[mrnoodle]

The whole safari mentality is off-putting to me as a hunter. I get grief about it from other hunters, and anti-hunters think I'm talking out both sides of my mouth. But I'm not. If hippo meat is delicious and nutritious, then fry me up a chunk, and happy hunting. But the business of shooting something, beheading it, then displaying the result in one's game room without even consuming an ounce of meat is just...stupid.

I understand the adrenaline rush of facing something bigger and meaner than you and defeating it. I don't really care if it's "fair" to the animal, particularly. I even understand the penis-envy "glory" part. Not my cup of tea, but I get it.

But half of these safari things aren't even hard. Sleep under air conditioning, drive out to the kill site, pick one out, pull the trigger, and pose for a picture. Anyone out there who does these trips care to differ? I'm not particularly experienced with safariying.