Former Denver Bronco Says He Killed Reputed Predatory Mountain Lion. Then He Gets Slammed For Posing With Carcass.

Derek Wolfe (ex-defensive end for the Denver Broncos) claimed that he shot a mountain lion and killed it using a bow & arrow. Wolfe was harshly criticised for his photos with the carcass.

Wolfe posted on Instagram that he fell 10 feet from a rockface while descending from the mountain with carcass. He claimed that someone called him asking if Wolfe wanted to go stalk a mountainlion. “wreaking havoc in a rural neighborhood.”

“He had already killed two of her dogs and was living under her porch, nervous [about] what he might do next,” Wolfe, who is 6’5”, wrote. “We found a fresh 4×4 mule deer he had just killed. We hiked straight up 2500 ft and down the other side, then back up again, back down the other side and then back up again to 9600 ft.”

“Exhausted, dehydrated, cramping I drew back my @hoytbowhunting and sent an @sevrbroadheads through him,” Wolfe continued. “Then I had to crawl backwards down the mountain with him to get him to the truck I fell 10 ft off a rock face on the way down lol. Any guess how big this thing was?”

Some social media users took Wolfe to taskThese comments are included in the article:

“Mountain lions don’t terrorize. They survive. Humans, like one of the most disappointing high draft choices of the Broncos terrorize. Shame on you for celebrating this.”“Imagine living in a ‘rural neighborhood’ of a ‘mountain town’ and thinking that your [sic] being ‘terrorized’ by a mountain lion.”“Grant is not a city. When you live in rural Colorado you sign up for living WITH wildlife. There are guidelines for NOT making your dogs a food source. Go back to Kentucky.”

Others saw things differently:

“Get him back on the team right now.”“I guess a Wolfe is more bad*** than a lion.”“Mountain lion hunting season is now. He had a permit. The state of Colorado manages the mountain lion population thru hunting permits. Pertinent details that should’ve been included in the report.”

Wolfe played between 2012 and 2019, then signed with Baltimore Ravens. He signed a one day contract with the Broncos in 2022 so that he could retire here.

“I’m happy to be done with the game because (the injuries) were piling up and I know my wife is very happy not to have to watch me crawl into the shower every morning,” He stated. “It was just getting bad, so it was time to call it … I get to be a father; I get to be a husband. I get to focus on those things now. … My daughter, she just turned 3 years old and I get to play with her and hang out with her.”