Part of the draw of golf for me, is that the courses are more wilderness than I see most of the time. I like seeing the animals and birds.
This guy used poor judgement here. I think it reflects on him more poorly than he realizes. As for him being hauled into court over it, I think the courts have more important things to address than this man/bird incident.
We have hawks that return to fly over our property every year. I love seeing them flying around. I certainly wouldn’t like it if anyone harmed them.
I agree it’s a bit silly to have law enforcement getting involved in this sort of issue. But for someone to kill an animal for no other reason than humor brings to mind Burke’s sad dictum, “when men forget the laws of the heart, the laws go on the books.”