Yes they do, just like every other predator on this planet does.

However,..............If left undisturbed (IE: people not removing the carcases for photo ops or running off the wolves before, during, or after a kill with trucks, guns, snowmobiles etc....) they will more often then not come back to the "sport kill" at a later date to eat the carcas so they do not have to expel and waste the unnecessary energy chasing down and killing another animal.

Bears have long been known to do the exact same thing. They will kill an animal, partially eat it and save the rest for a later date. They also, during the salmon run, catch as many salmon as possible but usually only eat the skin and guts due to the higher fat content and leave the rest for the birds and smaller predators like fox and ravens.



I suspect that one of the major reasons that people see so many so called "sport kills" is that almost all of the wolves have been transplanted from areas that require the wolves to prekill numerous animals to sustain them during the hard winter months and have been introduced to areas where this is not necesasary for the survival of the wolf due to the numerous prey animals available.

You can chock this up to humans killing off the native wolves that were specifically adapted to different parts of the country with specific survival tactics for each region of the contry.

Had the native wolves been "managed" instead of being wiped out we wouldn't have the need to reintroduce non native wolves with far different survival tactics (prekilling numerous animals) than the native wolves had.

Our ancestors made the bed now people like you (IE:.......cattle, sheep, goat, etc... farmers) have to lie in it. Don't blame the people for bringing them back. Blame the people that wiped them out in the first place to the point that they needed to be protected and reintroduced.