I think you nailed it!Trophy hunting to me simply means selective harvest. The hunter is seeking something beyond the average animal. What that something is can be defined differently by each hunter.
For Africa it is the experience. No other place can you go and see such a variety of animals that you can hunt. And while a lot of it is high fence hunting you will hike for a very long time across some of these properties before you find the fence. I know that where I was hunting in 2015 they only way that I knew that it was a high fence area was when we rode along the fence one day and the gate that you had to go through to get into the property. Plus if you have never been on a outfitted hunt you would love a hunt in Africa. There they spoil the hunter for just about any other type of outfitted hunt. The food, quarters, and all the rest make a 4 star hotel look like a slum, at least in my eyes.Also can't understand the drive to go kill stuff in Africa.
A coworker of mine went w his then GF to S Africa, did a sight seeing safari and absolutely loved every aspect of it.For Africa it is the experience. No other place can you go and see such a variety of animals that you can hunt. And while a lot of it is high fence hunting you will hike for a very long time across some of these properties before you find the fence. I know that where I was hunting in 2015 they only way that I knew that it was a high fence area was when we rode along the fence one day and the gate that you had to go through to get into the property. Plus if you have never been on a outfitted hunt you would love a hunt in Africa. There they spoil the hunter for just about any other type of outfitted hunt. The food, quarters, and all the rest make a 4 star hotel look like a slum, at least in my eyes.