Drones for scouting big game???

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How do you all feel about drones being used to scout for big game? I'm not even sure what the laws are concerning them.

Do they just fall into a category like trail cameras? Is it just another advantage that we have over game that some will use and we'll just have to deal with?

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I think it's a double edged sword. They are cool you can get some cool video and find things you may have never found. But also at what point do we draw the line with technology. I can definetly say with absolutely how bad I sucked at shed hunting this last weekend in a new area and one I've hunted in the past it would be nice to use one to weed out all the country I covered that sucked. I am not to familiar with the laws every state has either though.
 
Whether they are outlawed or not they will be used for scouting. How can L.E.O. possibly police this kind of activity? Personally I am not an advocate for or against use of drones [or trail cams] but eventually all of our modern technology will lead to less hunting opportunity....something that could prove to be the downfall of hunter recruitment. With the lack of new hunters entering our ranks
political pressures will force lawmakers to bend to these pressures and hunting as we have known it will become a thing of the past.
I guess if it came down to a vote I would vote against Drones...but I do admit to using trail cams. Where do you draw the line??
 
LAST EDITED ON Mar-20-17 AT 01:51PM (MST)[p]Most states have already gotten ahead of it with laws on the books against it.

I know Montana, Nevada, Alaska for sure and I think Wyoming and Colorado but not sure.

I've had a nice drone and enjoyed using it to take aerial pictures of landscapes, but I don't think it would be very useful as a scouting tool even places where it is legal. The camera has a very wide field of view and you would need to get within 50 feet or so to even be able to tell what an animal was. From 100 yards you wouldn't be able to even see an animal out in the wide open.

Flight time on a drone is maybe 20 minutes round trip if you don't want to lose it.

If both were legal a trail camera would be much more useful as a scouting tool in my opinion.
 
LAST EDITED ON Mar-20-17 AT 02:23PM (MST)[p]It's illegal to scout from the air in Wyoming.

Does the term "fair chase" even mean anything anymore?
 
I agree, FAIR CHASE is the only way to hunt. Don't see elk/deer deploying a drone before heading back to their bedding area!

2f350s: Hunt hard, hunt ethically.
 
To be clear we are talking about pre-season scouting. There are defined rules in Utah that state you can't hunt an area you just flew over or have information relayed real time from an arial spotter while hunting. Also a guy just got a big fine for flying a drone over a herd of elk this winter which caused a huge stampeed when the elk are most vuneralable.

So as long as the drones are not flying in late winter/early spring or 48 hours prior to and during the hunt, then I am all for using drones to scout.

All the puritans who think othwerwise I hope they leave all their technology (optics, camera, laser range finders...ect) at home when they hunt.
 
>It flys, it dies! I say
>shoot the ##### down.


Hey PLICK!

Some of us Shoot Back!

I Had a Custom Drone built up so it Looks like a Condor to Keep PLICKS From Shootin it Down!

Don't F with the PERTY BIRDIE!

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I had a buddy use one once for a worthwhile cause , a wounded deer. Archery season in corn country , he shot a nice buck on the edge of a huge standing corn field. The drone helped him recover the deer before the coyotes took care of it for him. Scouting thumbs down though !
 
>Drones for anything to do with
>hunting is lazy and lame
>

What about binoculars and spotting scopes?
 
No drone for me. I guess you've never noticed that my idea of scouting usually involves a bit more sweat than what flying a drone can produce.

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They USFS/Government Can't even Keep them away from Forest Fires!

What's the Chance of Keeping them from Scouting?









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>Whether they are outlawed or not
>they will be used for
>scouting. How can L.E.O. possibly
>police this kind of activity?
>Personally I am not an
>advocate for or against use
>of drones [or trail cams]
>but eventually all of our
>modern technology will lead to
>less hunting opportunity....something that could
>prove to be the downfall
>of hunter recruitment. With the
>lack of new hunters entering
>our ranks
>political pressures will force lawmakers to
>bend to these pressures and
>hunting as we have known
>it will become a thing
>of the past.
>I guess if it came down
>to a vote I would
>vote against Drones...but I do
>admit to using trail cams.
>Where do you draw the
>line??

No truer words were spoken... X2 Dikndirt!!!
 
Most of the Nay-Sayers just don't have a few of them,YET!

Hand Your F'N Trail-Cams In!

Hand Your Spotters in!

Hand Your Bino's In!

Hand your F'N Quads & Side X Sides in!

Hand Your High Powered Scopes/Optics In!

Hand Your High Powered/Long Range Rifles in!

And Hand All of Your F'N Camo in & get the Red Shirts back out!

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I don't like it one bit, but it's inevitable.
Some people just want the upper edge and they'll go about it regardless of laws or ethics.....especially if there is money to be made.

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>I don't like it one bit,
>but it's inevitable.
>Some people just want the upper
>edge and they'll go about
>it regardless of laws or
>ethics.....especially if there is money
>to be made.
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Well PUNK!

I Think Your Big Drone is the Best!:D

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>No drone for me. I guess
>you've never noticed that my
>idea of scouting usually involves
>a bit more sweat than
>what flying a drone can
>produce.
>
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Sorry my bad. Just thought you might have upped your scouting service game a bit.

No estas en mexico ahora, entonces escoja tu basura chancho sucio.
 
Definitely across the line

But what do I know, I don't like hunters surfing the web or playing video games on their phones when hunting either.

More and more people have to be entertained from multiple angles. I go to the woods to get away from all that.

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 
Drones have their place, but from a scouting and hunting stance I think it is not fair chase and in some cases becomes wildlife harassment.

That said, I have used them for natural resource research projects and search and rescue with great results.

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We have to draw the line someplace. One thing I like about wilderness areas is that there are no motorized vehicles. Hopefully that includes drones. Fatrooster
 
I don't really care, it just makes me chuckle to hear that people are lazy, or it's not fair chase, if they use a drone, while they sit under a shade tree with their 60X Swarovski and their 1000 yard rifles spotting deer over a mile away. haha!
 
LAST EDITED ON Mar-21-17 AT 08:41AM (MST)[p]> Most of the Nay-Sayers just
>don't have a few of
>them,YET!
>
>Hand Your F'N Trail-Cams In!
>
>Hand Your Spotters in!
>
>Hand Your Bino's In!
>
>Hand your F'N Quads & Side
>X Sides in!
>
>Hand Your High Powered Scopes/Optics In!
>
>
>Hand Your High Powered/Long Range Rifles
>in!
>
>And Hand All of Your F'N
>Camo in & get the
>Red Shirts back out!
>
>In Another 10 Years & Most
>People Won't even Know what
>Hunting used to be or
>what it Should be!


Often think this myself. Sure miss the days of 3X9 scopes on 30/06's and 8X or 10X bino's and that's about all the fancy equipment folks had. I'm only 45 and those days weren't too long ago. Animals don't have much of a chance nowadays
 
>>I don't like it one bit,
>>but it's inevitable.
>>Some people just want the upper
>>edge and they'll go about
>>it regardless of laws or
>>ethics.....especially if there is money
>>to be made.
>>
>>
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>Well PUNK!
>
>I Think Your Big Drone is
>the Best!:D
>
>
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Hey Bess....go big or go home!! ?


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My wife is buying me the Mavick pro for my birthday in June and it can't come fast enough. Folds up to the size of a water bottle for storage with a little over a 4 mile range. Always looking for new areas to hunt and it'll sure save wear and tear on the body trying to hike a few extra hills over. I also study google earth when I'm home looking for new places. Only difference is a drone will help with a lot better picture and feel for the layout of the land. I'm all for it!
 
Not saying that i am for drones while scouting but have any of u guys actually used one?? You have to get pretty close to the animals to see what they are and the field of view sucks. I dont think they would give a person much of an "advantage" over a person with a good spotter.
 
>We have to draw the line
>someplace. One thing I like
>about wilderness areas is that
>there are no motorized vehicles.
>Hopefully that includes drones. Fatrooster
>

Yes, current wilderness restrictions include drones.

It is a little unclear if you take the drone off from outside the wilderness area and land it outside the wilderness area, but for sure you can't legally take off or land a drone from inside a designated wilderness area.
 
>Not saying that i am for
>drones while scouting but have
>any of u guys actually
>used one?? You have to
>get pretty close to the
>animals to see what they
>are and the field of
>view sucks. I dont think
>they would give a person
>much of an "advantage" over
>a person with a good
>spotter.


That's my take on it. With current technology if you buy a $1,000+ drone to use for scouting you are going to be very disappointed. Maybe sometime down the road technology and thermal imaging will make them something that could be used, so I understand the laws and regulations getting ahead of that, but I don't understand why people seem to hate on them so much. The camera on a drone is very similar to the one on your cell phone. Not something that you are going to be able to see a lot of detail unless you get very close.

If you are really looking for something to scout with that money would be better spent on trail cameras or optics.

Of course you could by 3 drones for the price of some of the top end spotting scopes.
 
+1. have your ever noticed how loud drones can be. IMO the most effective way to scout would be trail cameras number one followed by chute plane, helicopters, ATV's and boot leather. Drones suck when used for scouting.
 
I've been in the back-country and had a guy hike in behind me and fly his drone over me a few times. It's just one more annoying thing that pr!cks do nowadays.

There's little respect for the animals and no respect for others in the outdoors any more.

It's all about inches, ego, $$$ and 15 minutes of fame!

I vote; NO

Zeke
 
Under the current technology, they won't help you spot animals, but would be useful for getting the lay of the land to a degree. Send it down over the hill and see if it's worth hiking down in there.

Or send it down and flush the deer out. They are pretty noisy :)
 
You Guys need to Look at the Newer Drones!

Or Spend a little more Money!

They've Got Drones out there that do Un-Thinkable Things!

And Damn Quiet ones too!








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I'm just curious if Bobcat Bess has ever done a high altitude tune up on one of them dar drones? Last year I was watching this marijuana patch from about a thousand yards away. I kept hearing this chainsaw noise in the sky and lo and behold here comes a drone towards me. I dive deeper into the manzanita and take carful aim with my trusty model 700 27 O'Conner. I couldn't keep my aim steady enough to mangle the beast. So, after three misses I suddeny look downhill and to my right slightly and I see this 4 legged shovel face creature ( killer dog) hauling butt to me...
Never saw the drone again.
 
>I'm just curious if Bobcat Bess
>has ever done a high
>altitude tune up on one
>of them dar drones?
> Last year I was
>watching this marijuana patch from
>about a thousand yards away.
> I kept hearing this
>chainsaw noise in the sky
>and lo and behold here
>comes a drone towards me.
>I dive deeper into the
>manzanita and take carful aim
>with my trusty model 700
>27 O'Conner. I couldn't keep
>my aim steady enough to
>mangle the beast. So, after
>three misses I suddeny look
>downhill and to my right
>slightly and I see this
>4 legged shovel face creature
>( killer dog) hauling butt
>to me...
>Never saw the drone again.

Ahhhh, California.
 
Just remember that some tree hugger flying his drone will also say nay to your cold blooded killling of wildlife. It's not just self righteous puritan hunters in the outdoors. They will view your harvested carcass as more detrimental than their drone. And yes it is very amusing to watch high end optics get a pass but a drone is somehow an unfair advantage in fair chase...please. If you want to see what your spotter shows get off your lazy butt and walk over there. Never seen so many self righteous hypocrites as I see here. Kill it naked and with your bare hands god gave you it you want fair chase. Otherwise stop flattering yourself blowing smoke up your poopers.

Before any cupcake wets himself, I don't own a drone and I don't own anything more than a pawn shop redfield.

Let me know how the shed hunting ban goes. I don't shed hunt either.
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I've Seen Less Shed Heads than ever!

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Just another way for the lazy azz so called hunter to put less boots on the dirt. If you are so lazy that you have to resort to using a drone, maybe you have picked the wrong outdoor activity. Get real, drones have no place in hunting, scouting or recovery of animals. Fair chase is just what it says, FAIR CHASE. What does the deer or elk have that puts them on the same playing field as some idiot with a drone? I for you will use every bullet on my person to shoot it down if I se one flying while I am hunting.
So what is next for you lazy azz road warriors, getting a self guided missile that you can guide through your drones laser targeting system? If you want to hunt, hunt. Stop bring all the latest gadgets into the forest. If you truly took the time to understand your quarry you would never have asked this question. I have my 10X Nikon binos and my Ruger M77 in .270 with a 3x9 leopold and that is all I need for technology when I hunt. I have spent my entire adult life hunting and feel that this is all the advantage I need to match wits with my chosen quarry. I may sound pissed, because I am. Damn a DRONE......
 
I don't want to use a drone for scouting.

Do I care if someone else does? Nope.

I hunt for my experience not what someone else does or is doing or what they think about my hunt. I assume those other hunters do the same.

I think a lot of hunters have become competitive busy bodies telling everyone else how they should hunt and even legislating to control them. It has done nothing but drive people away from the outdoors.


Here's a question for yall. If the game was no longer managed for "opportunity" and instead each deer tag represented one dead deer would yall care how someone else killed their deer?
 
>I don't want to use a
>drone for scouting.
>
>Do I care if someone else
>does? Nope.
>
>I hunt for my experience not
>what someone else does or
>is doing or what they
>think about my hunt.
>I assume those other hunters
>do the same.
>
>I think a lot of hunters
>have become competitive busy bodies
>telling everyone else how they
>should hunt and even legislating
>to control them. It
>has done nothing but drive
>people away from the outdoors.
>
>
>
>Here's a question for yall.
>If the game was no
>longer managed for "opportunity" and
>instead each deer tag represented
>one dead deer would yall
>care how someone else killed
>their deer?

Well TRI!

Guess We'd Still Care!

If Nobody Cared!

Come November & December the 1st year there wouldn't bee a F'N Thing left but PISSCUTTERS!










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Nope, I wouldn't use one for scouting game. Ive been in the same unit since 1968. Don't need the drone.

However, I would use one to see whose wife is sunning herself in Bess' back yard.
 
How many hunting shows do you see were they use Drones to film there hunts, during hunting season. Seems like they are braking the laws when they are filming. I guess the laws are different for them!!
 
Tri,

Regardless of the crap you spew on MM you do care how others kill their deer! There would be significant issues with each tag simply representing a dead deer.

Regarding the tech aspect...i actually agree with you. Hunt how you want (as long as it's legal) and have fun.
 
>Just remember that some tree hugger
>flying his drone will also
>say nay to your cold
>blooded killling of wildlife. It's
>not just self righteous puritan
>hunters in the outdoors.
>They will view your harvested
>carcass as more detrimental than
>their drone. And
>yes it is very
>amusing to watch high end
>optics get a pass but
>a drone is somehow an
>unfair advantage in fair chase...please.
> If you want to
>see what your spotter shows
>get off your lazy butt
>and walk over there. Never
>seen so many self righteous
>hypocrites as I see here.
>Kill it naked and with
>your bare hands god gave
>you it you want fair
>chase. Otherwise stop flattering yourself
>blowing smoke up your poopers.
>
>
>Before any cupcake wets himself, I
>don't own a drone and
>I don't own anything more
>than a pawn shop redfield.
>
>
>Let me know how the shed
>hunting ban goes. I
>don't shed hunt either.

'11

My high-end optics don't make a sh1t-load of noise and buzz back and forth over your head. There's the biggest difference to me.

How can having a differing opinion make one self-righteous? Is it just because it differs from your opinion?

Zeke
 
I don't worry so much about the advantage they give some people. Eventually the deer will figure the connection and you won't be finding many trophies with drones or glass, as the ones that survive will be timbered up all the time, during daylight. Many already are.

My rifle/scope, bow, range finder, binos, spotting scope (though I've not used it in two years) give me plenty of advantage.

I think people's methods of getting game sometimes is telling, in terms of priorities. Money, bone, meat, experience... I've heard a few complain that hunting in G in Wyoming is ruined. They are not in it for the experience, if they can't enjoy a hunt here. Maybe its getting ruined for some in terms of bone, and if big inches are your priority, perhaps it is so: though there are still plenty of big bucks in G.

For me the negative on drones is more reflective of my desire for solitude. I don't want drones buzzing about as I scout or hunt, anymore than I want atvs running around where they shouldn't be. Between drones and trail cams, a guy can't take a piss anymore without someone filming it.
 
Actually Utah400 I don't. If it wasn't against the law I wouldn't care if you used a machine gun with night vision while shining a spotlight out of your vehicle with a poisoned bullet over a bait sight that was loaded with opiates while you had the blue angels spotting for you.

If they would abandon this pipe dream of managing for "opportunity" we could get back to better numbers of deer and almost a guarantee that each time you got a tag you kill a deer.

The only necessary hunting laws are based upon insuring public safety and protection of private property. The rest are to limit success and make more people eat tag soup.
 
LAST EDITED ON Mar-22-17 AT 01:55PM (MST)[p]Edit...I should know better than to respond to Tri.

Simply put, you do have concerns of how/when a deer is shot. As long as the rules you believe are relevant than all is good. If you don't believe the laws should apply then anything goes. To include "I wouldn't care if you used a machine gun with night vision while shining a spotlight out of your vehicle with a poisoned bullet over a bait sight that was loaded with opiates while you had the blue angels spotting for you."

Poach a deer on public and all is OK
Poach a deer on Tri's dads land and you should pay.

There goes the "each deer tag represented one dead deer" argument and I guess "yall care how someone else killed their deer".
 
Wow Utah400 you want to quote me, and then throw stones, THEN PRINT THE ENTIRE QUOTE. The actual quote was this.

"IF IT WASN'T AGAINST THE LAW I wouldn't care if you used a machine gun with night vision while shining a spotlight out of your vehicle with a poisoned bullet over a bait sight that was loaded with opiates while you had the blue angels spotting for you."

That first little bit of the sentence is important, and its real important for you to omit so that you can paint someone as a two faced hypocrite. Too bad it just shows how you are a liar.


Utah400,

I have really always expected better behavior out of you boy. This was kind of a let down.

By the way my dad doesn't own any land and he has been dead and gone a very long time.
 
BOY? What was inaccurate and where did I lie? The first thing a person does when they loose an argument is deny everything and make counter accusations.

To clarify...I quoted you and didn't lie. Please show me where I lied?

You also said "The only necessary hunting laws are based upon insuring public safety and protection of private property. The rest are to limit success and make more people eat tag soup."

You statement shows that you believe only certain hunting laws are necessary and the rest are there to "limit success and make more people eat tag soup".

Again...There goes the "each deer tag represented one dead deer" argument and I guess "yall care how someone else killed their deer".
 
I figured Founder had finally banned him. But alas, here goes another intelligent discussion down the toilet. Have at it, guys.

Grizzly
 
Well...as a "self-righteous" "puritanical" "hypocrite", I only have this to say: It wouldn't bother me IN THE LEAST if all modern means of hunting were banned. Including 4-wheelers, scopes on rifles, long-range rifles, trailcams, etc. Non-scoped rifles, traditional muzzleloaders, and recurves or longbows only. Bring it on.

My first scope was a 4x Weaver. Do they even make scopes anymore?? Seems like I killed lots of critters with that old beat up Weaver on a Remington Gamemaster pump action .30-06. Some dang nice bucks, too! Of course, back then people hunted for meat and for the hunt. Not for ego, fame, and inches.



Zeke pretty well nailed it, IMO. But what the hell do I know anyway?
 
"I lied"

Said right here by Utah400 post 56 on 3/22/17.

I quoted you. Same way you quoted me. You are now an admitted liar. BY YOUR OWN WORDS. All the rest of what you type meant nothing and can no longer be trusted.

See how that works. When in Rome.
 
LAST EDITED ON Mar-22-17 AT 06:54PM (MST)[p]I knew better than to respond to Tri. I guess that's what I get..

To get back onto topic...we all hunt in our own ways and evolving tech can be hard to come to grips with. As long as you follow all the rules and regulations hunt how you want. I don't let other people's opinions effect my choices.
 
>>Just remember that some tree hugger
>>flying his drone will also
>>say nay to your cold
>>blooded killling of wildlife. It's
>>not just self righteous puritan
>>hunters in the outdoors.
>>They will view your harvested
>>carcass as more detrimental than
>>their drone. And
>>yes it is very
>>amusing to watch high end
>>optics get a pass but
>>a drone is somehow an
>>unfair advantage in fair chase...please.
>> If you want to
>>see what your spotter shows
>>get off your lazy butt
>>and walk over there. Never
>>seen so many self righteous
>>hypocrites as I see here.
>>Kill it naked and with
>>your bare hands god gave
>>you it you want fair
>>chase. Otherwise stop flattering yourself
>>blowing smoke up your poopers.
>>
>>
>>Before any cupcake wets himself, I
>>don't own a drone and
>>I don't own anything more
>>than a pawn shop redfield.
>>
>>
>>Let me know how the shed
>>hunting ban goes. I
>>don't shed hunt either.
>
>'11
>
>My high-end optics don't make a
>sh1t-load of noise and buzz
>back and forth over your
>head. There's the biggest difference
>to me.
>
>How can having a differing opinion
>make one self-righteous? Is it
>just because it differs from
>your opinion?
>
>Zeke


Simply pointing out the irony of one person picking and choosing his advantages while going berserk about another's choices. You don't like the hat john q doe is doing but I can assure you I can find plenty who don't like what you are doing.

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>Well...as a "self-righteous" "puritanical" "hypocrite", I
>only have this to say:
>It wouldn't bother me IN
>THE LEAST if all modern
>means of hunting were banned.
>Including 4-wheelers, scopes on rifles,
>long-range rifles, trailcams, etc. Non-scoped
>rifles, traditional muzzleloaders, and recurves
>or longbows only. Bring it
>on.
>
>My first scope was a 4x
>Weaver. Do they even make
>scopes anymore?? Seems like I
>killed lots of critters with
>that old beat up Weaver
>on a Remington Gamemaster pump
>action .30-06. Some dang nice
>bucks, too! Of course, back
>then people hunted for meat
>and for the hunt. Not
>for ego, fame, and inches.
>
>
>
>
>Zeke pretty well nailed it, IMO.
>But what the hell do
>I know anyway?


You are missing the point. I can still find plenty who don't want younkilling anything. I can find those who think you have no business in the hills period. Also, if anyone is really interested in fair chase, and not just what suits them, then I'd say fair chase is using what god gave you. Anything more than that is an unfair advantage.

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Colorado Law:

IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO:
Use the Internet or other computer-assisted remote technology while hunting or fishing. This includes unmanned or remote-control drones used to look for wildlife.
 
Some pretty good post on this subject. As hunters we do need to be supportive of legal choices that other nimrods pursue. Drones really don't concern me but what really chaps my azz is small acreage, high fenced, steroided out big game animal hunts. Oh, that's right it's legal in most states. Think I'll go kill a bunch of elephants next year.
 
I'm certainly a "live, let live" kind of outdoorsman but my point is that flying a drone over my head is a terrible distraction from the reason I scout and hunt!

I doubt that when drones are banned, by sportsmen, that the anti-hunters will be rejoicing all that much. I doubt they feel they've made inroads when tags are reduced based on biology either.

When my "rifle scope" starts buzzing over your head and making a helluva racket, then lets talk about how distracting my scope is.

Zeke
 
My new mavic pro is the coolest camera I've ever had, but it's completely useless as a scouting tool !!!

Even if you were a kid and had perfect eyesight, trying to see critters on a phone sized screen with that wide angle lens would be all but impossible unless you get within 50 yards or less. Even if it were a herd of elk on an open hill side they are hard to see in the tiny screen.

Secondly, it is already illegal everywhere via signing up for your FAA drone license to fly a drone out of eyesight or above 400' agl. The laws are already on the books for harassing game and virtually everyone would agree that flying a drone into elk bedding areas would be considered harassment.

I have a sample video where I inadvertently flew over a couple of deer. I had no idea there was anything there on the screen and could only see them after watching the footage at home on a 27" cinema display. I also climbed with a 50 lbs pack up 1800' vert into a zone to go film elk with my 600mm and gh4 this winter. When I didn't find any elk there I got out the drone and filmed above the fog. Some of the sickest video I've ever taken.

Here's my first sample with my drone. The last part coyote hunting above my house is some of the coolest parts :)

https://vimeo.com/204437426

Cheers, Pete
 
I say Bring those electronic buzzards in my area....Please....And we are going to play a game of: can you Dodge the 7mm bullet, and can I get the lead time, right on that drone!!! This could be fun!!! ..No Drones!!! There is a line,and a limit.!!!
 
>Interesting post YBO. Why does
>killing big game in small
>acreage high fenced areas bother
>you?

I will answer
Because it is lame and takes no skill whatsoever.
 
Scrolling through without reading who the author was, I read exactly 5 words and believed it was Tristate. Low and behold it! I didn't finish reading and just scrolled over it. Another thread ruined by him.
 
Actually desertpointbrian, that may be the reason YOU don't do it, BUT WHY SHOULD WHAT THAT OTHER PERSON DOES BOTHER YOU?

It takes no food from you. Doesn't compete for your trophy. It in no way changes your hunt. Doesn't threaten your property. SO WHY WOULD IT BOTHER YOU?
 
c3, excellent video, very well done all the way around! Great choice of music too. You have a talent!
 
not a fan but I'm not sure how you stop it. people still use planes and have camera's set up all over the mountains. I actually feel sorry for the animals. to me it just lessons the accomplishment of bagging an animal. hell, some of them now even have names. kinda like butchering a pet. but then I don't hunt to put pictures on the internet or get recognition. it's not a competition to me.
 
I'm sure if there's not a law there will be soon. I do think drones have their place in hunting just not for scouting for game. I could see if you're filming your hunt for youtube or just for your personal use.

For the love of the hunt.
www.instagram.com/big_simps/
 
Fine video Pete.
Hope to see more of them from ya.
I don't care one way another about drones, But if one is buzzing me on a hunt when I'm close to closing the deal on a animal that I'm hunting different story.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
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Most states say you can't hunt an area you have flown over for scouting for 24 hours. A drone pilot is a pilot.

But more importantly even at 400 feet (the legal altitude limit) these are loud. Any closer and they will likely not be appreciated by the elk you are watching.

Our Mavic pro has people looking up at in WalMart parking lot when its still over the building and 350 feet up
 
> Most of the Nay-Sayers just
>don't have a few of
>them,YET!
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>Hand Your F'N Trail-Cams In!
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>Hand Your Spotters in!
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>Hand Your Bino's In!
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>Hand your F'N Quads & Side
>X Sides in!
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>Hand Your High Powered Scopes/Optics In!
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>Hand Your High Powered/Long Range Rifles
>in!
>
>And Hand All of Your F'N
>Camo in & get the
>Red Shirts back out!
>
>In Another 10 Years & Most
>People Won't even Know what
>Hunting used to be or
>what it Should be!
>
>
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>[Font][Font color = "blue"]I Changed My
>Signature Just for NVB!
>Like 6 Damn Times Now!

Your saying they do now? Have you been out? Personally I'm fine with no cams or drones. And before the "bino or optics " BS starts, last I checked I have to be sitting on the mountain to use my 10x42. They fly the drones in the military from different continets. Lets not pretend that todays battery life, and a decades from now are going to be the same. Trail cams will be able to be accessed remotely, and you know damn well as we speak arming a drone is being worked on.

This is the end result of the "trophy" hunters. The actual good hunters don't need the AI, but the other 99% who want to be, will use anything, do anything, spend anything to get that pic. I just don't get how there is any personal satisfaction in it.


"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"
 
I think it should be treated just like aircraft cant operate 48 hrs or whatever it is before any hunt. Its really no diff than someone scoutng out of a para plane or helicopter. Id say alot of these high end optics have a similar advantage also. those 95 swaros are like cheating! whats really the difference?
 

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