Big game hunts fund so much conservation.... so, if you truly and really care about trying to save rare species and such in Africa and other places -- these help fund those things.
The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937 was lobbied for by hunters to self-tax (excise taxes) and reversed a long decline of wildlife in North America. The taxes raised $1.3 billion in 2025 alone, dedicated to state wildlife conservation and public access projects.
This is one pillar, there's a fishing one, duck stamps, etc.: hunters pay their own way for conservation (well, much of the P-R money is gun/ammo sales from non-hunters, but hey).
I can't find the story on it but I read it a long time ago.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/trophy-hu...
Unnatural selection, AKA eugenics, doesn’t usually work out well in the long run.
These are considered exotic hunts. As I said, I'm not a hunter. I don't have it in me.... I guess I could do it in a survival situation but I can understand that sometimes the hunts can be beneficial long term.
Hope this helps make it a bit more understandable and palatable for some.