Former NFL participant Derek Wolfe had a busy week.
On Thursday, Wolfe posted on Instagram that he had killed a mountain lion in Colorado earlier this week after it was “wreaking havoc in a rural neighborhood.”
In keeping with his put up, the enormous male mountain lion had already killed two of a lady’s canine and was residing underneath the porch. Wolfe stated he hiked up 2,500 toes and down the opposite facet of a mountain, then again up once more, again down and at last, again up one other 9,600 toes.
Ultimately, Wolfe stated he was “exhausted, dehydrated, cramping” and killed the mountain lion with a bow and arrow. He then needed to crawl backwards with the lion down the mountain to get him within the truck, falling 10 toes off of a rock face on the way in which down.
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Wolfe performed for College of Cincinnati from 2008 to 2011 earlier than the Denver Broncos drafted him within the second spherical of the 2012 NFL draft. He then signed a one yr take care of the Baltimore Ravens in 2020, and introduced his retirement from skilled soccer in July 2022. Wolfe, who gained Tremendous Bowl 50 with Denver, signed a one-day contract with the Broncos, so he may retire as a member of the staff.
In his Instagram bio, Wolfe describes himself as an outdoorsman. He’s additionally a sports-talk radio host on the Denver radio station 104.3 The Fan.
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