Trophy

Subtitles by explosiveskull

Let's just be real quiet,

'cause there's a lot of ram today.

I hope I get a big one.

Are you ready to shoot a big one?

- Yeah. - Well, we're gonna try.

Looks like there was some deer back there.

Yeah, there's deer everywhere.

Better get one.

You think I can shoot that one?

We have to be able to age him.

We have to be able to tell how old he is

before we can make that decision.

She's gonna walk up to here, she's curious.

- Those are two bucks right there. - Yeah.

That's a good one.

Okay, just get comfortable and get ready.

Take your time.

And then aim just to the right leg of the feeder, okay?

You can wait if you want,

but that's a shelter shot right there.

You put him down, son.

Where's that spike?

Oh, he's getting up, Dad.

He's not going anywhere, don't worry.

You shot the doe.

- That's a spike. - Oh.

Okay, let's go. Hold that.

Yes!

Are your hands shaking?

All right, let's go.

Good job, buddy.

Look at the horns on this guy.

Whoo! Look at that.

That's a textbook shot, Jasper.

Hold this gun like this.

- How's that? - That's good.

I need the head up like this, okay?

'Cause if it's young, it doesn't--

Correct. Let's try that.

Okay. Oh, that's what we want right there.

Smile.

First trophy buck.

Okay, go like this.

Too tired? One more. Smile and we're done.

Okay

As they say, that's history.

No more doe and spike coming for you.

You're under the big trophies.

- You got it? - Yeah.

All right. One, and two, and three.

Bring, bring, bring.

One, two, three. Go.

Short deep breaths.

Make sure that the breathing's good.

Stable.

Three-eighty.

Here it goes.

Use the brush. Use the brush.

- Injecting. - Yeah.

We gotta run on this on the side, guys. Let's go.

The operation goes very quickly.

It's painless.

Probably less danger

than a human being having his wisdom tooth out.

He will be back with his friends within minutes.

It'll take about two years

before he goes through the same procedure again.

And we know that the poachers prefer

rhinos with long horns and pointed horns.

Every two years to save his life, I think

if he had an opinion to give to you,

he would say, "I'm very happy to sacrifice my horn

in order to save my life."

There he is, already walking normally.

He looks fine.

I truly believe that I have the recipe

to save the rhino from extinction.

Sell the horns, keep the rhinos alive

and breeding more and more.

I will give you a challenge.

Give me one animal that's gone extinct

while farmers were breeding it and making money out of it.

There's not one.

Not one.

That's a dorper lamb.

That's what we do.

We raise babies.

We feed 'em, we keep the predators out of 'em,

and we try to breed good genetics,

in order to raise the next generation.

All right. I've got your friend.

Your little brother. Let's go.

And so those lambs will be three months old when they're weaned,

and they will go to a small packer in Central Texas,

and that lamb will be harvested,

and typically will go into your high end grocery chains,

and then to a few specialty restaurants.

I think we have a problem of people thinking that all animals are pets.

I don't think you can explain that to people.

If they don't understand that you raise a chicken

to kill a chicken, to eat a chicken, um...

If they can't understand that,

they're next to an infantile frame of mind

that I don't know how to, how to get in their mind.

All I can tell 'em is I love raising those animals.

I love those lambs.

Even the ones that are gonna be somebody's lamb chops

this summer for July 4th.

But that's what they're for, they're not for anything else.

The big one. The biggest there is.

Pull him, to the side.

Get him.

Keep it on the grass.

You are closing his nose. He must breathe.

You can't put your hand there.

Let me close your nose also.

Three point six.

Okay. Thank you, guys.

You know, there's a big industry in our country.

Not just the crocodiles.

The lions, the sables, the buffalo.

Everything is being bred for a purpose at the end of the day.

So, yeah, sure. Some of them will be hunted.

We, as humans, are going to eat it,

we're going to use the skin,

and that's the cycle of life.

John! John!

Hello? Yes.

Slowly, slowly, slowly.

These are still wild animals,

even if they've been kept in captivity like this.

They will kill you in an instant and eat you up.

So then, once it's closed up,

you load it on, and it's ready for transport

to its next destination.

If you don't come to Vegas,

I think your business will eventually won't make it.

This is the place to come.

And everyone tries to be better than the next person.

Doesn't matter if it's a breed in lions, or buffalo, or sable.

It's a passion to have your wild game

and be able to breed them,

and make sure you get better quality and genetics

and that you're actually proud of it.

The Safari Club International Show

is the largest hunting convention in the planet.

We have 2,000 booths that are out there on the floor.

We'll probably run 20,000 different folks through here

from all over the world.

And you'll be able to see anything that you want

in terms of hunting, hunting support,

and conservation.

I know that a lot of people are confused

how hunting and conservation go together.

Hunt South Africa on a ten-day plains game hunt for two hunters.

About two hours ago there was an auction item

that was an elephant hunt.

Twenty thousand and 22,500. Let's go.

Blow 'em out of the water, 22,500.

And that elephant hunt sold for about $50,000.

And that money will all go back

into conservation.

Sold! Right there.

Eighteen thousand dollars. Eighteen.

And model is not included.

"I don't know," my little granddaughter says.

"I don't know why my grandma wants to shoot a zebra."

So I don't know. I'm losing face with my little...

my three-year-old little granddaughter,

because I'm gonna go shoot a zebra.

And crocodiles are really mean.

So I don't feel bad about killing one of those.

Besides that, I want a pair of boots.

And a purse, and a wallet.

And a belt.

You can not only pick the species you want,

but you can pick the actual animal you want.

So you can see if you want a male or a female.

Older, younger, color, type of fur.

You can just pick whatever animal you want

from the menu that they offer you,

see the price,

and book the kill.

The Safari Club Convention

is the ultimate meat market for exotic species.

And one of the prime attractions

is to get a Big Five grand slam.

And so you shoot one of each of the following species.

Buffalo, which would cost you about $8,000 to $9,000,

leopards for about 20,

elephants for 45,

lions for 50,000,

and the most expensive, because it's the rarest,

the rhino for $350,000.

So there's all this sort of stuff

that encourages this collecting,

this obsessiveness for more and more and more,

and the status is applied to the individual hunter

who achieves those ends.