In this episode of Bold Journey, a former hunter reflects on his personal journey from hunting animals to becoming a dedicated wildlife photographer. The audience discovers how his perspective on nature and its creatures has transformed in this heartfelt and visually captivating story.

The opening scene is the introduction to Bold Journey, the adventure television series that brings films from all parts of the world (0:20). The host Jack Douglas introduces the episode for the evening, which profiles big game hunter George Wurzburger (0:36). After George has spent his time hunting all over the world, his ambitions changed overtime about wild animals (0:50). The episode will first show films of his hunting journeys, and then move onto the amazing change that made him turn in his rifle for a camera (1:00). The television presenter explains that the questions that will be asked are why he did it and how he did it (1:34). Television presenter and George meet, and the opening question is when George began hunting (1:43). George explains he’s been hunting from a very young age, overall 40 years (1:51). George has hunted in Africa, Mexico, North America, British Columbia and Europe (2:11). The film about George Wurzburger begins to play (2:37). The film begins in his home in America, where he portrays his gun collection (2:49). George talks about a rifle that was very popular to use in the United States with animals such as deer (4:26). The biggest rifle used was the 375 Magnum which is used on animals like Rhinoceros, Buffalo and elephants (5:21). George explains how massive elephants really are, by comparing his fist to the elephant’s foot (5:24). The next scene, George hunts a mountain lion in Wyoming with his hunting partner (6:21). Up in the small town of Pinedale, George and his partner spot antelope, but do not find the mountain lion (8:44). They drove up to Utah, where they heard lions hunting deer (9:05). George was able to get close up pictures of the mountain lion (12:13). George shoots the mountain lion, and shows the viewers the skin (13:01). Next, George talks about the photography that made him change his mind about guns (13:20). George explains how he has used parts of the gun to hold the camera, such as a rifle (15:48). Instead of shooting bullets, he is shooting film (15:48). In the next scene, George takes us to his first assignment for animal photography, located on the cliffs of Palo Verde (16:31). The scene shows the audience the seal that Walt Disney used in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (16:54). Seals tend to be the best animal actors, as they love to perform (17:12). George shows us the big tank he photographed, which has stingrays and dolphins (18:33). The next scene is the porpoise tank, where George explains that unlike other fish, they come up for air (20:19). The final scene is back in the room where the television presenter sits with George Wurzburger (22:08). George talks about an object in front of him, which are the tail hairs of three elephants, and that is the way it was wrapped up for him in Kenya (22:18). The presenter asks George what made him give up his gun for a camera (22:38). George explains that after 40 years of hunting, he has lost the thrill of it and appreciates that photographing them is a much better experience (22:52). He continues to say that he will stick to photography in the future and is studying the maps of the world to locate potential places (23:46).

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