If I had to guess, he was expecting to get him some White Tail deer. Just once. Then, upon being shot down, played the card he knew best, the race card. Your experience has been related to me by an uncomfortably large number of people.
Times haven't changed very much, have they?
He probably thought I was some dumb white liberal who would buy his “I have been oppressed” schtick, well there are plenty of them around