Well, really, if you are going to hunt the beast, then it is only fair that after the pictures, etc have been taken, you cut it up and eat it. I know some people in this country have a problem with hunting, but if you goto places that have jungles, hunting is seen as a sport. Also, most of the time, the beast is cut up and eaten (either by the hunters or by others).
There is nothing wrong with hunting an animal and eating it. Humans have been doing it since they could stand on 2 legs and wild animals do it every single day, to survive and feed themselves.
What I detest is animals being killed and their carcasses being callously thrown away like rubbish, after the kill (unless of course they are vermin, such as pigeons and rats). If you are going to eat the animal after the kill or are killing an animal for your own self defence (which could be argued in the case of the thread starter), then I see nothing wrong with it.
I think people in this country have got far too used to seeing chicken, lamb, sheep, cattle and pig meat, nicely wrapped up in cling film in a supermarket for far too long that they have actually forgotten that these animals were alive at one point but had to sacrifice their lives to feed us. We are top of the food chain and killing animals has nothing to do with being alpha male. Get used to it.
The suspense...