Consider the Tueller Drill is based on the need to be able to successfully draw and hit a human target that is within 21 feet based on the reality that said target can kill with a knife BECAUSE A MAN CAN COVER @! FEET IN 1.5 SECONDS.
Those wolves could cover the lesser distance in less time.
Can you successfully place buckshot in both wolves in under 1.5 seconds?
If not, you were taking a potentially lethal risk posed by the wolves hostile behavior and their proximity to you.
A wolf snarling is analogous to an Urban Feral waving a knife at you and threatening to use it on you. In many states, were those wolves Urban Ferals making lethal threats, you could justifiably have used lethal force to prevent what a “reasoned and prudent person” would consider an threat of serious injury or death.
Time for you, IMHO, to talk to a lawyer.
oh no problem- We hillbillies have been dealing with wolves before here up in the high mountains. If you are in a group of at least 5-6 armed people they do not bother you. We have had experience already with a wolf jumping at us from 15 feet and were able to get off a shot from a 44 before came by us. So we are also expert shots here from our youth from 8 years old shooting with rifles. Only second time in memory the wolves have come down to an elevation of under 1000 feet.