Hunting License

In a fenced Game Preserve where criminals are treated as quarry, two affluent hunters and their guide prepare for a sanctioned human hunt while awaiting the warden's arrival. Their casual conversation about trophies, car finishes, and breakfast contrasts with the warden’s report that fewer criminals are available, revealing the sport’s reliance on punitive systems and bureaucratic management. The story uses brisk scene-setting and wry exchanges to probe the commodification of violence, the normalization of state-sanctioned killing as leisure, and the moral detachment of those who pursue punishment as sport.