ended the tracking for this reason, but if we had continued, I might perhaps are also able to realize myself.

 

[Sika98k]

It's very difficult to judge and condemn all of this if you were not there.

@Hunter-Habib

As for the attack in Africa’s Black Death, we interpreted it differently in the 1990s. MS could have easily shot the prone buffalo, but he waited a long time before firing and missed it. But that was the only situation I can remember that was heavily criticized at the time. Unfortunately, sometimes a single negative incident is enough to ruin a reputation.

As for buffalo attacks, may be you don't need to wound a buffalo to provoke something like that. I can remember two situations in two different countries. As we were following a buffalo trail in dense vegetation with poor visibility we regularly noticed at the track that the buffalo was turning and looking in our direction and doing that more and more frequently. The local guides and trackers became anxious and were of the opinion that perhaps we should not continue, as an attack could not be ruled out. We ended the tracking for this reason, but if we had continued, I might perhaps are also able to realize myself.

Your last paragraph reminds me of reading one of Ron Thomsons books where he asks, hypothetically, what is the most dangerous buffalo to hunt ?
He answers this himself by saying it is the one you have pushed all day from hiding spot to hiding spot. He eventually becomes thoroughly pissed off and turns on his pursuers. No broken leg, no bullet wound to slow him up, just 7-800 kg of very angry buffalo.

 

[BGGMKLR]

This is such an asinine thread.

E V E R Y... S I N G L E...
T I M E.

 

[HankBuck]

All sorts of shots can end an animal’s suffering quickly. The issue, for me, is when they are taken. That is typically where the rationalization begins.

@Red Leg - No Shot kills faster than a Brain Shot…Fast Death with the least suffering. There is No “right” answer on this thread, opinions have already been decided, no one is changing their mind. Someone just posted that this thread is “Asinine” and Yet they-keep-posting??

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

@Red Leg - No Shot kills faster than a Brain Shot…Fast Death with the least suffering. There is No “right” answer on this thread, opinions have already been decided, no one is changing their mind. Someone just posted that this thread is “Asinine” and Yet they-keep-posting??

I will too. Can’t let the wrong side have the last word or it may seem like acceptance

 

[ruffcountry]

x100

“ I’m actually quite surprised that people can accuse me of delaying in putting an animal out of it’s misery just because I said something about letting the buffalo decide how it’s going to die. If anything, I actually think I put them out of their pain the fastest. After a client shoots an animal (especially buff) on safari and the critter makes off, a lot of phs will actually tell their clients to allow the buff some time to “stiffen up” before they do tophe follow up. When they find it, the buffalo is dead. During the time it takes for the buff to “Stiffen up”, isn’t it suffering ? Isn’t the phs policy purposefully increasing the duration of time for which the animal’s in pain ? The hypocrisy in our industry is that somehow this is okay. But when I immediately follow up a wounded buffalo with the firm intent of finding it still alive and killing it, I’m the one accused of delaying the chance of a quick death for the animal”

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Mark would probably like this thread... it's been hard hit but it's not dead, and he could or would give it a chance to decide how it wants to die.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Mark would probably like this thread... it's been hard hit but it's not dead, and he could or would give it a chance to decide how it wants to die.

Possibly the most entertaining post in this thread