trophy hunt

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An instance of trophy hunting.

   • Americans are by far the most keen to spend around $60,000 on trophy hunts in Africa, but British and German hunters drive demand too.
   • Conservationists say that lion hunting is one of the most lucrative trophy hunts, with each outing bringing in up to $71,000 on average, which includes the trophy fee, a professional guide, transportation and lodging.
2. 2

   To engage in trophy hunting.

   • Hunters never say “we want to trophy hunt because we want to mount the head,” [Wayne] Pacelle said. “They always apply something to it. They could just give the money for conservation. But they want something out of it.”
   • A father has been branded 'disgusting' over footage of him teaching his six-year-old son to trophy hunt by dressing up as a deer so he can shoot him with a toy crossbow.
3. 3

   To hunt (an animal) as part of a trophy hunt.

   • In South Africa, it’s still legal to “trophy hunt” the white rhino, which [Anna] Merz and others find reprehensible.
   • As many as 50,000 black bears are trophy hunted every year across America, and the UK is implicated because we still allow trophy imports of many of these species.

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