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Mainlining on Heroin: Britain's Trophy Hunters In Their Own Words
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ISBN13: 9798287077693
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 27 2025
Pages: 462
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 27 2025
Pages: 462
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Mainlining on Heroin, British trophy hunters describe the heart-pounding excitement they experience at the moment of the kill.
You will hear trophy hunters talk about being hooked and wanting more.
You learn about the sheer numbers of animals they kill for entertainment; the appalling injuries they inflict on living creatures; the undisguised glee they express.
You will hear trophy hunters talk about being hooked and wanting more.
You learn about the sheer numbers of animals they kill for entertainment; the appalling injuries they inflict on living creatures; the undisguised glee they express.
We discover that trophy hunters rarely kill individual animals: instead, they go on killing sprees, taking lives in a manner few serial killers can aspire to.
Mainlining on Heroin profiles 100 British trophy hunters and CEOs of trophy hunting companies. Chapters include:
Mainlining on Heroin profiles 100 British trophy hunters and CEOs of trophy hunting companies. Chapters include:
- I took a neck shot at about 280 yards and dropped it on the spot!
- We have some very very big lions
- Blood was wiped from the corpse, its limbs were rearranged and its face turned towards the camera
- I call it my Africa room - I've got more than enough trophies!
- The trophies hang on my wall at home. Each one has a story which I cherish
- Bright red blood was sprayed everywhere with pieces of tissue mixed in
- The elephant feet have been turned into umbrella stands
- We grab a few beers and have fun shooting the monkeys!
- Shooting them out of trees with bows, really cool really fun!
- I saw the elephant's back legs buckle and I knew he wasn't going anywhere
- I felt the blood running through my veins move to a full-on torrent
- The zebra? I neck shot that. Just turned it upside down with the power of it
- My wife shot the donkey for the lion. She's pretty hooked now!
- I thoroughly enjoy hunting leopards! We put a zebra leg as a bait
- Baboons and vermin are free. If you're going for a cat, we'll get the hounds in
- You see something and you get all adrenaline over it and you pay anything for it!
- The more bits you can put in that crate, you're gonna save
- A trailer went down his drive with a stuffed animal in it
- I've got the wild cat hanging on the wall!
- You can get two for the price of one!
- The feeling was amazing - my first African animal, I was over the moon
- If we see a baboon just f****** shoot it, don't ask!
- I tell Customs they've been tanned and get away with it!
- We were shooting ground squirrels and having fun!
- I shot the giraffe because he was gay!
- You can shoot what you want, you can carry on shooting!
- I started taxidermy after a life-long passion for animals and nature
- I've shot all the goats. I've shot a number of sheep
- I shot 15 of them that night off the back of the truck!
- It's like mainlining on heroin!
- The shot rings out and the cat drops from the tree
- Taking a Lioness, there's nothing like it
- I just got carried away and shot everything!
- I took my son for his 9th birthday
- We put a buffalo up to bait lions for fun!
- I have lions with good manes. These are fenced hunts
- I did a nice big brown bear last year
- I had skins prepared because I wanted to make jackets
- The bullet landed with a solid ring. It was dead, a drop of blood glistening
- The first shot was a lung shot - perfect
- As soon as he stood up, BOOM straight in the chest, he only ran about 30m
- Dad said if I shoot it in the head he'll pay for it!
- I had this thing in my head - I wanted to shoot a baboon!
- So tempting - like a sweety shop!
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