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I would say the game taken in this country, is wasted far more than anything in Africa! So don't let you conscience get the best of you because African safari hunting, is called "TROPHY HUNTING" by the media, and ignorant antis! Even animals shot for bait is eaten by the target, or after he is collected, by the scavengers! NOTHING IN AFRICA THAT IS EDIBLE IS WASTED! Be assured of that. I personally put 8000 lbs of mixed meat into a little Zambian Luangwa Valley, mud village of about 900 people, and it was consumed in a week! Some was likely traded to other villages, for needed items, but most was eaten on the spot!
Truer words wre never spoken! We tend to be a bit to hollier than thow......many hunters could take a bit of a lesson from how things are done over in Africas trophy hunting areas.
Why 'trophy' hunting has such a negative over here I have never been quite able to figure out.......unless it means that not being able to shoot the first damn thing you see is a bad thing. I have heard stories, but never seen a hunter take the 'head' and leave the meat. Oh and that is after 40 years of hunting and 30 years of guiding.
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