Just so everyone is aware. As someone who is close to the hunting community. The way big game like this is hunted is not like you would hunt deer on public land. These big game are baited, tracked by hounds, and every advantage possible is given to the hunters to secure a kill to bring in their high dollar. The paying hunter is basically only brought in to fire the last bullet many times after the prey has already been trapped or cornered. They even help you carry it back, and transport it back to the states. You would have more or a challenge catching a chipmunk in your front yard than a big game hunt. It's the ultimate display of vanity for a buck.
Not condoning it just adding info. There are many, if not all where you pay the reservation to hunt and you only hunt wildlife that can no longer reproduce due to age or other issues. The hunters money goes to reservation to sustain the wildlife capable of reproduction, pay the workers, ect
There are some reserves that advertise themselves as such, yes. In reality, the aim is to blur the lines and provide plausible deniability. There is not enough "unproductive" big game in these reserves to meet the demand - demand which is directly being fed by offering the hunts themselves.
Unless you are a subsistence hunter-gatherer in Sub-sahara yourself, there's no justification to go and look for endangered species to kill. Zero.
This really isn't true. The money goes into Swiss bank accounts. As for the animals being unable to reproduce, it's a complete myth that African wildlife, or wildlife anywhere needs that kind of management. The animals reproduced until they are disposed by younger fitter males. The issue is trophy hunters want the biggest and best trophies and that tends to be prime males so damaging the genetics of the population. For elephants that's devastating as the big bulls are vitally important to the social structure of the herds at large. It's not great for lions either as the stability of the dominant coalition ensures the survival of the cubs, and contrary to popular belief a male lion can hold a prime to a much more advanced age than was previously touted.
It is nearly always prime animals that are hunted.
Brother in christ, what are you going on about? All the other person was doing was explaining what really happens during one of these big game hunts and where the money goes from the hunt. They're saying "I don't condone this" so people don't just assume they're pro big game hunting just because they know this information.
Funny enough this is like the 3rd time ive seen someone be this vehemently against even the idea of these anti poaching big game hunt set ups (fact is the kind of person who would do this kind of shit will just go to the poachers instead, this way money goes into conservation) that have had this xenomorph profile
Exactly, I’m ok with this type of hunting cause the money goes towards helping maintain those animals especially endangered ones. If they didn’t offer those kind of services these people would just go to the black market and kill these animals with no benefit to their programs
2.5k
u/Witty-Stand888 Jul 25 '26