I won’t lose a lot of sleep over this, but in my heart of hearts I think that in order for it to be considered “sporting” the animal has to have some kind of chance. And those modern composite bows are an absolute joke.
Would you rather he shot it with something similar to what the Indians hunted with? The goal is to ethically kill the animal.
The saddest part is that the lion lived for 40 hours after being wounded.