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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.

Straight ahead.

There's one off to the right that he can shoot.

Thanks.

Is that OK?

Is that OK? - Yeah, perfect.

Aim at the shoulder.

Super!

Good.

You nailed it.

There!

That was a good shot.

Yeah, I agree. A really good shot.

But I'll wait a few minutes.

I think your shot was lower down and you got him...

Wait, wait!

Very good! Very good.

Want me to hold it?

Aim for the triangle.

The tip of the triangle.

You have all the time in the world.

Did you see?

You got him right on the tip.

After the first shot it stood there. So he hit it here.

A bit too low.

Great.

You go first. - Yeah.

Incredible.

From behind, right?

I'd say you hit the tip pretty...

Hunter's hail! - Hunter's thanks.

Great stalking.

Great stalking.

Amazing.

Take some pictures.

Should I put the strap...? Guess it doesn't matter.

There.

That's it, perfect.

We'll take a picture...

Hunter's hail!

Hunter's thanks. - That was very good.

The first shot was a bit low.

Yeah, super.

Without the hats.

After you fire,

at first, it's like...

You let out a deep breath.

And anxiously look at the piece to see what it does.

To see if the sketch was good or not.

And then so many emotions well up.

All kinds.

It just pours out.

Either joy, when you see you got a good hit.

Or anxiety and doubts,

if you see it

running away.

After the shot,

I'm so wound up, I'm completely drained.

My knees and hands shake.

I can barely hold my rifle.

You're so wound up, it's terrible.

The tension only lets go when you've found the piece.

When I see the animal in the scope, I can hardly breathe.

I take a deep breath.

You breathe in.

You do it consciously to lower your pulse.

You learn to do it.

You keep looking and you calm down.

You tune out everything else around you.

You hear nothing. You see only that, and you hear nothing.

Just you and it.

When the piece suddenly bolts, that's pretty exciting.

You can't see it.

Did it fall, did it run off?

That's one of the factors that...

I'm excited, it makes me nervous.

I feel like you do.

You calm down when you see that it's dead

and you got a clean hit.

It's a good feeling, because for me it's a priority

to finish off the piece cleanly

and that the death is as quick as possible.

When you have the piece, the animal in your crosshairs

and see it through your scope, you tune out everything.

Everything else vanishes.

You hear nothing.

You're very concentrated, just on the piece and yourself.

It's like your heart...

And because of the excitement of stalking it.

And then suddenly you pull the trigger,

and you breathe again and somehow,

you come down.

When I see the piece in front of me,

when I check in the binoculars if it's the right piece,

adrenaline rises in me, and when I know it's the piece,

my hands don't get sweaty, but they start to tremble.

Eland tenderloin is a dream squared. You can quote me.

And it's huge. - An eland tenderloin weighs 12 kg.

Meat sent by heaven.

Even a cow doesn't have a 12-kg tenderloin.

An eland weighs nearly 1000 kg. - An eland's 1000 kg.

But the meat is divine. - The meat is divine.

So tender. - I'll tell you,

you can't compare it with our cows. There's no comparison.

None.

I tell you. The difference is night and day. From the taste.

Soft as butter.

If you point out the differences,

you're immediately branded a racist.

And that is actually...

Yes, it's simply...

It's unfortunate that you can't discuss the pros and cons.

If I, as a white, say anything,

then it's because I'm a racist.

Or give advice, for instance.

I mean, the government here is relatively new.

They used to be freedom fighters.

So they don't necessarily make great government officials

or ministers or anything.

Or political leaders, not really.

But that's...

They don't like you giving advice.

They've developed a very strong sense of national pride.

So...

Blacks can run much faster than we can.

When they want to. When they compete in sports.

Their muscle fibers are different.

True. 20% more per square millimeter cross-section.

Striated muscles.

So for instance, they have longer heel bones.

That's why they can run better, faster.

When they want to.

Where we were, where we traveled...

We never had a problem. - Never.

In the stores, too. The blacks are very nice.

And friendly.

If they want to cheat you, they will.

But that never happened to us. Nothing.

In the supermarket once she overcharged me, but she said...

She apologized a hundred times.

Right?

Apologized a hundred times.

When she scanned it twice, with that thing...

That's why I say I never had a problem with her.

Or in any store.

I can't really complain about anything down here.

Or with any of the blacks we dealt with.

I have a good relationship, I get along with them fine.

And I don't treat them like so many others do.

The blacks or whoever.

They're people like us, period.

They can't help it,

if they're black, dark-skinned or whatever.

We've no problems with them.

I'm so excited.

To see if they find any giraffes.

They're there,

headed this way, and that's bad.

They should come from here. The wind's here.

Exactly. But the wind shifts in the gully, right?

Such mighty animals.

Do you see the bull?

Do you see the bull?

There are several.

Is their skin darker than the others?

Not really? - It varies.

There.

Wait till he stops.

Not too high.

Hit the chest.

Leave him. Leave him.

Leave him.

Give him time.

Give him time.

Nice shot.

A really clean shot.

I want the shell. - Do you see it?

Nice.

There it is. Thanks.

Give him a little time, maybe.

Fine, he's going down.

We just have to take our time.

We'll walk over slowly. Come.

I thought I'd...

Man!

I never thought we'd get so close.

Normally...

I never imagined. Really.

I was surprised too.

He's finished.

He's lying there. No...

No, he's finished.

He's lying there, no exit wound.

Needs more time.

He's coming to.

Shit!

No, no!

Incredible.

And they're still there.

Why?

Unbelievable.

If the shot's where it should be.

If the shot's where it should be, then... - Then it's good.

I thought he'd stand up.

I'm a wreck.

Now he's...

It's over now.

Hunter's hail!

Hunter's thanks!

I can't believe it. It's huge.

Incredible.

Look at his battle scars.

This is where...

You told me to aim here, at this stripe.

Right. But we'll see.

If it's not a shot to the heart, what is it?

Super shot.

Hunter's hail! - Hunter's thanks!

No, that's really...

You really nailed it. Really.

I'm very proud of you. A perfect shot. Couldn't be better.

I didn't want you to fire again.

I was afraid he'd have an adrenaline rush,

stand back up and run off.

When he moved, I wanted to shoot him in the triangle, because...

Wait, lift up his head.

You hold him up, if you can.

Got him?

Do you have your cell, Gerald?

Could you put the phone on...

I'll put it on the left...

You're posing like Atlas.

Amazing.

Incredible, huh?

Want me to take a picture with you too?

It's heavy, huh? - It's a load.

Wait.

Get your rifle and I'll take the picture.

Nice.

What do you say?

Shit! Hunter's hail, Gerald! - Did you see it?

Hunter's hail!

Hunter's hail! - Did you see?

Did you see? How they... - Did you see?

It collapsed.

We just saw the giraffes there.

Where did you shoot from? - By the road.

Single shot? - Yes.

He fell on the spot.

You hit him dead on.

Amazing. - Incredible, huh?

We heard a shot. And then for a while nothing.

First shot, incredible.

That's what I said. - Incredible.

The .416 did an amazing job.

Just look at him.

A shot to the heart.

A textbook hit!

He's a real fighter.

Look at his hooves.

Come see the battle scars.

Was he fighting?

No, from before.

Just look at... Just look at this.

Look at how...

The horns on bulls are worn down from fighting.

About how old is he?

Don't ask me, but he's an old-timer.

Did you see the cow?

In the bush. She's looking at you.

Yeah, it's the bull.

He's moving off. You can clearly see him.

No, no. Lie him on his side. Push him over.

Push him over!

Lift his neck.

Lift his neck.

Push him that way. Watch his neck.

Make sure he's on tight.

When it falls, you have to jump back.

Are you OK?

Death's hiding everywhere.

We forget that.

That's so true.

You never ask yourself why.

Death is humanity's number one question, and always will be.

Sometimes our greatest fear.

Are you afraid of dying?

Are you afraid of dying?

Not really. It's unavoidable.

Right. - Can't change that.

You're right. It's only hard on those left behind.

You should live the way you want.

Do what you want.

When your time comes, you don't care.

But for the others...

For them it's complicated and difficult.

If you're sick, it's a deliverance.

But for the others it's different.

For them it's different.

There's too many of us. That's our problem.

The very existence of mankind

in today's numbers is crowding out nature.

And I can't rectify that

by taking certain specific activities,

like hunting or jogging in the forest, and prohibiting them.

We'd overburden nature even more.

In reality, nature has vanished.

A bit of it remains here.

But really it's gone.

Anyone who doesn't understand that,

or says we should protect animals blindly...

That gets us nowhere.

The fundamental problem is mankind and overpopulation.

We don't live forever.

It's...

Life is mortgaged to us.

Even if I pay it off,

I still don't own my life.

I have to give it back.

If I'm religious, I say I give it back to god.

Or to some other authority, or to the universe.

It's all the same.

Life is finite. We should behave accordingly.

We should behave in such a way

that we act responsibly toward our environment,

our fellow humans

and above all the things in our animal kingdom.

Because in fact, we humans

are at the top of the pyramid

and we are unnecessary.

If we disappeared,

it would probably be better for the world.