Big-game hunter

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A big-game hunter is a person engaged in the sport of hunting large animals or game. The pursuit of the major objective might place the hunter at risk of personal harm. Potential big-game sought include, but are not limited to, bears, big cats, boar, elephants, moose, and so forth.

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A big-game hunter is a person engaged in the sport of hunting large animals or game. The pursuit of the major objective might place the hunter at risk of personal harm. Potential big-game sought include, but are not limited to, bears, big cats, boar, elephants, moose, and so forth.

In modern times, though there are exceptions, the typical big game hunter eschews any personal danger with high powered rifles, frequently tripod mounted firing from distances that exceeding 300 yards. More frequently, the most dangerous aspect of big game hunting is self-injury. Because not much more than the financial resources required to outfit oneself with gun, clothing, permits, and airfare are required, many modern 'big game hunters' would have been soundly rejected from any third rate hunt of the last 18th and 19 centuries.