One hunter. Twenty-one years. Twenty-nine North American big game species. That’s the North American Super Slam, and our guest Mark Carter is the first person to ever join this show that has finished it. We talk through how a goal that sounds like a bragging-rights checklist becomes a long, gritty project built on missed chances, repeat trips, and the kind of discipline most people never see from the outside.
We also go straight at the conversation that always shows up around hunting online: conservation, anti-poaching, and the real-world impact of regulated trophy hunting. Mark shares firsthand examples from places like Mozambique where legal hunting permits fund boots-on-the-ground anti-poaching units, protect massive wildland areas, and provide meat to local communities. We dig into why “taking away value” can backfire in countries where wildlife needs a financial reason to be protected, and what hunters often misunderstand about how tightly controlled some African hunts really are.
From there, Mark takes us into the travel side: how he uses Safari Club International and Dallas Safari Club connections to vet outfitters, why “cheapest” can ruin the trip you saved for, and what it’s like hunting Marco Polo sheep in Tajikistan near the Afghanistan border. We cover his physically toughest hunt (Stone sheep), his most mentally demanding hunt (polar bear on the ice), dangerous game realities up close, and a few stories that will make your heart rate climb, including a Cape buffalo encounter and a black mamba striking the vehicle.
If you care about big game hunting, hunting travel, wildlife conservation, or you’re just curious what it takes to chase a lifetime milestone the right way, this one is packed. Subscribe, share it with a hunting buddy, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.
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