FORMER MONTANA LAWMAKER QUESTIONS WHAT KIND OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP CREATOR WOULD CONDONE TORTURING LIVING PRODUCTS OF CREATION?
In 2019, former Montana Sen. Mike Phillips, also a renowned wildlife biologist who led the wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park, introduced bills to outlaw running over coyotes with snowmobiles. It failed. Photo by Chris Smith/Creative Commons
by Todd Wilkinson
Among the proudest moments in my young, coming-of-age years were two events: passing the hunter’s safety test as a newly minted teenager in the Upper Midwestern state where I grew up, and earning the state-issued permit to drive a snowmobile, which I got prior to securing an auto driver’s license, so I could get to hockey practice on outdoor ice in winter.
Regarding hunter’s safety, our instructors were people of esteem in my small town. Along with weekly sessions…
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Exposing the Big Game 
You would think people with so-called hunting ethics or fair chase (this is the height of unfair chase), and just general morals would disapprove of running animals down with snowmobiles. Keep trying to end this awful practice. I cannot believe that anyone could find it acceptable.