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Guys, just a heads up on our dealings with Rod Sullins at SEK Outfitters of Kansas this year….

I should have known better but responded to a posting on Craigslist that he had posted back in late July about a self-guided hunt on his family’s 3,000 plus acres in Wilson County, Kansas. He was seeking a group of guys to come in and hunt with him for 6 days during the first two weeks of November before he started selling his guided hunts. It was going to be $1800 per guy.

We sent him a deposit and were provided with aerials on where we would be hunting. We also sent out three Bushnell Black Out trail cameras with SD cards so he could keep us posted on deer throughout the property. We continued to make payments throughout the fall and ended up paying him $4500 prior to the hunt and were going to give him the remaining $900 upon our arrival.

The first week of November I contacted him to get some additional details and discuss spots on the aerials that he had provided us earlier in the summer. This was challenging at best because it seemed as the only response that we got was via text. Two days before we departed for our hunt I received an email with new aerials and was told two additional guys from Wyoming would be hunting also. The new aerials didn’t include a big chunk of the desirable habitat on the north end because according to Rod, his relatives let their preacher hunt this section. I texted him and stated that I felt this was a “bait and switch”. He then replied via text once again that and this is a direct quote….”I don’t feel good with any of this. I’ll send your cams and money back I don’t need this crap.”

You can imagine my displeasure after coming to an understanding on what exactly was going to occur on this hunt and him swapping things at the last minute. He then proceeded to tell me via text that our money and cameras would be going out at the beginning of the following week. This was on November the 7th 2013.

To keep a long story short for the past two months I tried to get our cameras and money back from Mr. Sullins with the only communications occurring via text messaging. He has stated on at least three occasions to text; not only to me but one of my partners that the money was going in the mail. I even contacted the Arma, Kansas police department and they spoke directly with him concerning this matter. He told them our money and cameras were going to be shipped after the Kansas gun season concluded on the 16th of December.

Finally on the 26th of December I finally received our cameras (minus our SD cards) but to my surprise no money. We have now contacted an attorney to take the legal route with Mr. Sullins to get our funds back. To date he has yet to respond to a letter sent by my attorney on the 10th of January 2014. At no point, from the start of this has Mr. Sullins returned any of our calls. I have kept the emails and text in regards to this matter and will be happy to share with anyone if there is any doubt.

Please be careful when booking with outfitters.

If there are other questions, I can be contacted at [email protected].

Was the outfitter notified of problems? - YES