In a post that set the internet alight on the night of Monday, November 18th, up-and-coming Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour star Sam Burns posted a picture of himself wearing a camouflage Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat with what appeared to be a massive, 10-point buck that he had successfully hunted.
In his caption for the post, which quickly got almost 14,000 likes and brought in a huge number of comments, many of them quite positive or flamingly negatively, Burns said, “Deer hunting is great again!” That caption, paired with the fact that Burns is a Christian and conservative who shot a deer, appeared to be what set off the leftists in his comments section.
In fact, angry commenters on the post left horribly and furious messages like “Hope you go hunting with Dick Cheney,” meaning they hope that he gets shot as Dick Cheney shot a man on a quail hunt, and “I’m not sure what bible you all are reading but a Trump follower is the antithesis of a Christian.”
Others left highly negative comments like “Disgusting for you to post this. Whats wrong with you?” and “Fade Sam Burns 2025 and beyond. This is so highly disappointing.” Another bizarrely claimed that supporting Trump meant supporting “white supremacy,” saying, “Upset and disappointed are two different things. Hell it’s not going to ruin my day, but seeing guys like Sam Burns with a platform and a following choose to promote hate and white supremacy with the hat he is wearing, I do have a problem with that.”
But there were many conservative commenters as well. They cheered Burns and the buck and hat he posed with, and sounded off on those who were having a meltdown in his comments section over his hat. One such commenter wrote, “All the soy boys are crying in the comments over a HAT.”
Many other conservative, or at least not bizarrely sensitive and woke commenters, left similar messages. One such commenter praised the buck and roasted the freaking out leftist commenters, saying, “All the cupcakes in these comments are crazy… stud buck.” On the same note, another said, “All the cupcakes in these comments are crazy… stud buck.”
A freakout ensued on X (formerly Twitter) as well. There, the NUCLR Golf account posted a screenshot of the picture and captioned it, “🚨🦌⛳️ #NEW: World #19 Sam Burns has taken to Instagram with the caption ‘Deer hunting is great again!’ while donning a camouflage MAGA hat in support of President-elect Trump.”
Commenters there whined as well, though mainly about deer hunting rather than the MAGA hat. One such commenter on the post said, “It would be a sport if the deer had guns.” Another said, “Amazing. He killed an animal with a firearm, what a guy. Maybe should start by tipping the locker room/ players lounge employees to gain some respect from the older guys.”
Another commenter attacked Burns for posting a picture, saying, “Rather golf… I eat meat and everything but posing with an animal like this is useless in the modern world. Go do something useful man it’s fukking WW3 out there.” Still another said, “I hope Sam 3 putts every green this year the sad wanker.”
Here’s the picture from the post:
Featured image credit: Instagram
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