[jjtheblunt]

> even stretching into Wyoming politics where hunters are using electronic calls to lure them back across the border for hunting

I wonder, in a Hannibal Lecter sort of way, what would be the essence of the mindsets of such hunters.

[chasd00]

Trophy hunters are like stamp or coin collectors. They search and search for the rarest animal (record setting whitetail deer being the most common) to kill and hang in their wall. People don’t like it but that’s about what it is, rare collectibles.

[amanaplanacanal]

I’m not a hunter, but I can picture myself doing it. Hunting something I couldn’t eat does seem off though.

[COGlory]

I've seen people go completely apeshit when elk hunting. It's just an awful selection cycle for people with low self esteem, rarity, FOMO, needing to prove something, and being far from consequences most of the time. Not all hunters are like this, but hunting naturally selects for people that are the most like that because it's the only blood sport left, really. And elk are the biggest thing. It's not unheard to pay $30,000+ for a "sure thing" bull elk hunt.

[lukas099]

Most hunters are responsible and care deeply about wildlife imo

[COGlory]

I'd agree but it's not like 99%/1%....more like 80%/20%. Bad encounters are basically gauranteed to happen if you hunt.

[lukas099]

That’s fair and I’m sure that just a few can do a lot of damage