Hi again to those who still know me - hope everything's fine in your neck of the woods or city! Everything's okay here, except for a crazy amount of mosquitoes this year.
I'm currently writing a thriller that features an illegal bear trophy hunt as a side plot, and thought you guys might be able to come up with some insight into the motivation of people who trophy hunt. I guess for illegal trophy hunts a criminal mindset is part of the mix, but I would think the basic interest would be similar to legal trophy hunters.
Is it an attraction to danger, is there a thrill or enjoyment in killing a large animal? Is it an adrenaline rush that's impossible to get any other way?
****I do not want to start a huge discussion about trophy hunting here. Those who remember me will have an idea what my views on this are. I'm merely trying to portray the characters in my book as real people.
FYI, we hunt for meat and live in a fly-in location in northwestern Canada. I make my living as a freelance writer.****
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