The thousand yards whale distance is a good example of the continued stupidity. First, enforcement would have to prove that the required distance was less than a thousand yards, but the clinker is that this law ONLY applies to SRK's! since this is defined as a crime, all elements of the law have to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The likelihood of them being SRK's is very high, but not absolute. Another of my favorites is the requirement for hunters hunting in a Grizzly bear recovery area must pass the bear I.D. test and keep that scrap of paper with them. What if you go over just to hunt grouse, turkey or chukar?