After Proudly Showing Off Hunting Success, WWE Legend Stone Cold Steve Austin Receives Backlash on Instagram

Stone Cold Steve Austin has been a crowd favorite ever since he won the King of the Ring event in 1996 and delivered his iconic Austin 3:16 speech. Since retirement, not much has changed in Austin’s life, he still enjoys drinking beer and hunting for fun. But his recent hunting adventure has landed him in trouble since fans did not take his accomplishment kindly.

On 25th August, Stone Cold, who loves hunting, took to Instagram and posted about his recent successful hunting adventure of an antelope in Nevada. In the post, he narrated his experience of the adventure.

Steve Austin shows hunting skills but his fans don’t like it

As per Austin, his team went for antelope hunting on 24 August, which continued till the next day. He explained how he managed to shoot a buck from a range of 520 yards. They continued following another buck till the next day as they could not get close enough.

He posted, “Antelope hunt comes to an end today. Yesterday I connected on a great buck at 520 yards with one shot. Then this morning I connected on another great buck we were actually hunting yesterday morning. He kept out of range and kept giving us the slip. We kept finding them, but could not get close enough for a shot.” In the post he explained how they kept chasing the bucks and finally Austin decided to take a shot at the second buck at 600 yards.

He asked the Nevada hunting services when he was facing trouble getting closer to the second antelope. Austin used a 3-14X Boone and Crockett reticle for his long-range shot. He took help from his friends to bring the antelope within his range, down to 300 yards before finally using his .300 Win Mag for a final shot.

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It was the longest shot for Austin in hunting who acknowledged his Remington 700 rifle which he has been using since 2008. The antelopes would serve as a meal for Austin and his team. It was his post that riled up some fans condemning his actions.

Fans boo Austin for hunting ‘innocent soul’

Most of the backlash Steve Austin received from the fans was centered around the killing of an innocent buck. They criticized Austin as he was using long-range rifles to chase and hunt antelopes.

One fan commented “Hey Steve. Much love and respect to you, but hunting isn’t it. There’s other fun ways to use a rifle that doesn’t have to do with killing innocent souls for “fun”.”

Another fan commented along the same lines “I respect you for not posting the pic it seems these days people will shoot an animal at a range they have no chsnce against n then people take a pic with it like its hard to do and as if they somehow are hard for killin an animal with no skill 🙏”

One fan requested “Stop hunting. It’s not a sport if an innocent being is paying the price with its life. Love life not death 🔥🔥🔥”

One fan commented sarcastically “Sounds like sniper distance to me😮 🦾🦾”

Austin has not responded to the backlash yet. What do you think of Austin’s hunting? Let us know.

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