Fine -- let the wannabes with cash out the wazoo shell out for one of these "hunts". Who cares?
They'll come out, get pampered, take a punch in the shoulder from a pristine magnum, get a few pictures, go home, strut. BFD.
Few will ever get up where hunting really is hunting, vice target shooting with a live and reacting target. As long as the animal doesn't suffer from Walter Mitty's misplaced shot, it's little more than a high-priced and exclusive "wilderness" theme park.
Some might make it into a "hunter's" mag, with glossies, but the people who really are hunters are going out and doing their thing. A few might take some of the articles out with them to serve where paper is really needed.
Let the people who have owned the land for years and are trying to find ways to keep their family's ranch going (yes, I know there are some corporations involved, but some are also family-owned) drain some dollars from a gentleman hunter to keep their heritage intact.
Yep. Pampered and a guaranteed kill – all for $8,500.
If they can afford it let them spend their money, many are probably once a year “hunters” and it would be safer for everyone else if they’re closely supervised.