Trophy hunters get a bad rap sometimes. They often spend big money, much of it going to wildlife conservation causes, to kill big specimens of various species. If done legally and ethically in fair chase, I don't see that being much different that spending a little money to kill meat for the table. Overall, the contributions of trophy hunters to the preservation of wildlife and the lands that support them is not just impressive; it's phenomenal, as I pointed out in today's Outdoors column, Trophy hunters prized Denali; led national park campaign. Trophy hunters, not meat hunters, led the initiative for state hunting regulations to maintain big-game as a renewable resource/Rich Landers, SR Outdoors blog. More here.

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