Whoa! Talk about timing! Those winds sure were strong that day but that's a big sumbitchin' pine! Glad it worked out and Congrats to him for killing a tom.
its all scientific. The weight of his body sitting on one side of the tree compressed the soil. and made the tree lean a little. Then the wind finished it off....
We lost a few large pines and I called a friend and told him he could have them. he told me pine trees have a small root system and topple easily. Beware.