You hit the nail on the head. It seems he was more interested in being the first silenced kill and making history than with with what he was shooting and how he was doing it. Definitely not typical.
On a side note, I have been to some ranches here in TX that put out feeders and it is like trying to shoot a deer at Mardi Gras...not really a sport. More like a circus. I mostly stick to birds these days for this reason.
Personally I am close to despising those who put out feed for the wild game animals .
It smacks of cheating ;putting out food is a first step to domesticating stray dogs and cats and why should deer react any differently?
I have no problem at all with those hunters harvesting deer and other wild animals for food nor for landowners reducing the population of unwanted wolves,coyotes,bears, or any other animal that is actually destructive or a real danger.
My area has plentiful deer who ruin gardens and cause car crashes daily;also we have coyotes killing our pets and no doubt some livestock of the few farmers still trying to survive. .(I’m pretty certain coyotes ran my cow to death before being scared off-happened a couple years ago.The DNR zealously protects the predators ,so i guess DNR officers are Democrats!)
I hope Kentuckians pass the admendment of their state constitution to protect hunting.
Agreed and also agreed with the post to which you originally replied. Just because he could take the head shot does not mean it's a good idea. It does seem he was primarily interested in claiming he was the first to take a deer with that equipmnt on his rig.