I’m partial to big cats, which are in far fewer supply than human hunters. The alternative to self-defense is that the archer opportunistically killed a mountain lion that wandered past the tree stand set up in the forest for the purpose of bravely raining down death from above. Is there evidence for that? About as much for either scenario (none), with the victim being dead and all. The prosecutor can’t prosecute without proof or a confession, and hunters vote while mountain lions don’t, so yes, he has common sense.
You just ruined your credibility.
You know who else votes? Green-haired bunny-huggers that never leave mom’s basement. What they know about hunting they learn from tear-jerking, PETA-paid-for ads to ban hunting of.predators outright, or with the use of dogs.
The proof was the dead cat. Had the prosecutor been a liberal, non hunter, he could have easily prosecuted the hunter for killing it.