Recently, for some reason, I was added to a messenger group where hunters post what they shoot and what damage the bullet will do. That was another point for me where the traditionalism is disappearing.

Despite the fact that an animal has died, I will have that memory recorded, which is made possible by photography.
This is where the boundary between photography and the gun intersects. The connection between the photographer and the hunter is actually not that far off. Stopping a moment, or a life.

I grew up in a family full of hunters. I used to go on hunting hunts and was generally pretty in touch with the death of animals.

So I'm interested in everything surrounding this topic. At the same time, we are in an era where we share and photograph everywhere. So I ask the question why hunters take pictures with their kill.

I also want to point out that these often disgusting photos, that they share on Facebook, and websites where they pat each other on the back.

I'm exploring the connection between the camera and the gun.

I used my gun to stop his life.

Where is the limit of any ethics?

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Also, I can easily relate to the problem I have most connected to this topic at the same time, which is quite visible. Hunting is moving forward a lot these days. Hunters are using bigger guns, better camouflage, thermal imaging, expensive scopes, and lots of other techniques. Because of this, it seems to me there is already a very thin line between hunter and soldier. 

The first thing that comes to mind is some need for bragging. To show everyone else that I killed such a big deer or wild boar. That's why I mentioned in the beginning the current times, which thanks to social networks make this desire even more prominent. I can reflect on this fact because, after a longer exploration of the Facebook page and website, I have come to the conclusion that people on Facebook are significantly more likely to show up yourself alongside their catches and have a need to show up more in general

I would like to address the more local part of this "trend" in this thread, because I am part of it and can relate to it somehow. So I won't mention the global issue of paid sniping in Africa, although of course it is part of it. The thing I will be moving around is local (from the Czech Republic). The other factor is that I also deal with the subject of hunting in my freelance work and deal with the ethics of hunting and things around animal death.