Former Denver Broncos star Derek Wolfe insists he did "everything by the book" after being criticised for shooting dead a 200lb mountain lion. Super Bowl 50 winner Wolfe has faced a backlash on social media after posting a picture of his kill, but he says his actions were both legal and necessary after the animal had taken up residence beneath the porch of a house in Colorado.
The 32-year-old says 200 complaints were made to the local authorities, but speaking to Tucker Carlson of Fox News, he says he conducted himself accordingly, adding he plans to eat the meat.
"I can't believe what's happening to me," he said. "I can't believe that going on a legal hunt and doing something legal, by the book... The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) have had 200 calls trying to turn me in like I did something wrong. I did nothing wrong and everything was legal.
