Drones in research

[BenA]

But you don’t think videos like this just open Pandora’s box. All it takes is some folks to see how easy it is to follow bucks around and of course they will start using it for hunting.

Absolutely. That's why I think it should be regulated just like other tech is regulated. I don't want my neighbor sitting over a feeder at night with a thermal scope and suppressor either. I think it should serve as a wake up call to game and fish departments.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Absolutely. That's why I think it should be regulated just like other tech is regulated. I don't want my neighbor sitting over a feeder at night with a thermal scope and suppressor either. I think it should serve as a wake up call to game and fish departments.

Agreed. Call me skeptical though. They’ve been aware of drone tech for years and nothing has happened. I personally had correspondence 3-4 years ago with the state of ky and they said “they are working with other states to come up with a plan”. The wheels of progress must be stuck in the mud.

 

[Electrodigical]

There's already laws in many states making it illegal. And just like any other law, it's not stopping the people you need to worry about.

Years before I owned a drone I recall reading about laws they were thinking about passing at the time. I was puzzled because I couldn't think of many realistic ways a drone would help me. Then I did come up with one use. Using it to look for other hunters (trucks). Countless times I'd planned to hunt a certain bunch of state land up the road, hiked up there only to find trucks parked there messing up my plan/schedule. I thought "If I could send a drone up the road first, that would save me so much time!" Now that I have one, the reality of that has also proven false. I can walk up there faster than I can set the drone up. lol

If you've not watched Drone Deer Recovery on Youtube, you're also missing what a valuable tool they can be for that. Also illegal in many states because of "what bad people could do" reasoning. Again if they wanted to break the law, they still would.
Watching that channel will make you start wondering about the efficacy and ethics of bow hunting. Or maybe just in way too many bow hunters.

 

[roymunson]

There's already laws in many states making it illegal. And just like any other law, it's not stopping the people you need to worry about.

Years before I owned a drone I recall reading about laws they were thinking about passing at the time. I was puzzled because I couldn't think of many realistic ways a drone would help me. Then I did come up with one use. Using it to look for other hunters (trucks). Countless times I'd planned to hunt a certain bunch of state land up the road, hiked up there only to find trucks parked there messing up my plan/schedule. I thought "If I could send a drone up the road first, that would save me so much time!" Now that I have one, the reality of that has also proven false. I can walk up there faster than I can set the drone up. lol

If you've not watched Drone Deer Recovery on Youtube, you're also missing what a valuable tool they can be for that. Also illegal in many states because of "what bad people could do" reasoning. Again if they wanted to break the law, they still would.
Watching that channel will make you start wondering about the efficacy and ethics of bow hunting. Or maybe just in way too many bow hunters.

did they tell you how this guy specifically flew over my neighbors property, while he was hunting, to see what was in the switchgrass? A property that they drone flyer or his customer had not permission to fly over? They had lights right at dusk while he was hunting.

Did they tell you how he got his drone confiscated in PA for seedy practices?

He's from my area and is one of those "serial entrepreneurs" who starts something, then burns it down.

I have used drones for deer recovery and I get both sides of the argument. But the "bad people acting badly" describes this dude perfectly.

Just saying.