Critics Take Shots at Sarah Palin’s Hunting Skills

 

Sarah Palin took shots at a caribou on her TLC reality show; now critics are taking aim at Palin’s hunting skills. A piece on the Awl pointed out several rookie mistakes that Palin apparently made during a hunting trip with her father that she filmed for “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” Among them was Palin’s failure to sight her rifle before shooting and not personally loading shells into the gun she used. PETA is predictably responding negatively to the hunting footage as well.

Palin’s performance as a hunter — she missed several times before killing the animal and was heavily coached through the process by her father — would likely not be an issue if she hadn’t touted her hunting experience in previous interviews.
Any readers of Speakeasy who hunt, help us out. Is Palin a Natural Born Killer or do her hunting abilities need honing?

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