56: Hunting Leopard At Midnight With One Headlamp And A Spearman With Samir Suleiman (North Carolina)

Samir Suleiman grew up hunting with his father outside of Washington DC, knocking on farmhouse doors and chasing whatever was in season within a two hour drive. By the time he was nine he had his hunter safety card and his first deer. By twelve he had an eleven point buck on the wall that he still has not topped. When his family bought 105 acres in Virginia, he was hunting before and after school, dragging does down mountains and calling neighbors to help load them into the truck before his dad got home from work.Then his career in the NFL front office took over. Negotiating contracts and managing salary caps for teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers, St. Louis Rams, and Carolina Panthers meant football season ate hunting season whole. So he adapted. He started booking hunts around away games, borrowing rifles, and finding public land in whatever state the team was flying into. When the budget allowed, he went further. A mountain lion in the Kaibab National Forest near the Grand Canyon. Forty four hundred doves in four days in Argentina. And then Mozambique, where he hunted leopard at midnight with one headlamp and a spearman for backup, killed a problem hippo that had taken a boy's life, and fed an entire village on the spot.Samir's story covers whitetail hunting in Virginia, dove hunting across the Southeast, dangerous game in Africa, and what it takes to keep hunting at the center of a life that keeps pulling you somewhere else. A Hunter's Legacy exists for stories like this one, from public land deer hunters to guys chasing leopards in the dark, because the passion behind the hunt is always the same.Want to be a guest?Ready to share your hunting legacy? Apply here.Like what you’re hearing?Hit subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. New stories drop every week.Follow A Hunter’s Legacy:InstagramFacebookTikTokYoutubeWebsiteShare the show with a buddy who lives for cold mornings, heavy packs, and quiet woods.