TWIN sisters from Denmark claim that hunting has brought them closer despite receiving death threats from online trolls and being called “killer sluts”.
Rikke and Trine Jacobsen, 26, have been hunting with their father since they were 10-years-old.
The vet nurse and physiotherapist have hunted various animals including foxes, boars, deer, and pheasants with their family.
In 2015 they received their hunting licence after years of shadowing their 56-year-old father, Frank.
The twins, from Ry in Denmark, are so passionate about their pastime that they post pictures of their kills to Instagram.
Some of the pictures include a bloody knife after a hunt, pictures of a skinned carcass and the sisters posing with the dead animals.
ONLINE ABUSE
Despite the positive feedback they receive from their Instagram followers about their hunting lifestyle, they have also been on the receiving end of online abuse.
Rikke said: “A guy said to me once, ‘you may also suffer the same fate as the poor animals you are killing.’”
She continued: “One guy wrote me a message once that I was a ‘killer sl*t’.”
Despite the messages they get, they insist that they “don’t really care” and they believe they are “doing the world a favour.”
The twins also believe that their hobby has strengthened their friendship and that being self-sufficient in cooking meat that they have hunted themselves is a ‘gratifying’ experience.
Rikke said: “It was a great memory to see my twin sister hunt her first red stag in the Scottish Highlands. The glowing look on her face, when she saw that big animal fall was unforgettable.
“Her smile stretched from ear to ear. Seeing that look made me realise how special these experiences really are and we get to experience it together.
“The thought that we have this passion together is what I love, and it has brought us closer together with our father.”
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Trine added: “The best thing with hunting or all kind of adventures is to share it with the ones you love. Rikke and I are so close, and to have this together has brought us even closer.
“It’s a lifestyle, and as much I enjoy going hunting and killing an animal myself, I enjoy just as much seeing Rikke do it. It’s an adventure every time we go out.”
Rikke and Trine admitted that despite the pictures they post to social media of them smiling with their kill, they have felt remorse over the animals they’ve hunted.
Rikke said: “Sometimes we go hunting for foxes, including the small ones, and when they are puppies, they remind us of dog puppies.
“Hunters do have a heart for animals, so of course we sometimes think about why we are doing it,” she said.
“I think all hunters feel remorse over the animals they kill because we do not hate them, we respect them.”
The sisters hope to continue to fill their freezer with “high-quality game meat.”
Trine said: “There is nothing like sitting down with a steak that you procured yourself by hunting.
“Hunting is the most self-sustainable you can get; hunting gives you the freshest, healthiest and most ethically killed meat. That’s why we hunt.”
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