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A nyala?

1600 euros.

A blesbok?

270 euros.

Impala?

245 euros.

Red hartebeest?

700 euros.

A gnu?

615 euros.

A waterbuck?

1400 euros.

Eland?

1700 euros.

They haven't seen us.

They haven't seen us yet.

We'll wait here.

Damn, the wind's shifting.

Wait, I'll have a look and tell you if you're good.

Take him.

When he stops moving, you can take him.

He heard.

It's too far and too high.

We have a problem. - There!

We have a problem.

We're in the open, there's no cover.

318 meters. Can you do it? - Yes.

Let's swing over a bit.

He's grand. Grand.

When you take your shot, aim dead on.

You know your rifle. Dead on.

Don't make it complicated.

You see that big one standing there, a bit far away?

If you can take the far one, go for it. When he's clear.

Take him, he's in the clear.

I think he...

They're moving away.

I only heard the bullet whistling.

I didn't hear him fall.

We'll look for sweat.

So, he wasn't sketched.

He definitely wasn't sketched.

I couldn't see, the scope recoiled.

He wasn't sketched. - Nothing here either.

Damn it!

There are wildebeests.

One's by the tree, the others further down.

The shoulder.

Take your time.

Wait! Wait!

Shit, it ran away.

That one there.

That one. Take your time.

He's moving off.

I bet the others will play around them.

Wait, wait, wait!

The one that's looking at us.

Get him right in the chest.

The one looking at us.

With his head raised.

See him?

Take your time, you have time.

They haven't seen us.

If you're unsure...

Don't move!

Don't move.

It sketched him.

That was a good sketch.

Leave him, we'll wait a while.

They don't know where we are.

Thanks.

I think you should go get Ruby.

Here.

He was standing here.

You shot from there.

He turned around here...

It was a good sketch. He...

Yeah, he arched his back.

He jerked forward.

He must've bled out and collapsed somewhere.

Over there!

Great!

Good Ruby.

Here, the first drops of sweat.

There was no sweat till here.

And it's a good hundred meters.

Took him a longtime.

Hang your rifle on this.

We'll give him the last bite. Super shot.

You found him, Ruby!

Great!

He's pretty old.

Is the shoulder blade intact?

So, Ruby, can we eat him or is the wound too big?

Let me get in there.

Ruby, move away. Let me have a look.

You fought well, my friend.

Hats off!

Let's tum him. - Yeah.

Let's set him up here. We'll get him in position.

Put this under him.

We'll shine his horns.

Down there, too.

Your camera? - Just a moment.

One like this.

Keep on shooting, there's room for 500 photos.

Ruby!

Come, girl!

We'll sit her here.

You found it.

You found it! Now smile. Look at the camera.

You did such a good job.

What a good dog!

Good doggie!

The act of killing is only a part of it, along with many other things.

It's only a small part of hunting.

With everything you experience all year

in nature while hunting,

killing is only a tiny part of it.

If hunting takes place in controlled conditions,

it's legitimate and viable.

Especially if, like here, in a developing nation,

people get money from it.

Hunters spend more in a week than normal tourists do in two months.

It's something everyone profits from.

Hunting isn't randomly,

indiscriminately shooting animals.

In fact it's a deliverance for them.

The elderly, for instance. - Exactly

Or the sick, or...

Right.

In fact you're helping the animals to propagate,

so they can survive and reproduce.

I don't use the word kill. I say bag.

It sounds better.

Killing something isn't... It's the mass killing of...

For me killing's what is done at a slaughterhouse.

I find it... Personally I have a huge problem with that.

I don't have to justify myself.

Why should I justify myself?

Why?

It's not written, there's no law.

Why do I have to explain why I sometimes kill an animal?

Squari, get the chairs.

You only need two.

Manfred, don't fall.

I'll make it.

Here's your rifle.

Hunter's hail.

Thanks.

Squari will take this back.

Good.

So then, we'll be off.

See you.

I'd like you to shoot a gnu. - A gnu?

Yes, because last time... - I didn't go all the way.

You didn't find it. We didn't find it.

It made you insecure so I'd like you to shoot a gnu

to feel good. And to shoot well.

To regain the confidence to go hunting.

Absolutely.

But can I manage a gnu?

A zebra would really interest me.

Because the skins are so nice.

Or...

A wildebeest would be awesome too.

Because its skin is nice too.

What about an impala?

Impalas fascinate me.

The antlers have that unique form,

curved forwards. It's beautiful.

But I don't know how many there are.

No idea. - That's the question.

Whether you have the luck to see one.

I'd have absolutely no problem with a lion.

A rogue lion would be even better.

Then you're also helping others.

What about a leopard?

Not for me.

Why not?

Such beautiful animals.

A lion's beautiful.

Yes, but there are more lions.

Lions live in packs.

Leopards are loners.

So you assume there are fewer of them.

I draw the line at lions, leopards and cheetahs.

I just can't do it.

Why?

I couldn't shoot a lion. - Why?

I don't know. There are too few, from what I've heard.

A buffalo.

For me that's the most beautiful African trophy.

A Cape buffalo.

Really. What are they called, dagga boys?

Really, a powerful old Cape buffalo.

An elephant would interest me.

Because of the dimensions.

It's inconceivable. It's crazy.

The dimension's too big. For me, at least.

I lack experience.

I'm not ready.

As the owner of a hunting ranch I can't be my own best customer.

I have to keep the best pieces for my guests or I'll go bankrupt.

But I always hear, "You kill animals!"

Yes, indeed we do.

Are those waterbucks? - Yeah.

Moving away, three of them.

And one behind the tree. What is that?

There's another.

That makes five.

Five.

Is one a bull? I can't quite see. - A young bull.

Something snorted up ahead.

A gnu? - Two young bulls.

Gerald, there's a gnu down to the right.

Where? - There.

Oh yeah.

A waterbuck. Two. - Oh yeah, there.

Man, is he grand.

Yeah, super.

He's coming.

Wait till he comes down.

When he can't see us, we'll go...

He's grand. - Yeah, super.

A ripe piece.

Don't move too much.

We shouldn't move too much. But he's still calm.

Straight ahead.

On that hump where the thin...

It's right behind.

We'll stick together.

You hold the tripod.

OK. - You hold the pod.

You sketched it.

Good?

I hit high on the chest. The chest.

Eva, your bolt.

Did you smell him?

I smelled him.

There he is!

Where? - There.

Very good. Very good!

Very good!

Unbelievable, Eva.

He's finished.

Great shot.

There's the exit wound.

Hunter's hail!

Amazing.

That shot! That shot makes me happy.

Nice one.

Let's see.

Grand! Ripe!

You see, the exit wound's quite small.

That's the entry wound.

No!

Yes, of course. How stupid.

I knew I hit him a bit farther back.

I should've hit here, really. - Incredible.

It was the brush.

The brush got in my way.

There's no...

For me the shot is extremely important.

I don't just fire.

Hunter's hail!

Hunter's thanks!

We broke the spell.

Our dry spell.

A waterbuck.

Amazing.

He was unstoppable. He kept on running.

A nice, ripe piece.

Can you lift it a sec? - Sure.

It's not nice with that stick.

It doesn't look nice,

him looking one way and me another. But OK.

He's moving.

Oops!

He wandered off.

Thanks.

Can you get the chairs?

A kudu's a great buy, you can say.

It goes for between 780 and 800.

And a white-tailed gnu?

A white-tailed gnu is a bit more expensive...

A white-tailed gnu costs about 800, more than a normal gnu.

A Warthog?

A warthog varies a lot depending on the area.

A warthog costs, let's say...

330 to 450.

Depends on the area.

What about a tsessebe?

A tsessebe? They're expensive.

Tsessebes cost about two grand. About that.

My dream rifle would be...

a Merkel side-by-side .416 Rigby

because the pro hunters we met

who had this rifle... They really impressed me.

Because you can shoot quickly and use it on anything.

If a piece is running through the brush,

you follow it and shoot and it'll go through the brush.

I've had very good experience with the .375 Holland & Holland.

It's a pretty big caliber.

It is a big caliber.

I feel it when I fire.

I can really feel the recoil.

But the .416 Rigby's a big caliber. I don't know...

I've never tried shooting one.

I'd like to try it.

But somehow, of the calibers I've used so far...

There aren't that many.

But my favorite is the .300 Winchester Magnum.

That caliber isn't suited for long shots.

Because they're 500-grain bullets.

In terms of ballistics,

they drop off after 120 or 130 meters.

So what distance are they for?

They're for pachyderms, 'which you stalk up close.

60 meters?

A guide will try to get you

as close as possible to an elephant or buffalo.

Like giraffes. Their hide is this thick.

You need a lot of force to pierce it.

It's only logical. If you have a .300,

you don't shoot a giraffe from 200 meters.

You'd pierce it,

but it's difficult to fire off a good first shot.

What is that, Dad?

Do you see? - A white-tailed gnu.

A white-tailed gnu.