(CBS) – One windy morning in late January, Kobe Howell pointed out the wildebeest in the distance to his trophy hunting client, Tess Talley. They had been tracking the exotic animal for a couple of hours at 5 Star Outfitters, the 35,000 acre hunting ranch Howell runs and lives adjacent to.

“It’s that big black spot right over there — see him?” Howell said to Talley, and helped her set up her shot. They high-fived as the animal went down with what they referred to as a “clean” shot — a bullet to the shoulder.

“They don’t go down easy all the time,” Talley said as she approached the animal and began to pose him for the so-called trophy photo. Not long ago, a photo like this one made Talley…