I will go to my grave stating that "wolf whacking," the practice of running down wolves with a snowmobile or other mode of transportation, is not hunting. I know there's some debate around it by those who participate in the practice, but it doesn't follow the tenets I learned as a hunter or fair chase ethics at all.
I state this as the Wyoming legislature has once again kicked the ball down the proverbial road in terms of even hearing debate on banning the practice.
The state has been at the center of the debate ever since an incident last year that sparked global attention and fury, as a resident ran down a wolf, but didn't dispatch the animal right then and there. Instead, they tied the wolf up, taped its mouth shut, and paraded it through a local bar where patrons took pictures with the wounded animal. Then, after their "frivolity" was over, the man responsible took the animal outside and shot it in the alley behind the bar.
