The Trophy Hunters Directory
Welcome to the Hunters Directory – an investigative resource designed to shed light on the individuals involved in trophy hunting across the world.
As part of the Ban Trophy Hunting campaign, this directory enables you to explore and understand who is participating in trophy hunting by country.
Our aim is to provide greater transparency about the global reach of trophy hunting, the backgrounds of those involved, and the impact of their activities on wildlife and conservation efforts.
American Trophy Hunters
“28 animals in 24 days including multiple World Records”
- Ohio urologist Bradford T Black MD is one of Safari Club International’s top award winners.
- He has won dozens of prizes, including the SCI World Conservation & Hunting Award. He has also won what is widely regarded as the top prize in the hunting world – the Weatherby Award.
- In addition to this, he has won two of the other biggest industry awards on offer – the Conklin Award and the Pantheon Award.
- Black – known as ‘Brad’ to his friends – was born in Fort Bragg, northern California. He began hunting snakes, frogs and insects with his English setter Freckles when he was 4.
- When he turned 9, he was given a Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun, an air gun which shoots birdshot-type balls.
- He began hunting for squirrels with a single-shot .410 shortly after his family moved to Arkansas when he was 12.
- Black studied medicine at Arkansas University – he kept a Browning A5 16-guage in his dorm room – before moving to Ohio, where he set up in private practice.
- It was around this time that he began to take an interest in larger animals after reading an article entitled ‘Monster Bucks in Saskatchewan’ in Sports Afield, a hunting magazine.
- He soon began hunting elk and moose, as well as deer. From here, he graduated onto sheep and goats which took him outside the United States for the first time.
- Black then went on his first African safari. According to a biography: “Some of his most memorable hunts were a 21-day Elephant hunt in Tanzania in 2004… He never turned down a legal Elephant.”
- A trip to Canada followed. “His polar bear was killed on the 12th and last day. That bear was over 10 feet tall.”
- Hereafter, he began to expand his repertoire. He shot a Himalayan Tahr in New Zealand with a muzzleloader rifle, and killed a Blue Sheep in Nepal.
- To date, he has been on 125 hunting expeditions, 80 of them in at least 24 countries outside the US.
- Black has shot animals from 318 different species. He says he has killed 122 different species of African wild animal alone.
- More than one hundred of his animals are in the SCI Record Book. They include 19 sheep, 26 goats, and 103 different species from Africa.
- When he won the Pantheon Award – presented jointly by SCI and a sheep-hunting group – the award organizers wrote: “Brad says his most memorable hunt was in Ethiopia in March 2021 where he got 28 animals in just 24 days, including multiple SCI #1 World Records.”
- In 2018, Black was presented with an ‘Outstanding Hunting Achievement Award’ by Dallas Safari Club (DSC), another of the world’s leading hunting groups. He was given the prize “for his 20 year quest” of North America’s top 29 ‘big game’ animals and 20 different species of wild sheep.
- Black was also recognized for shooting 28 different species of wild goat, 19 types of antlered animal, and 11 kinds of buffalo.
- Black is a Life Member of several hunting groups including Safari Club International, Dallas Safari Club, and the NRA. He is also a member and donor to the Boone and Crockett Club, America’s oldest hunting club.
“It was absolutely dead. I shot it again to make a point”
Craig Boddington is one of the leading figures in the trophy hunting world today. He has travelled to over 50 countries in pursuit of trophy animals, has done over 100 hunts in Africa alone, and has shot 300 different species.
Craig Boddington hails from Kansas, USA. Renowned as a professional hunter, TV host, and author, Boddington has repeatedly boasted about shooting a vast array of species, including lions, elephants, leopards, and buffalo. He has described in detail the suffering of wounded animals and controversial practices such as “put-and-take” lion hunting, game ranches functioning as pens, and routinely shooting “extra” animals if a trophy is inadequate. His actions portray a shocking disregard for animal welfare and the devastating impact on wildlife.
Notable Awards: Weatherby Award (2017), recognized for having taken all nine of Africa’s principal spiral-horned antelope twice, completed the African Big Five, and has 27 books and over 4,000 hunting articles to his name.
“We have a trophy house: our children have grown up amongst our trophies”
Based in Houston, Texas, Deb and Ralph Cunningham are one of trophy hunting’s most prominent couples, heavily involved with the Safari Club International (SCI) and the NRA. Ralph, a former oil and gas executive, and Deb, deeply engaged in hunting advocacy, have killed hundreds of animals, including record lions and leopards, amassing around 100 major SCI awards between them. Their home is a notorious shrine to trophy hunting, filled with animal heads, elephant tusks, and leopard skins. Both have actively promoted trophy hunting among youth and have raised millions for pro-hunting groups.
Notable Awards: Both have received SCI’s World Hunting Award Ring and top awards like the Diana Award (Deb), Conservation Leadership Award, Ullman Award, and the Frank Green Award. Ralph is also a Past President of SCI.
“A passion for hunting that’s never stopped”
- Danny Danell is a businessman from Hanford, California. He runs a successful agricultural harvesting company with his brothers that is valued at approximately US $100 million.
- He is also one of the world’s top trophy hunters of all time and ranks number 4 in the all-time list of SCI Award-winners.
- He is one of only a handful of hunters to have won Safari Club International’s World Conservation and Hunting Award – its top prize for hunters who shoot the most animals.
- It is one of 54 major awards presented to Danell from SCI. Others include the Hunting Achievement Award for shooting 125 different species, Safari Club International’s World Hunting Award ring.
- Among his most recent prizes is a specialized award for hunters who use different types of weapons on their safaris – including bows and arrows, and old-fashioned muzzleloader rifles.
- Danell’s hunting career spans some 40 years. Although his parents weren’t hunters, he started hunting in his senior year at High School after being invited on a deer shoot by friends.
- According to Safari Club International: “This started a passion for hunting that has never stopped.”
- In the years that followed he has hunted rare species such as white rhinoceroses in South Africa, something he has described as a “highlight”. He shot an elephant and a leopard that same year.
- Danell has completed a “full bag” safari in Zambia, and has travelled to Mexico, Alaska and New Zealand, as well as throughout southern Africa.
- One of his passions is sheep-hunting. He has won a string of awards including the Capra World Slam from Grand Slam Club/OVIS, and a Grand Slam award with the Wild Sheep Foundation.
- Danny and wife Linda have travelled the world in search of some unusual animals to add to their trophy collection, including Turkey’s bezoar ibex.
- The Danell family is actively involved with Safari Club International. They have donated thousands of dollars to SCI, while his wife Linda helps him in running SCI’s Central Valley Chapter in California.
- Danell says the thing he is most proud of is “passing his passion of hunting down to his children and grandchildren”.
“I got another shot in and we got the death moan”
Rick Frazier, from Texas, is host of “Real Hunts, Real Stories.” Frequently shown posing with dead elephants and leopards, he has hunted big game in at least 11 countries, targeting Africa’s “Big Seven” (including leopard, hippo, buffalo, and elephant). His videos and online presence glorify the chase and the killings, often featuring buffalos and leopards in their final moments. His extensive trophy room documents dozens of eligible species.
Notable Awards: He holds multiple Safari Club International Diamond Inner Circle Awards (for shooting dozens of species in each class) and Milestone Awards including the African Big Five and the Africa 29.
“76 Major Prizes and 8 World Records”
- New Jersey construction magnate George Harms has won more awards from Safari Club International than any other trophy hunter.
- He was won most of its awards twice – once by shooting the required number of animals with a rifle, and then again using a bow and arrow.
- Harms has almost all of SCI’s Inner Circle Awards at Diamond Level, the highest possible. Achieving the Diamond level requires an extraordinary number of kills. In the case of the Hunting Achievement Award, a hunter has to shoot 125 Record Book-eligible animals – all of them from different species.
- For the Animals of Africa Inner Circle, the Diamond level requires 80 different African species.
- Harms has picked up all the organization’s specialized awards for shooting different species of big cats, bears, deer, antelopes, oxen, moose, reindeer, and many other animals including wild pigs, goats and sheep.
- He has done SCI’s African Big Five too – shooting a lion, elephant, rhinoceros, leopard and buffalo – and won Safari Club International’s top prize for shooting the most animals, the ‘World Conservation & Hunting Award’.
- Added together, the number of kills required to win all his prizes is estimated at 787 animals.
- Harms has picked up other awards from different hunting groups as well, including the Archery Super Slam of Northern American Big Game.
- Harms, who now lives in the largely rural area of Farmingdale, founded George Harms Construction in the 1960s. The firm does around $100 million worth of construction projects each year. He has now stepped back from running the company on a day-to-day basis but remains chairman of the board.
- The multi-millionaire claims an extraordinary number of entries in SCI’s Record Book too. The Record Book lists the largest animals killed by trophy hunters. SCI has Official Measurers in virtually every country who verify entries.
- Harms has 242 of his animals in the Book, including 8 World Records and 29 in the all-time top 10.
- Harms holds world records with other hunting record books as well, including a wild sheep in the all-time Top 5 of Pope & Young, a group which promotes bow-hunting.
- In all, Harms has been on over 100 hunting expeditions on 6 different continents.
- He started hunting rabbits at the age of just 8, and says among his proudest achievements is passing his passion for hunting onto his three children and to six of his eight grandchildren.
“The elephant, finally defeated, came crashing down in a choking cloud of dust”
Based in Calabasas, California, Bill and Susan Hayes are not only vineyard owners but also notorious for their globe-spanning trophy hunting. Both have each shot animals from more than 100 species, with Susan achieving her “elephant trophy” after a dramatic chase where she wounded the animal and finished it during a charge. Together, the Hayes have amassed a shocking array of hunts: lions, elephants, and countless other animals fell victim during expeditions across Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Their hunting feats are routinely celebrated by pro-hunting groups, and they are prominent NRA supporters, with Susan known for criss-crossing the US in a frenzied pursuit of the “Whitetail Grand Slam.” Their activities are widely promoted as examples for the hunting community, fueling further competitive trophy hunting.
Notable Awards: Susan Hayes won Safari Club International’s Diana Award (2020) for the world’s top female trophy hunter and completed the SCI Whitetail Grand Slam. Bill and Susan have dozens of SCI Inner Circle and Milestone Awards for shooting everything from antelope and deer to Africa’s Big Five and rare predators, making them high achievers in the global trophy hunting scene.
“I’ve become enriched because of the animals I’ve hunted.”
- Larry Boyd Higgins began his hunting career shooting deer with his family and hunting pheasants and grouse with dogs. It wasn’t long before he expanded his horizons, however.
- “(I began to) hunt other species elsewhere at every opportunity,” he says. “The more hunting I did, the more my passion grew. It wasn’t long before hunting throughout the United States transformed into hunting in other parts of the world.”
- The former Detroit police officer has today hunted in no fewer than 60 countries on 6 continents. Along the way, he has created a collection of trophies spanning 250 different species of wild animal.
- “I have become enriched because of the animal species that I have hunted,” he says.
- He recalls the impact shooting his first sheep had on him. “From that moment I was hooked! Since viewing that ram, I have chased wild sheep and goats in sixteen countries, collecting over fifty species worldwide.
- “My hunting partner, Gary Rigotti, and I have had such adventures. We return home with sore legs and sore lungs, eager to relax, but when an opportunity arises we are off and running again… and we call it fun!”
- Higgins was President of Safari Club International when the furore around Cecil the lion’s killing erupted. He instituted a new rule allowing SCI award-winning hunters to retain their anonymity. The public’s anger didn’t stop him from continuing to build what has become one of the world’s most extensive collections of animal trophies, however.
- His house is filled with countless heads and shoulders of wild sheep. He has a full-sized bear, its front paws upright on a dry tree stump, and bodies of lions and foxes. Two large elephant tusks curling upwards towards the ceiling on either side of the fireplace.
- In front of the fireplace a huge grizzly bear stands upright. A baboon is seated on the floor next to him. The walls are covered with heads of buffaloes, warthogs, a wild boar and a zebra.
- The body of a bobcat is fixed onto a shelf. Alongside it is the body of a leopard which looks down on the room’s occupants.
- Special lighting has been affixed to the ceiling to ensure all the most impressive trophies are fully illuminated.
- In yet another section of the trophy room is a wall filled with antlers. Buffaloes and whole wild goats are mounted on plinths with rocks, designed to look as if the animals are still in their native habitat.
- In Higgins’ office is a stool made from the foot of an elephant, covered with zebra skin, and a full body of a lion. Behind it is a large-mounted photograph of Higgins with the same animal taken shortly after he had shot it. The animal’s face is buried into the soil, as if in shame. Higgins is sat by its side, rifle upwards, a large grin on his face as he celebrates his conquest.
- Other animals on display include crocodiles, birds, and the horns of a rhinoceros. There is a body of a small monkey, and a mongoose in a glass case. There is also a fully grown cougar, whole hyena skins are spread high above the floor.
- Not only has Higgins won 58 awards with Safari Club International: he has won some of the other most prestigious awards in the hunting fraternity too, including the Conklin Award.
- His Conklin biography reads: “Larry hunted at an amazing pace, taking many of the continents greatest species and leaving few animals un-hunted.
- “His collection includes all of the elk with many duplicates, a dozen black bear including several with a bow, seven mule deer including two desert mule deer, and dozens of his beloved whitetail deer taken with a rifle, bow, and muzzleloader.
- “Larry has taken all of the North American sheep for a Grand Slam, including a tremendous Rocky Mountain and desert bighorn and a superb California bighorn.
- “In Mexico, Larry was even persistent enough to take a white-lipped peccary, a red brocket deer and a Yucatan gray-brown brocket deer.
- “To date, he has taken every species available in North America except polar bear and walrus.
- “Larry has hunted virtually all of Africa’s hardest to get and premier species.
- “In South America Larry has hunted virtually all the toughest species.
- “Larry has taken more than thirty different species of sheep, and more than twenty capra species. This feat has only been completed by ten other people.
- “Larry still has many hunting goals. He loves jungle hunting for the pygmy antelope, wants to hunt more sheep and capra species, and will hunt his beloved whitetail deer everywhere they are found.”
- In an interview for Safari Magazine, Higgins has spoken about his work advancing the ‘right’ to hunt animals for trophies.
- “I have spent 20 years meeting with legislators during our May meetings in Washington, DC and many hours with federal wildlife agencies.
- “I also have been involved for several years helping like-minded hunting and conservation organizations to unite and work together to defeat the antis.”
- He has made large donations from his own pockets to SCI’s ‘PAC’ – or Political Action Committee, a means of channelling funds to favored election candidates’ campaigns.
- Higgins was inducted into Safari Club International’s Hall of Fame for his hunting accomplishments and currently serves as Chair of SCI’s Record Book Committee.
“The lion’s head snaps backward and explodes with smoke from my bullet”
A Louisiana-based lawyer and ex-president of Safari Club International, John Jackson is infamous for his obsession with shooting elephants—he has undertaken at least 38 separate elephant hunts. His trophy room is crammed with lion heads, elephant tusks, and countless dismembered animal parts. Beyond hunting, Jackson has sued governments to overturn trophy bans, lobbied for endangered species protections to be stripped, and even arranged hunts for black rhinos. He describes trophy hunting as a rite of passage for boys and has promoted hunting on international wildlife commissions.
Notable Awards: Founding Conservationist of the Year (Namibian Professional Hunters Association), led campaigns for “conservation hunting,” and ranks among the top influencers in the global trophy hunting lobby.
“Brain shot at 48 yards: the most emotional moment of my hunting life”
Arizona’s Leon Munyan is the world’s #3 all-time SCI award recipient, best known for killing 240 species—almost entirely with handguns and crossbows. He is the first to win the World Conservation & Hunting Award without ever using a rifle, and his trophy collection fills a private museum open to children and schools. Munyan’s stories recount shooting lions, elephants, leopards, and rhinos, describing vivid “emotional moments” with each kill. Family involvement is central: his daughters are trophy hunters, and their kills include zebras, cougars, and antelope.
Notable Awards: SCI World Conservation & Hunting Award, all Diamond Inner Circle awards for Africa, sheep, and goat categories, and hundreds of SCI Record Book entries.
“275 trophies are in the Record Book”
- Richard Nilsen has won over 50 major awards with Safari Club International, including its top cumulative prize – the World Conservation & Hunting Award.
- Nilsen grew up in Maryland where he learned to shoot ducks and geese. He moved from there to Florida where he joined Safari Club International and began his international hunting career. Since then, Nilsen has been on 120 hunting expeditions in 40 different countries on 6 separate continents.
- He has collected hundreds of animal trophies, 275 of which are in SCI’s Record Book. Of these, 59 are in the Top Ten largest animals ever shot. Nilsen has also achieved the sheep-hunting ‘Triple Slam’.
- Nilsen is active within SCI, acting as President of two of its local Chapters, and has donated thousands of dollars to its Political Action Committee (PAC) and to SCI itself.
- In addition, he is a Life Member of the NRA and belongs to several other hunting groups, including the Wild Sheep Foundation, Boone & Crockett Club, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Ducks Unlimited.
“I shot and reloaded, shot and reloaded and the lion expired”
Originally from Nebraska and now living in Montana, Olivia Opre is a former beauty queen turned controversial trophy hunter, having killed over 100 species across six continents. Opre is unrepentant in media appearances about killing endangered wildlife including lions, buffalo, and hippos, and she has also darted a black rhino. She judges global hunting awards and has chaired the SCI Diana Award committee.
Notable Awards: SCI Diana Award (world’s top female trophy hunter), selected for the Trump administration’s conservation council, and numerous Inner Circle and achievement distinctions.
“She promptly went out and shot a lioness.”
Based in Michigan, USA, the Peyerk family is notorious for their extreme trophy hunting. Danial Peyerk has shot animals from 326 species, while his son Chris paid $400,000 to shoot a critically endangered black rhino in Namibia. Charlotte, on her first African trip, shot a lioness and multiple antelopes. The family’s trophy collection features full-sized giraffes, polar bears, and staged scenes of predator/prey taxidermy.
Notable Awards: Both Danial and Charlotte have won SCI’s Hunting Achievement Diamond for 125 species, Animals of Africa Diamond, Top Ten awards, and the World Hunting Award.
“We have a large wall of animals we call The Wall of Pain.”
From New York, Barbara and Alan Sackman form one of the most successful trophy hunting partnerships. With hundreds of animal kills each, their trophy room is a macabre display—including elephants, lions, and rare antelopes. Barbara has won every top hunting award including the Weatherby Award, the SCI Diana Award, and holds over 191 world records for size in the SCI Book. The Sackman legacy spans multiple generations, with their children and grandchildren also active trophy hunters.
Notable Awards: Weatherby Award (2008 Alan, 2015 Barbara—the first spouse pair), Diana Award (Barbara), SCI Conservation Award, Ovis Super 20, Capra Super 20, 191 world records.
“I had just finished a polar bear hunt, one of the world’s greatest hunting adventures”
- Mining consultant Ben Seegmiller has served on the Board of Directors of Safari Club International and is one of the hunting group’s major donors. He and his wife Marilynn are also among the organization’s most prolific hunters.
- Marilynn Seegmiller was for many years the only woman to have won both the Diana Award, an award sponsored by the NRA for the world’s top female hunter, and SCI’s World Hunting Ring. She hunted throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, the South Pacific, and Africa. She shot the Big Five (lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo) and in all killed animals from over 100 different species.
- Her husband Ben, who founded Seegmiller International in the 1970s, has won 61 major awards from Safari Club International, including its top prize – the World Conservation & Hunting Award, given to the SCI member who has shot the most animals.
- Among his kills is a Polar bear. He hunted the bear despite the fact that American hunters are expressly prohibited from bringing trophies of this species back into the US because they are endangered.
- Canada is currently the only country that still allows Polar bear trophy hunting on its territory – the US and Russia banned the practice many years ago.
- Seegmiller has written a detailed account of the hunt in a recently published book.
- “We were travelling on frozen ocean ice about 100 yards from the edge of a majestic towering solid rock island that shot up almost vertically out of the frozen ocean. Between our snow machines and the solid rock cliffs of the island was a very good-size polar bear…”.
- The guide confirms that the animal is a male. Seegmiller gets out of the sled with rifle in hand and slowly starts walking towards the animal.
- “The bear was to my left and was walking perpendicular to me, moving to my right.”
- The bear seems to be unaware of Seegmiller’s presence – or perhaps doesn’t realize he poses a threat.
- “I raised my rifle (a .375 H&H Magnum),” Seegmiller recalls, “took a bead on his right front shoulder, and squeezed the trigger.
- “The bear instantly dropped and moved no more.
- “It was if the bear had a death wish and just let me take him with a minimum of effort.”
- Seegmiller walks over to the slain animal.
- “I reached over and picked up his gigantic head and held it in my lap. His snow-white fur was beautiful, and his black eyes and nose tip were a great contrast. I looked at him and saw what a gorgeous animal he was.
- “I silently pondered how lucky I was to do such a significant hunt. I had just finished a polar bear hunt on a polar icecap, one of the world’s greatest hunting adventures.”
- He poses for selfies with the animal, and – together with his guides – they skin the animal for his cape and skull trophies.
- “Polar bear hunting is not for every hunter,” he writes afterwards. “Some hunters go several times before they eventually get an animal. Hunting polar bears is certainly not a slam-dunk.
- “Success depends on your mental state. One of my hunting friends, who took a polar bear in November 2000, told me that you take the bear with your mind, not with your rifle.”
“(A) hard core hunter”
- Dr Gerald Warnock is one of the most prominent figures within the trophy hunting industry. He has won most of the industry’s most prestigious prizes, including SCI’s World Conservation & Hunting Award. When he won the Weatherby Award, it was presented to him by the head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, who drew widespread criticism when footage of an elephant hunt which went badly wrong appeared in the media.
- According to New York State’s Wildlife Department, Warnock has almost 500 entries in SCI’s Record Book. Few if any hunters have matched this accomplishment.
- Fellow top trophy hunter J. Alain Smith recently described Warnock as a “hard core hunter.”
- Gerald and his wife Margaret – who was born in Estonia – shot four of the Big 5 on their first hunting trip together as a married couple. They have hunted all around the world ever since, including a further 48 African safaris.
- In 2021, the pair made a donation of $1 million to Safari Club International. Margaret died in 2023.
- Warnock was born in Portland, Oregon, where he started hunting at an early age. His first hunting experiences where when he was still in High School, where he killed bears, elks and deer. Warnock also hunted cougars (mountain lions) in his home state.
- He went on his first African safari while still in medical school, where he and a friend both shot the African Big 5. In the space of 28 days, the pair killed four elephants, five buffaloes, two leopards, three lions, and two black rhinoceros, as well as an assortment of antelopes and other animals.
- After graduating, Warnock set up a private radiology practice in East Portland. By 1995, when he won SCI’s International Hunting Award, Warnock had already killed animals from 278 different species – the result of 228 major hunting trips.
- The number of different species in his collection is currently believed to be 297.
British Trophy Hunters
“You’ll see so much wildlife you’ll be champing at the bit!”
Nelson Bacon, a former Army cadet from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, once served as Whipper-in of the Warwickshire fox-hunt. He has travelled to South Africa to hunt with Dave Freeburn Safaris, pursuing impala, wildebeest, and warthogs. Bacon described his hunting experiences as “first class,” although he admitted mixed emotions after joining an elephant hunt. “It was quite sad seeing a big elephant drop to the floor,” he said, reflecting on the experience.
“I took a neck shot at 280 yards and dropped it on the spot!”
From southeast London, James Baker is the Commercial Director of BCS Electrical & Building Ltd, a company well-known for high-profile commercial projects—but decidedly less known by clients like Neal’s Yard for his shocking record as one of the UK’s top trophy hunters. Baker has shot a vast array of animals in Africa, boasting about bespoke hunting holidays, multiple species “taken down” on a single trip, and frantic efforts to import trophies before proposed UK bans. He has organized hunting holidays in Romania, hunted wild boar and deer across Europe, and used privileged access to skirt restrictions. Baker openly encourages others to hunt and even offers to arrange “tailored” trips, highlighting the commercialized, global nature of modern trophy hunting.
Notable Awards: Recognized as a top British client by Thorndale Safaris; praised for his “Africa room” of trophies and for facilitating others’ hunting experiences.
“The trophies hang on my wall at home. Each one has a story which I cherish.”
Oliver Bull serves as the UK marketing agent for Bandur Hunting Safaris, which offers hunts for lions, elephants, and leopards across southern Africa. His first trip to Africa inspired a lasting passion for trophy hunting, during which he shot impala, warthog, and wildebeest. Bull proudly displays his mounted trophies and rugs at home and promotes discounted hunting packages to potential clients. He describes each trophy as a story he will “cherish forever.”
“Blood was wiped from the corpse, its limbs were rearranged and its face turned towards the camera”
Based in Devon, Andrew Broggio is Managing Director of a major UK medical supply firm and – along with his wife – is among Britain’s most prolific trophy hunting couples. Broggio has shot multiple Cape buffalo (one not killed outright and finished at close range), antelope, and other ‘plains game’ species during African hunting holidays. He has posed for photos with trophies, carefully staged for maximum effect, even as African buffalo face widespread population decline. Broggio holds an affinity for the most infamous trophy hunting literature and has donated bird shooting prizes for fundraising events. He is believed to have established a local estate for private hunting as well.
Notable Awards: Life Member of the Dallas Safari Club; known for multiple Africa trips and establishing a private shooting estate.
“I call it my Africa room – I’ve got more than enough trophies!”
A retired British businessman now residing in Lincolnshire, Bob Broom is a relentless trophy hunter and annual visitor to Thorndale Safaris’ 5-star South African ranch. Over a decade, Broom has killed myriad species—kudu, eland, oryx, baboons, jackals, and monkeys, among others—and boasts about his “Africa room” packed with trophies. He freely shares logistical advice for newcomers, including circumventing paperwork and flying armed across continents. Though now claiming his hunts are “management orientated,” Broom’s record documents years of targeted trophy kills, including ostrich and rare antelope, all preserved and shipped to the UK for display.
Notable Awards: Honored as a valued long-time client by Thorndale Safaris; respected in online trophy hunting communities.
“Bright red blood was sprayed everywhere with pieces of tissue mixed in.”
Adrian Cawte, a Ministry of Defence dog-handler from Wellington, Somerset, describes himself as an African hunting “fanatic.” He has hunted at least 19 species across Africa, including zebras, jackals, antelopes, and baboons. Cawte frequently publishes graphic accounts of his hunts, often focusing on the physical effects of gunshots. When asked why he hunts, his answer was simple: “Because I enjoy it.”
“The elephant feet have been turned into umbrella stands.”
Richard “Ricky” Clark is a London-based property manager, TV presenter, and prolific trophy hunter. Over two decades, he has hunted across Africa, shooting lions, elephants, leopards, and hippos. His trophy room contains around 100 specimens, including mounted leopards and elephant tusks. Clark claims to have shot “the last lion on permit in Benin” and has hunted on Royal Family-owned land at Sandringham. Despite once saying he “cried when I shot him,” he continues to display his trophies proudly.
“I am desperate to go back out again!”
Luke Corbett, a poultry farmer from Herefordshire, is a passionate trophy hunter with Dave Freeburn Safaris. Corbett has posted photos of his “African trophies,” including shoulder-mounts of wildebeest and impala. He enthusiastically details his hunts for zebras, warthogs, and more, recalling how every animal was “skinned and preserved and sent back here.” Corbett first went to Africa in his early 20s with an army officer friend, both acquiring multiple species. He expresses a longing to return, and has witnessed elephant hunts by other foreign clients seeking larger quarry.
Notable Awards: Known client and enthusiastic reference for Dave Freeburn Safaris; holds multiple African trophies, including with peer award-winning hunters.
“I saw the elephant’s back legs buckle and I knew he wasn’t going anywhere”
Ian Evans is a Scottish dairy farmer from Newton Stewart with a dark obsession: elephant hunting. Having traveled to South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe on at least five occasions, Evans has killed at least two elephants, as well as zebras, buffaloes, and a range of antelope. He describes his campaigns in detail, including the intense pursuit, final killing shots, and emotional aftermath. Evans reveres notorious professional hunters like Ron Thomson—said to have killed more than 5,000 elephants—and frames his own actions as personal “magnificent experiences.” He admits to weeping over dead elephants, but continues to plan future hunts for more.
Notable Awards: Esteemed as a “magnificent” hunter in trophy hunting circles; skilled marksman of Africa’s largest mammals.
“She loves to travel to remote places to hunt.”
Abigail Day is an international corporate tax lawyer and mediator who also ranks among the world’s most decorated trophy hunters. She has hunted in 36 countries, shooting lions, elephants, rhinos, and other species. Day has received over 20 awards from Safari Club International (SCI), including its “Grand Slam Cats of the World” and “Big Five” awards. She also served as SCI’s International Director and headed the organisation’s Diana Committee, encouraging other women to take up hunting.
Notable Awards:
Safari Club International’s “World’s Leading Female Hunter” (sponsored by the NRA)
SCI “Big Five” and “Grand Slam Cats of the World” awards
Over 20 SCI hunting awards, with two entries in the SCI Record Book’s Top Ten
“We have some very very big lions”
Operating from Oswestry, Alex Goss is the owner of Blackthorn Safaris and the architect of one of Britain’s most notorious canned lion hunting operations. Goss sells captive-bred lions and permits for their killing to British clients—including for children, and for whole-lion floor-mount trophies. His 50,000-acre estate in South Africa offers tailored shooting “experiences” with full taxidermy services. When probed about his “canned” hunting, Goss refused to comment, remaining unapologetic about selling the lives of lions, elephants, zebras, crocodiles, and more to foreign tourists.
Notable Awards: Recognized by industry peers for his large-scale “canned” hunting operations; prominent within the international trophy hunting business.
“I love hunting but love hunting alongside my son even more.”
Andy Denson, a taxidermist and hunting agent based near Burnley, has completed 25 African safaris. He claims to have shot every species in South Africa’s Eastern Cape and also sells trophy hunting packages through Thaba Thala Safaris. Denson has taken down zebras, giraffes, and Cape buffalo, using both rifles and bows. After being exposed by anti-hunting campaigners, he removed hunting images from his social media and website.
“We grab a few beers and have fun shooting the monkeys!”
Stuart Eborall is a professional deer stalker from Rugby, England, who serves as the UK sales representative for Thorndale Safaris in South Africa. He guides roe deer and muntjac hunts across Warwickshire and Northamptonshire and has made annual hunting trips to Africa for over a decade. Eborall first visited Thorndale Safaris on his honeymoon and has since returned every year, describing his hunts as “fantastic.” He admits to shooting a wide range of animals, including impala, warthog, ostrich, blesbok, and monkeys “for fun.”
“Shooting them out of trees with bows, really cool really fun!”
Christian Evans is a British bowhunter from North Yorkshire who specialises in trophy hunting with a bow and arrow. He became the first British hunter to book with Bushmen Safaris, a South African archery-only hunting company known for organising the hunt that killed Cecil the lion. Evans has shot multiple species, including gemsbok, wildebeest, zebra, and jackals, and proudly displays his taxidermy trophies at home. His image appears on Bushmen Safaris’ website, and he has posted photos with public figures such as Jamie Oliver and George Osborne.
“I saw the elephant’s back legs buckle and I knew he wasn’t going anywhere.”
Ian Evans is a Scottish dairy farmer and trophy hunter from Newton Stewart who has hunted elephants and other large animals in South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. He describes Africa as his “drug” and has participated in at least five African hunting expeditions. Evans considers his first elephant kill a “magnificent experience,” detailing the moment of the shot and the emotions that followed. He has also hunted buffalo, zebra, sable, kudu, and wildebeest.
“I felt the blood running through my veins move to a full-on torrent.”
Manish Ghelabhai is a gas engineer and former army soldier from Norfolk who engages in trophy hunting trips in South Africa. He has hunted with Pawprint Safaris, a company offering lion, giraffe, zebra, buffalo, and antelope hunts. Ghelabhai once shot a ‘canned’ lion from just eight to nine yards away — a captive-bred animal killed within a fenced enclosure. He has written enthusiastically about his hunts on trophy hunting forums, describing the thrill and bloodlust of his kills.
“He’d happily go there and shoot pigs for the rest of his life.”
Simon Hall is a British hunter from Gloucestershire who has taken part in trophy hunting holidays with Settlers Safaris, a company with a UK representative. A seasoned deer stalker and fox shooter in the UK, Hall decided to pursue African safaris as “the best thing I’ve ever done.” During his trip, he killed 12 animals, including two trophies — a pig and a springbuck — which he had taxidermied. Hall describes himself as a “hunting man” who plans to return to Africa annually.
“The zebra? I neck shot that. Just turned it upside down with the power of it.”
Bob Hastings is a milk truck driver from Devon and a client of British firm ProStalk Safaris. He has hunted in Africa, killing animals including Cape buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, and giraffe. Hastings has boasted about the destructive power of his rifles and the impact of his shots, describing how he “just turned [a zebra] upside down with the power of it.” He also made racially derogatory comments during an interview with investigators.
“My wife shot the donkey for the lion. She’s pretty hooked now!”
Chris Hemingway is a British trophy hunter from the Scottish Borders who has hunted multiple times with Huntershill Safaris in South Africa. He has taken numerous animals, including a rare white baboon, warthog, and jackal, and described himself as “addicted” to safari hunting. Hemingway regularly ships his mounted trophies back to the UK and has involved his wife in the hunts, stating that she “shot the donkey for the lion food.” He also enjoys fox hunting in Britain and has plans for further hunts abroad.
“I hunted a caracal, springbok, blue wildebeest. It was a good trip!”
Liam Hughes is a trophy hunter from Inverness, Scotland, who has hunted with Settlers Safaris in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. He has shot caracal, springbok, wildebeest, impala, and blesbok, and proudly displays the mounted trophies at home. Hughes has made multiple hunting trips abroad, including to Sweden and France, and plans to return to Africa in 2026. He emphasises the affordability of South African taxidermy and the thrill of international hunting expeditions.
“I thoroughly enjoy hunting leopards! We put a zebra leg as a bait.”
Robin Hurt Safaris is one of the world’s most successful trophy hunting companies, responsible for 962 record-book trophies recognised by Safari Club International (SCI). Founded by British-born professional hunter Robin Hurt, the company operates mainly in Namibia and Tanzania, offering hunts for species including leopard, lion, hippopotamus, and elephant. Hurt, who began hunting at age nine, has personally killed elephants, rhinos, lions, and leopards, and has guided countless wealthy clients on big game safaris. The firm frequently attends the annual SCI convention and has expanded to offer hunts across Europe, the Americas, and Oceania.
“Never had so much fun with my pants on.”
Pete Livesey is a British trophy hunter who has hunted with Huntershill Safaris in South Africa. He has shot zebras and multiple warthogs, boasting about his experiences in graphic hunting videos shared with investigators. Livesey’s footage shows animals wounded and killed during hunts, followed by photos of himself posing over the bodies. He described his time on safari as one of the most enjoyable experiences of his life.
“Baboons and vermin are free. If you’re going for a cat, we’ll get the hounds in.”
Neil Jones is a British hunting agent based in Lancashire who represents Huntershill Safaris in the UK. A long-time hunter with nearly four decades of experience, Jones has organised trips for hundreds of British clients to hunt in South Africa. His commission is largely paid in the form of free hunting safaris. Jones promotes a range of hunts, from baboons and jackals to buffalo and captive-bred lions, and has described using hounds to chase caracal cats.
“I had my youngest daughter with me.”
Nick Jackson is the Branch Chairman of the British Deer Society and Director of Yorkshire-based advertising agency IMA Global, whose clients include Tesla, Adidas, and Jet2.com. An experienced hunter, Jackson has taken part in three African safaris in South Africa and Zimbabwe, where he killed a Cape buffalo — his favourite trophy. He has praised Huntershill Safaris for its value and has taken both his wife and young daughter on hunting trips. Jackson is also involved with the UK’s pro-shooting group BASC.
“A trailer went down his drive with a stuffed animal in it.”
Malcolm King was arguably Britain’s most prolific modern-era trophy hunter – and ranked the world’s second “best” within the Safari Club International (SCI) fraternity. Based in Gloucestershire, the property tycoon and businessman amassed a vast private collection of more than 650 animals, including a cheetah, polar bear, and Himalayan mountain goat. He was twice runner-up for the Weatherby Award, often described as the “Oscars” of trophy hunting. King, who died in 2024, kept his trophies on display in a large room on his estate. Neighbours described their horror at seeing stuffed animals transported into his property.
Notable Awards: Weatherby Award runner-up (twice); SCI “Inner Circle Animals of Africa Gold Award”; multiple SCI awards for big cats, bears, moose, oxen, and other species.
“I’ve got the wild cat hanging on the wall!”
Buckinghamshire-based taxidermist Will Mathews serves Britain’s elite trophy hunters, including Paul Roberts, for whom he stuffed endangered species such as lions, elephants, and a black rhino. A hunter himself, Mathews’ workshop displays the heads and bodies of animals including hippos, crocodiles, baboons, and lions. He offers to prepare leopard trophies for clients for around £3,250. Mathews openly boasts of his hunting exploits, recalling elephant and caracal hunts with laughter and pride.
“You can get two for the price of one!”
Nearly 80 years old, Colin May continues to hunt regularly with ProStalk Safaris, a UK firm near Glastonbury. He has travelled widely across Africa and Europe, pursuing various animals. May spoke to investigators about his relaxed approach to shooting and culling animals, remarking on the financial “value” of hunts. Despite his age, he remains enthusiastic about travelling for one final trip abroad, acknowledging the insurance challenges that come with being nearly 80.
“I went over to Africa and got a couple of animals. I went back three times.”
Mike McCrave, a former Lancashire gamekeeper, runs one of the world’s most commercially successful hunting operations. His company’s name appears over 300 times in Safari Club International’s Record Book, and McCrave himself holds seven world records, including the largest Scottish stag shot with a revolver. Known as “The Man in the Kilt,” McCrave has worked with SCI for over 30 years, donating hunts for its fundraising events. His operations attract international trophy hunters, helping them win prestigious awards by shooting rare and endangered animals across the UK, Ireland, and beyond.
Notable Awards: 7 SCI World Records; multiple SCI awards including “Animals of Europe,” “Grand Slam of European Deer,” and “European 25.”
“The feeling was amazing – my first African animal, I was over the moon.”
British hunter and Bushmen Safaris’ UK sales agent Alex Nielsen has been on more than 15 African hunting trips, specialising in bow-hunting experiences. He works with the Idaho-based company best known for helping Walter Palmer kill Cecil the lion. Nielsen describes shooting a wide range of animals — from wildebeest and impala to zebra and jackals — at close range from hides near watering holes. He arranges hunting holidays and promotional filming for clients, often posing proudly with bloodied animal carcasses in photos.
“If we see a baboon just f****** shoot it, don’t ask!”
Businessman Jon Nicholls, who runs a quarrying firm, hunted with Dave Freeburn Safaris in South Africa’s Limpopo province. On his first African trip, he shot several animals including sable, nyala, and warthog, boasting about the availability of targets and the luxury of the camp. He described the experience as “fantastic,” detailing his shooting techniques and trophy costs. Nicholls also discussed shooting baboons “on sight,” treating them as pests.
“I tell Customs they’ve been tanned and get away with it!”
Loughborough-based Outwoods Taxidermy, founded by Steve Newcombe, specialises in creating big game and mammal trophies for British hunters. Newcombe, a world champion taxidermist, has mounted numerous African animals, including leopards and hyenas for TV presenter and hunter Ricky Clark. He also hunts himself, proudly displaying photographs with animals he has killed, such as a giraffe. Newcombe told investigators he circumvents customs checks by misdeclaring imported animal parts, and described plans by clients to hide trophies in vehicles to evade future bans.
Notable Awards: World Champion Taxidermist title.
“We were shooting ground squirrels and having fun!”
Scott Patterson, a British hunter, has taken part in several African expeditions with Huntershill Safaris through UK agent Neil Jones. He has hunted antelopes, zebras, and other plains game, admitting to wounding and losing a blue wildebeest. Patterson described night shooting and killing small animals “for fun,” including jackals, baboons, and genet cats. He spoke openly about the logistics of flying animal trophies into Heathrow for delivery in the UK.
“I shot the giraffe because he was gay!”
Run by Somerset businessman Derek Stocker, ProStalk Safaris sells international hunting trips for British clients, offering species ranging from baboons and porcupines to elephants and lions. Stocker promotes his £20,000 elephant hunts as “once-in-a-lifetime” experiences, and also sells father-son “bonding” hunts. He has been recorded making jokes about killing giraffes and detailing how clients can evade trophy import restrictions. Stocker also admitted to frequent hunting mishaps, including animals left wounded or illegally shot.
“You can shoot what you want, you can carry on shooting!”
British hunter David Pullan travelled to South Africa in 2024 with Huntershill Safaris, purchasing a package deal allowing him to kill nine animals, including warthogs, wildebeest, and impala. Pullan described the experience as “unbelievable,” boasting about the abundance of animals and affordability of taxidermy services. He discussed circumventing UK trophy import bans by falsifying invoices and importing animal skins as “souvenirs.” Pullan said he was already planning his next trip, citing warthogs and baboons as targets.
“I started taxidermy after a life-long passion for animals and nature.”
Wayne Pyle, trading as Charnwood Taxidermy near Loughborough, is one of the UK’s leading taxidermists. A Guild of Taxidermy competition runner-up, Pyle’s portfolio includes predators such as foxes, wolves, cougars, and African buffalo. His website features exotic species like raccoons, bison, and golden jackals, many shot abroad by trophy hunters. Despite claiming a “passion for animals,” his business profits from preparing animal remains for display.
Notable Awards: Runner-up, Guild of Taxidermy competition.
“You can get two for the price of one!”
Nearly 80 years old, Colin May continues to hunt regularly with ProStalk Safaris, a UK firm near Glastonbury. He has travelled widely across Africa and Europe, pursuing various animals. May spoke to investigators about his relaxed approach to shooting and culling animals, remarking on the financial “value” of hunts. Despite his age, he remains enthusiastic about travelling for one final trip abroad, acknowledging the insurance challenges that come with being nearly 80.
“I shot 15 of them that night off the back of the truck!”
Bryan Rendell is a British trophy hunter who has travelled to Africa with ProStalk Safaris, a Glastonbury-based hunting company. Working for Hart Forestry in Dorset, Rendell has hunted springbok, kudu, and hartebeest, sometimes shooting animals at night for meat. He admitted that animals were often wounded and lost, describing it as “quite standard.” Rendell has even transported trophies such as kudu horns home in his suitcase and says he regrets not shooting a red hartebeest, which he admired for its antlers.
“It’s like mainlining on heroin!”
Paul Roberts is regarded as one of Britain’s most prolific trophy hunters, with over 50 years of hunting experience and more than 30 African safaris. He has killed lions, elephants, leopards, and rhinos, boasting that one of his black rhinos was the last legally imported into the UK. Roberts has taken elephants with tusks weighing over 150 lbs combined and several lions and leopards eligible for the prestigious Rowland Ward record book. He has displayed his trophies — including lion rugs, elephant tusks, and buffalo horns — in his West Sussex showroom and at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.
Notable awards: One of only three Britons to win Safari Club International’s African Big Five Grand Slam award.
“The shot rings out and the cat drops from the tree.”
Richard Rosser is a Gloucestershire-based trophy hunter and breeder of award-winning Flat-Coated Retrievers. Despite his work with dogs, Rosser regularly travels to Africa to hunt with his wife and children, killing species such as zebra, oryx, caracal, ostrich, eland, and wildebeest. He has written detailed hunting diaries under the pseudonym “Dudders” on AfricaHunting.com, often describing the use of dogs to chase prey and family involvement in shooting animals. Rosser has stated that even a UK ban on trophy imports would not stop him from hunting abroad.
“Taking a Lioness, there’s nothing like it.”
Adrian Sailor is a British trophy hunter and the UK representative for Settlers Safaris in South Africa. He has been linked to multiple investigations alleging his involvement in the sale of “canned” lion hunts, where lions are bred in captivity and shot in enclosed areas. Sailor has offered British hunters discounted lion hunting packages and once suggested a method of disguising lion skins for export. Despite past exposés, Sailor continues to promote hunting holidays, encouraging clients to take their children on safari and suggesting ways to bypass potential UK trophy import bans.
“I just got carried away and shot everything!”
David Sheldrake is a Suffolk-based businessman and owner of Landmark Scaffolding Ltd. He has hunted extensively in Africa with ProStalk Safaris, admitting to spending over £50,000 during one trip. Sheldrake killed numerous animals, including buffalo and sable, and had his trophies shipped home in a large crate that filled a van. He described the experience as “once in a lifetime” and proudly displays his collection of mounted trophies in his home’s games room.
“I took my son for his 9th birthday.”
Chris Simons, a retired businessman from Cheltenham, took part in a Father and Son hunting package with Blaauwkrantz Safaris in South Africa. The safari allowed both adults and children to shoot multiple animals, including impala, duiker, warthog, and blesbok. Simons’ young son, Oliver, earned the nickname “The Sniper” for his accuracy and has since hunted in Zimbabwe and Belarus. Simons described the trip as “a great memory” and said it strengthened their bond through shared hunting experiences.
“We put a buffalo up to bait lions for fun!”
Ben Singer is a trophy hunter from Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, who frequently hunts big game across Africa. He has hunted with Omuwiwe Safaris in Namibia, targeting leopards, lions, buffalo, and elephants. Singer described using buffalo carcasses to bait lions and called his leopard kill in Zimbabwe a “monster.” He hunts two or more times a year and says he prefers shooting large predators over plains game, which he uses as bait.
“We buy 10 kg of corrugated iron and say to locals, move to the edge.”
Sybarite Sporting Limited is a London-based hunting and wine company run by Ollie Hill. Established in the late 1990s, it offers luxury safaris in southern Africa for elephants, buffalo, and cheetahs. Hill has spoken about hunting leopards and elephants and about rebranding trophy hunting as “sustainable use.” He admitted that his company displaced local communities in Mozambique to create hunting areas, offering them corrugated iron in exchange for their land. Sybarite Sporting also runs podcasts promoting hunting as conservation.
“I did a nice big brown bear last year”
Paul Taylor is an award-winning taxidermist serving Britain’s leading trophy hunters. He runs the Dorchester-based firm PG Taylor. Taylor has worked on a wide range of African animals, providing both full and shoulder mounts, including impala, roan, nyala, warthogs, and waterbuck. He has also mounted big cats, such as leopards, and has experience with baboons, hippopotamuses, and large bears from Croatia and North America. With 35 years in the business, Taylor also advises clients on importing trophies to Britain, utilising his network of brokers.
“I had skins prepared because I wanted to make jackets”
Professor Michael Thick is a leading British transplant surgeon and former Professor of Genomics at Imperial College London. He has served as head of the liver transplant team at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, and kidney surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, and has advised the UK government on donor organ policy. In his spare time, Thick, together with his wife Catherine, is an avid trophy hunter, having killed dozens of animals including giraffes and buffaloes. Catherine Thick has turned some of their trophies into jackets and bags. Michael Thick has also served as Chairman of the British Deer Society and is a member of local deer-hunting groups.
“The bullet landed with a solid ring. It was dead, a drop of blood glistening”
Tusk & Antler is an international hunting company founded in 1999 by British professional hunter Oliver Power. Power is also a writer, broadcaster, and filmmaker, producing content for hunting-related media. The company offers bespoke international hunting holidays across Central Asia, South Africa, Cameroon, Serbia, Ukraine, Germany, and Austria. Power arranges hunts of rare and extinct species, ensuring professional taxidermy and official trophy records.
“The first shot was a lung shot – perfect”
David Watt is a businessman from Doncaster and International Booking & Client Coordinator for Nduna Safaris, a company selling trophy hunting safaris including canned lion hunts. Watt has been a trophy hunter for over 20 years, helping clients arrange hunting trips and navigate legal requirements for transporting rifles. He is highly recommended on hunting forums for his services.
“The first shot was a lung shot – perfect”
Ian Harford, a British hunter and writer for RealTree, has hunted in exotic locations globally, with a particular focus on African big game. He has hunted alongside Roger Ellis on Nduna Safaris’ estate, targeting species such as Kudu antelope and young impala rams. The duo has efficiently harvested trophies including antelope and lechwe, preserving memories through meticulous hunting practices.
“As soon as he stood up, BOOM straight in the chest, he only ran about 30m”
Asif Wattoo, a trophy hunter from Berkshire, UK, launched Wattoo Safaris in 2022. The company offers hunting trips targeting rhinos, captive-bred lions, and giraffes for British hunters. Wattoo Safaris also provides opportunities for bow-hunting and advertises luxury experiences globally. The company’s social media highlights extensive hunting trophies and exotic animal kills.
“Dad said if I shoot it in the head he’ll pay for it!”
David Webber, from Somerset, has over 30 years of trophy hunting experience, with a daughter Emily who is also a keen hunter. Their collection includes nearly 500 animal heads and bodies from across the globe, with a polar bear rug as a centerpiece. They have participated in helicopter hunts and night-time lamping expeditions. Emily has targeted a wide range of species, guided by family tradition and extensive experience.
“I had this thing in my head – I wanted to shoot a baboon!”
Rob Weir is Chairman of HJ Weir Engineering in Chepstow and a leading British trophy hunter. He regularly hunts in Africa with Gary Kelly Safaris, targeting elephants, leopards, hyenas, rhinos, and baboons. Weir has also hunted extensively in Argentina, shooting thousands of birds during a single four-day trip. He shares his hunting experiences openly, highlighting both his skill and passion for the sport.
“So tempting – like a sweety shop!”
Iain Wilkie, director of Wilkie Developments in Scotland, is a keen new trophy hunter. His first African expedition with LJ Hunting Safaris involved harvesting a sable and other species, which he described as thrilling and addictive. His trophies were delivered quickly via courier after clearance through UK Customs.
“Various animals and various hunts certainly create a bit of adrenaline flow!”
Diggory Hadoke is a British trophy hunter and owner of a vintage rifle store in Ludlow, Shropshire. He participates in African Big 5 hunts, including Cape Buffalo, and enjoys seeing his firearms in action. Hadoke actively promotes trophy hunting through interviews and social media, showing off kills including bears and tigers.
“Had an absolutely fantastic time!”
Lyn Few is a British trophy hunter who publicly recommends Umlilo Safaris. He has participated in multiple hunting trips to South Africa, highlighting both the thrill of the hunt and the quality of hospitality and cuisine provided by the safari lodge.
Steve Jones served as the UK voice of Safari Club International and was president of the American hunting rights group until 2022. He has appeared on television defending trophy hunting and has publicly admitted that hunters are motivated by enjoyment.
The Macleod family of Argyll, Scotland, are leading British trophy hunters alongside their property and construction business. Kenny Macleod Sr, Kenny Jr, Greig, and Jonathon have collectively hunted dozens of African species including impalas, kudus, zebras, and waterbucks. Umlilo Safaris frequently documents their hunting exploits.
Charlie Reynolds, from Wells, works in a farm animal feed company and previously ran a haulage firm. He is an experienced British trophy hunter who has hunted with Umlilo Safaris, including a young giraffe, which he killed with a single bullet to the head.
Derek Sealy runs Wiltshire Game and Wiltshire Stalking, providing venison and game for local hotels, and access to 65,000 acres of hunting land. Sealy has been a trophy hunter for 20 years, with international trips including Africa. His collection includes zebra rugs, bear rugs, ostriches, beavers, and moose.
Ryan Seaman, one of Britain’s youngest trophy hunters, is known as “Bullseye.” He shares his hunting exploits on social media, including large numbers of foxes, rabbits, and African antelopes like baboons. He is known for his prolific hunting and precise shooting.
David Tart, from Dungeness, Kent, is an experienced trophy hunter who often hunts with his wife Julie. They have hunted at least 15 species, including baboons and wildebeest, and leave positive reviews for Umlilo Safaris, praising the experience and hospitality.
Chris Beadle has hunted at least 20 African animals, including wildebeest, impalas, and ostriches. He has hunted with his wife and targeted baboons and Caracal cats (African lynx).
British couple Chris Biddlecombe and Laura Ceeney have participated in multiple trophy hunting holidays, often taking part in romantic hunting packages offered by various companies.
Steve Bishop is a British trophy hunter who has targeted zebras, Blesbuck antelopes, black springbucks, and warthogs in Africa.
Graeme Blundell, from Fife, retired MD of Kinross Computer Systems, and his son Greig, hunt together in Africa with Umlilo Safaris, targeting a variety of African game including antelopes and zebras.
Trisha Boddington is one of Britain’s few female trophy hunters, having participated in hunts in Africa targeting wildebeest, zebras, and other species.
Colin Brooks, from Cambridgeshire, is a retired MD of an engineering firm and a British trophy hunter.
Rob Fegan is a British trophy hunter experienced in hunting various African species, including baboons.
Jim Flowers, a British trophy hunter, has targeted Caracal cats and a range of other African antelope species.
Rodney Fuller, a retired farmer from Caterham, Surrey, is a British trophy hunter. He has hunted baboons, Caracal cats, and Cape springbucks.
Malcolm Harrison is a British trophy hunter who has hunted zebras and other African species.
Reuben Hook, from Somerset, is a British trophy hunter who has targeted numerous African antelope species including duikers, Cape grysbucks, oribis, sunis, klipspringers, bushbucks, reedbucks, steenbucks, vaal rhebucks, elands, and warthogs.
Tony Jacobs is a British trophy hunter experienced in hunting warthogs and other African species.
Graham Jeffery, a pensioner from Kent, has hunted wildebeest, impala, ostriches, and warthogs. Several of his African trophies are displayed in his home in Gravesend.
James ‘Jimmy’ Jordan, a British trophy hunter, has shot hippos, buffaloes, baboons, wildebeest, warthogs, and various antelopes. He has written glowing testimonials for Umlilo Safaris.
Michael ‘Micky’ Jordan, originally from Bristol, is a London-based British trophy hunter who has hunted vervet monkeys, baboons, wildebeest, impalas, ostriches, and African antelopes including springboks.
Phil Labram, a British trophy hunter, has hunted zebras, Caracal cats, warthogs, wildebeest, impalas, ostriches, and other African antelopes such as duikers, blesbucks, and Cape springbucks.
Andrew Makepeace is a British trophy hunter with experience targeting African species through Umlilo Safaris.
Alan Matson, a property consultant from Buckinghamshire, is a British trophy hunter.
Jimmy Metherell, from Workington, Cumbria, has hunted a wide variety of African species with his wife Jennifer. They have written glowing testimonials for Umlilo Safaris.
Alan Nicholson is a British trophy hunter experienced in hunting a variety of African species.
Kevin Powell, a Welsh trophy hunter, has hunted multiple African species.
Rob Sharp is a British trophy hunter with experience hunting a wide range of African species.
Bruce Sheppard is a British trophy hunter who has hunted at least eight African animals.
Stuart Tanner, from Bath, is a British trophy hunter who has taken part in safaris with Umlilo Safaris.
Tom Tanner, son of Stuart Tanner, is a British trophy hunter with multiple African kills.
Karl Walding is a British trophy hunter who has also hunted wildebeest, impalas, and ostriches in Africa.
Ben Wightman, a landscape gardener and former Green Party councillor from West Yorkshire, is a British trophy hunter with experience involving his family.
Australian Trophy Hunters
“I shot it through the left eye blowing out the back of the skull”
Colin Allison is one of Australia’s top trophy hunters, beginning his hunting journey at age five with his uncles. He has hunted extensively across Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and North America, boasting kills of elk, deer, big cats, crocodiles, buffalo, and a wide variety of big game—including Africa’s “Big Four plus hippo.” Notably, Allison achieved his boyhood dream by killing a 7-foot-plus black-maned lion on the Botswana-South Africa border, a trophy that was among the last legally imported into Australia before a ban on lion trophies. His detailed hunting recounts include close-range shots and enduring long tracking pursuits, exemplified by his successful lion hunt and a harrowing grizzly bear hunt in British Columbia that involved multiple shots and an extended tracking effort. Beyond hunting, Allison has professional experience as a taxidermist, official records measurer, and writer, with several entries in the Boone & Crockett Club records book for moose, deer, and antelope.
Notable Awards: Recognized authority in big game hunting with multiple Boone & Crockett Club record entries for North American species and celebrated for his feats across continents.
Canadian Trophy Hunters
“It was dead before we heard the smack of my bullet hitting it”
Canadian hunter Arnold Alward has completed over 131 trophy hunting trips on six continents, targeting the African Big Five and numerous other species. With 277 trophies recorded in Safari Club International’s Records Book—including 62 Top Tens—his collection spans 285 species and includes lions, leopards, elephants, polar bears, and exotic animals. After personal losses, he sold his businesses to focus on hunting for 18 years, travelling worldwide and completing challenges like the SCI Grand Slam of the Cats of the World. He also authored “To heck with it, I’m going hunting,” detailing his extensive adventures.
Notable awards:
First Canadian to receive SCI’s World Conservation & Hunting Award
First Canadian Weatherby Award winner
SCI Pinnacle of Achievement
SCI Humanitarian of the Year
Numerous SCI All-Time Record Book Top Tens (277 trophies)
Spanish Trophy Hunters
“Not even I could tell you all the animals I have hunted but it’s in the Thousands”
A Spanish doctor from Madrid, Sequeira has killed at least 2,000 animals across more than 420 species from 500 hunting expeditions worldwide. His trophies fill massive halls in his mansion including rare animals like polar bears and tigers. He started killing elephants but stopped to avoid risking their extinction. Sequeira has amassed numerous Safari Club International awards, including multiple diamond-level Inner Circle awards, and holds 4 World Records in mountain game hunting species. His hunting activities prompted police investigations over trafficking suspicions.
Notable awards:
Safari Club International Inner Circle Awards at Diamond levels (multiple)
World Conservation & Hunting Award (SCI)
Ullmann Award for European Big Game Trophy Animals
Four World Records for mountain game species
“I normally hunt one animal of each species – except in the case of Elephant and Leopard”
From Barcelona, Spain, Marti is a top-ranked trophy hunter and prominent lawyer with hunting activities across 91 countries and 258 species. He has multiple kills of elephants, leopards, buffalo, and hundreds of various deer and wild boar. An active member of international hunting organizations, he balances a high-profile legal career with extensive global trophy hunting.
Notable awards:
Safari Club International Inner Circle Awards at Diamond levels (multiple)
Multiple milestone awards across continents and species categories
Life Memberships in Safari Club International, Dallas Safari Club, Wild Sheep Foundation, and NRA
“My personal record is 20 elephants in 75 minutes”
From Valencia, Spain, Tony Sanchez-Arino may be the world’s most prolific living trophy hunter with 4,044 confirmed kills, including 1,317 elephants and 340 lions. He is unique in having shot over 1,000 elephants and more than 130 lions. Sanchez-Arino has hunted across every African country and on five continents, holding records for the largest rhino in Angola and for elephant hunts in 23 countries. He is a friend of former Spanish King Juan Carlos and defends hunting as an art form, though he acknowledges the risk of elephant extinction from hunting.
Notable Awards:
Acclaim from Safari Club International
Recognition as one of the greatest elephant hunters of all time
Hungarian Trophy Hunters
“So many joyous highs”
Hungarian hunter Bela Hidvegi has an extensive trophy collection with over 310 full mounts displayed at Keszthely Helikon Castle Museum and more than 250 shoulder mounts at the University of Sopron. Hunting since childhood, he embarked on his first African safari at 50 and has since completed 45 more across Africa plus numerous hunts worldwide on six continents. His trophies include big cats, bears, rhinos, and hundreds of mountain game specimens, with 25 trophies ranked among SCI’s Top Ten, including the world record for the largest Bay duiker. Hidvegi founded Hungary’s branch of Safari Club International and has produced books and films about his hunts.
Notable awards:
SCI World Conservation and Hunting Award
SCI and Grand Slam OVIS Pantheon Award
Ovis Club Super 30 Award (30 species/subspecies of wild goats and sheep)
Conklin Award (2021) for hunting difficult, dangerous species in rugged terrain with high ethics
Weatherby Award (2023), the industry’s most prestigious honor
Numerous SCI Inner Circle Awards at Diamond level across multiple categories including Antlered Game, Mountain Game, Predators, and Animals by continent
Multiple SCI Milestone and Continental Awards representing wide-ranging hunting achievements
Mexican Trophy Hunters
“My 3 trophy rooms have nearly 700 mounts of animals on display”
Starting trophy hunting at age 40, Hubert Thummler has amassed nearly 700 mounts displayed across three trophy rooms in his Mexican country home. He has 325 trophies in the SCI Record Book, including several world records and the rare Black rhino. Thummler has hunted in 62 countries across six continents and is renowned for shooting every category of sheep listed in the SCI record book. Formerly a showjumper and racing driver, he turned to hunting with a passion, especially focusing on wild sheep and goats worldwide. His trophy rooms feature a vast array of animals, from lions and elephants to walrus and moose. Thummler has authored “Wind in My Face,” chronicling his hunts for the African Big Five and the world’s most challenging sheep species. Despite personal loss, he continues to hunt actively and advocates for hunters’ rights and the preservation of hunting traditions.
Notable awards:
Weatherby Award, the highest honor in hunting
Pantheon Award recipient (first with Ed Yates), for most wild sheep species hunted
Multiple SCI Inner Circle Awards at Diamond level across diverse animal categories
Numerous SCI Milestone Awards including African Big Five, Bears, Cats, and various continental species
SCI Continental Awards for Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and South Pacific
Zimbabwean Trophy Hunters
“It falls to the ground, its eyes already staring into the hereafter. The exhilaration is complete.”
Zimbabwean hunter Ron Thomson is known for having hunted more big game than perhaps anyone alive today, with a staggering 5,000 elephants killed over his lifetime. He once helped kill 2,500 elephants within minutes using semi-automatic rifles and has also shot over 50 lions, 30 leopards, 50 hippos, and hundreds of buffaloes. Thomson estimates he has spent over 25,000 hours hunting, equivalent to nearly six years of continuous tracking and shooting. A former game warden in Hwange National Park, home to Cecil the lion, he has openly expressed no remorse for his hunting exploits. Thomson is the founder of the True Green Alliance hunting lobby group and has received a Conservation Trophy award from Safari Club International. His hunting writings include vivid accounts of the intense emotions and adrenaline rush of hunting the African elephant.
Notable awards:
Safari Club International Conservation Trophy
Recognition connected with Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi receiving the ‘Statesman of the Year’ award at an SCI gala
Russian Trophy Hunters
“He has hunted at a speed that is very difficult to imagine and few can compare with”
- In 2020, Aleksandr (Alexander) Egorov is won the Weatherby Award, widely considered to be the most prestigious of the hunting industry’s many prizes.
- Egorov is Director-General of Gletcher, one of Russia’s largest real estate developers. He lives in Moscow but grew up in Siberia, where he started hunting at the age of just 6, initially shooting ducks with his father. “Since then all his dreams were only about hunting,” according to a biography of Egorov published by the foundation which awards the Weatherby Award.
- As a young man, he worked as a Russian border guard which enabled him to travel throughout Russia in search of new and greater hunting adventures.
- He joined Safari Club International in 2003, which also marked the first time he went hunting abroad. It was at this point that he started actively collecting animal trophies. His first was a sheep that he shot in Kyrgyzstan. Mountain sheep and goats have featured extensively in his hunting trips ever since.
- “Since 2003 Alexander has hunted at a speed that is very difficult to imagine and few can compare with,” according to Weatherby.
- Sheep-shooting group Grand Slam Club/OVIS has also extolled Egorov’s hunting accomplishments: “It’s hard to comprehend how he went from 12 each on the Ovis (sheep) and Capra (goat) list to the Super 30 level for BOTH in four short years. What an amazingly short period of time to accomplish so much mountain hunting.”
- The Russian Mountain Hunting Award requires a hunter to shoot 13 different species and subspecies of sheep, chamois, tur and ibex. Egorov became the first-ever Russian to win the prize.
- His collection of animal trophies currently stands at 440 animals, of which 81 are listed as ‘Top Ten’ trophies in SCI’s Record Book. More than 170 are of African wild animals. In all, he has now been on 173 individual hunting safaris in 56 countries, including 40 safaris in 12 African nations.
- In addition to this, he has been on 104 hunts in 14 Asian countries, which have netted him trophies from 75 different species; and 105 European hunts covering 24 nations and yielding a further 51 animal trophies. In North America, meanwhile, he has shot 76 different species during the 39 hunting trips he has undertaken there.
- Egorov has won SCI awards for his hunting exploits ranging from South America to Australasia. Other countries hunted by Egorov include Mongolia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Iran, Tajikistan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Nepal.
- In his native Russia, he is the winner of the Super Slam Russia Big Game award – the first and, to date, only Russian to do so. The award requires a hunter to shoot 35 different species.
- Egorov currently possesses the largest collection of animal trophies of any Russian hunter ever. Among his most prized trophies are those of a polar bear and a leopard.
- Egorov has been presented with virtually all the industry’s other top awards including the OVIS Capra Super Slam 30, the Conklin Award, and the Pantheon Award. The latter is considered to be the most challenging of all hunting awards, with fewer than a dozen hunters have ever won it.
- He is actively involved in most of the world’s trophy hunting groups, including SCI, the Weatherby Foundation, the Conklin Foundation, Grand Slam Club/OVIS, Dallas Safari Club, Cofradia Culminum Magister, the Wild Sheep Foundation, and Moscow Safari Club.
- Egorov was instrumental in amending Russia’s hunting laws in 2020, as a result of which the bowhunting of wildlife is now permitted.
- He appears in more than 20 films for Russian and Bulgarian TV promoting trophy hunting in the US, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Iran, and Namibia.
“My lungs were bellows fanning the fire of desire for this trophy”
Russian hunter Konstantin Popov has pursued a wide variety of animals across several continents, including Siberian and Asian black bears, Barbary sheep, gazelles, and numerous mountain goats. He is recognized for winning top awards in wild sheep and goat hunting, including the Ovis World Slam Super 30, Capra World Slam Super 30, and the Triple Slam. Popov has an extensive list of Safari Club International (SCI) awards, highlighted by the prestigious World Conservation & Hunting Award along with 156 other SCI distinctions. His hunts span challenging environments like the Nubian Desert and Red Sea Hills, where he has successfully tracked and taken Barbary sheep, Nubian ibex, and other rare species.
Notable awards:
World Conservation & Hunting Award (SCI)
Ovis World Slam Super 30
Capra World Slam Super 30
Triple Slam
156 additional SCI awards including numerous Diamond-level Inner Circle, Milestone, and Continental Awards
“Every time I see those creatures adrenaline starts coursing through my blood.”
Former Russian official Sergey Yastrzhemskiy, known as Vladimir Putin’s spokesman and adviser, is also a prolific trophy hunter with 251 confirmed kills recorded in SCI’s Record Book. Ranking 47th in SCI’s all-time award winners, Yastrzhemskiy has hunted over 180 times in more than 50 countries. His private trophy exhibition near Moscow features a vast collection of mounted animals including bears, lions, polar bears, wolves, and an elephant’s head centerpiece. He openly shares his passion for hunting, describing the adrenaline rush and deep connection with wildlife.
Notable awards:
World Conservation & Hunting Award (SCI, 2022)
Conklin Award (SCI, 2022), one of the world’s toughest hunting honors
Runner-up for the Weatherby Award (2024)
Numerous Diamond-level Inner Circle, Milestone, and Continental Awards across global species categories
- Andrey Zaika is an award-winning member of the Russian Club of Mountain Hunters.
- He is a rising star within the US-led SCI group, winning approximately 50 SCI awards in the space of just three years. They include the Global Hunting Diamond Award for hunting on all six continents, the Animals of Africa Diamond Award for shooting 80 different African animals, the Multiple Methods Diamond award for shooting 24 animals with various weapons, and the Hunting Achievement Diamond Award for hunting animals from 125 different species.
- His haul includes bears, big cats, and all of the African Big 5 (lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo) as well as assorted gazelles, goats, oxen and wild pigs.
- There are several reports linking Zaika to US President Donald Trump. Zaika runs a construction company in Ukraine, where the President has long wanted to build a luxury resort. The President’s son, Donald Trump Jr, is said to have travelled to Ukraine in 2006 and 2008 and met with government officials about his father’s plans to build a multimillion dollar hotel and golf course. Trump Jr reportedly met with Zaika in Kiev in February 2006 to discuss the proposal.
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