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Welcome to Endo the night. I'm
Narri your guide on today's excursion down a

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twisted path. Be careful not to
get lost. Be it dark or light,

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It's easy to lose your way.
Are you ready, then let's begin.

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The trophy hunter. My family has
hunted for generations. It's who we

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are. Some don't understand the need
to hunt, especially when the endgame is

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a nice head mount for the wall. How not everyone hunts out of the

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necessity to eat. We hunters have
heard every argument against what we do,

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but we haven't let the naysayers deter
us. It's our heritage and hunting serves

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a role in the ecosystem. Any
conservation agent will tell you that the money

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earned through license sales and special hunt
permits is used to help the greater population

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of species. Selectively thinning the herd
keeps any number of problems from becoming ecological

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disasters. It's also a thrill I
can't get any other way. That last

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fact explains why I hunt the apex
predators in an environment. Sure, anyone

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can shoot easy prey. Not everyone
can go head to head with another natural

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born killer and win. Nothing matches
the excitement of watching an animal that wants

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to kill you submit to your will
as you snuff out its life. I

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realize not everyone who hears about my
hunts will agree with me, or even

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like me. I don't care if
I'm liked. I have friends and family,

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and no one else takes up space
in my life or my head.

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I'm not talking about my adventures to
impress those who hate the idea of hunting.

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I'm talking to the ones who do
get it. You know if you

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have the hunter's spirit coursing through you, and that's who I gravitate toward.

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Now onto my reason for telling you
this. For my most recent safari,

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I went to one of my favorite
spots on Earth. I found an abundance

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of game there, but I made
the trip with certain predators in mind.

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I always tell new hunters to study
their quarry before stepping foot on a hunt.

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Find out how the animal thinks,
what motivates it, where does it

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like to hide, and where does
it feel comfortable. The latter is important

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because a relaxed animal isn't on guard
and is easier to sneak up on.

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When dealing with a dangerous animal,
you always want to give yourself as many

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advantages as you can If you know
what makes your prey tick, you have

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the upper hand in most cases.
On my first day on the trail,

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I almost had a beauty, but
something spooked it. It happens, and

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while disappointing, I couldn't let one
failure distract me or mess with my concentration.

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I knew where he hung out,
and all I needed was patience.

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At some point he'd make a mistake. It took until the third day of

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tracking him, but he finally did
make that mistake. It was a perfect

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kill. For a second, he
froze as though he sensed something was up,

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but I remained patient, controlled my
breathing, and eventually he relaxed and

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went back to eating. By the
time I was close enough to strike,

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it was too late for him to
run. I hadn't bagged one this night

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in a long time. He was
the epitome of what a hunter looks for.

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Once I get home, I'll post
photos of him after the kill so

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you can have a sense of how
big he was compared to me. As

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impressed as I was with him,
I was relieved I hunted for a trophy

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and not meet because it would have
been hard to pack him out. Instead,

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I cut off his head and Cape
stored them and went on my way.

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Next, I traveled hundreds of miles
for a chance of another of the

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Big three game prizes. The terrain
was tricky, and since my prey was

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primarily nocturnal, it made the pursuit
that much more difficult. He'd recently finished

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to kill of his own, and
he felt lazy and satisfied. I watched

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the ease with which he killed,
and while horrified at the sheer brutality,

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part of me recognized the skill it
took for him to succeed. This particular

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specimen was an adept killer. Never, and I mean never, let your

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guard down. I admit my nerves
and excitement got the best of me,

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and I was sloppy. Before I
knew it, I was the hunted and

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he was upon me. I didn't
have time to think it was kill or

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be killed, and for a few
moments I wasn't sure who would come out

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the winner. He knocked my weapon
of choice to the ground when he first

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sprang upon me, so I resorted
to up close combat with my blade.

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Obviously I won. I managed to
salvage enough of him to make a nice

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mount. But my taxidermist may demand
extra because he has his work cut out

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for him. No pun intended.
I spent so much time pursuing that second

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kill that I almost ran out of
time to take down the third of my

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desired animals. Yes, I had
two amazing trophies already, but something was

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missing. If I went home without
the trifecta that my heart was set on.

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Hunters and non hunters can relate to
the disappointment felt when your long awaited

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trip falls short of your expectations.
I didn't want that to happen. The

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clock kept ticking, and I knew
I had to make use of every second

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if I was going to return home
happy. While stalking my last killing,

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I experienced a feeling that many may
not believe a hardened hunter like myself would

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be capable of. Contrary to what
some might think, I am soft hearted

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about a good many things. Yes, I kill for fun, But have

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you ever watched a nature show in
which a predator kills another animal? Have

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you ever wanted the cameraman to put
down the damn camera and save the innocent

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young or the defenses prey from certain
destruction. I have. That's why I

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only hunt predators. I will only
take on an animal that is on equal

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footing with me. We are peers, and he could kill me as certainly

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as I can kill him. I
detest the predation of innocence, and I

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will fight to defend them whenever possible. I'm not a saint by any means,

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but I have a heart, and
I have a personal code of conduct

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that I live by. It may
or may not make sense to you,

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but it's true. The reason why
I tell you this is that my ethics

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caused me to cast my safety aside. I could have allowed my third trophy

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to distract himself while he attacked and
innocent, and I could have struck him

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at that moment and then walked away
with my prize. I couldn't stand by,

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however, and watch him brutalize another
life, so I placed myself between

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my prey and his prey. The
shock on his face was intense, but

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his hunger to kill me replaced his
confusion. He bared his teeth and maneuvered

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to find a weakness in me.
We tangled, then separated, and circled

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each other time after time. The
violent dance took place for over an hour.

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Both of us exhausted, and I
barely missed a move on his part

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that would certainly have led to my
death. Then I saw an opening and

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I took it. This kill was
special, satisfying. I killed not only

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to save myself, but to spare
others. I relished watching the life drain

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from his eyes as I dug my
blade deeper and deeper into him. Now

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my safari is over, However,
I'll head home with my trophies as well

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satisfaction. I fulfilled my hunting dream
and I rid the earth of three top

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predators, a serial killer, a
terrorist, and a rapist. On my

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flight back home to my planet,
I'll toast my success. Thank you for

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joining me for this episode of the
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whether in the shadows or in the
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