Drones pose special threat to outdoors ethics

[SecularMotion]

Imagine somewhere in Wisconsin:

A man wakes in a cabin and begins the day by firing up his favorite new accessory — a drone.

He uses a smartphone to fly the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle over nearby woods and fields, searching for a trophy white-tailed deer.

A camera mounted on the UAV sends live images to the smartphone.

Once he locates the buck he wants, he grabs his rifle and, using the smartphone to monitor the live image from the hovering drone, stalks into position for a shot.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/outdoors/drones-pose-special-threat-to-outdoors-ethics-b99185039z1-240381201.html

[gejohnston]

1. Expect game departments to ban their use

and I will support them. Using drones etc isn't being a real hunter, it is a suburbanite with a gun. Most deer hunting etc in the US and Canada is for food first and trophy second. That being the case, one can't be opposed to hunting while buying part of a dead cow that someone else killed under less than humane conditions in factory farms and meat packing plants.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Among the several examples, this first one of hunting a buck isn't unethical.

It might not be very sporting, but I don't see a problem with ethics if he is following the laws.

Now harassing a bow hunter and herding turkeys on a neighbor's property, and disturbing an eagle's nest are all highly unethical and, in most instances, would probably be illegal.

[Eleanors38]

6. Last month I hunted in the Nueces Valley of Texas...

within ear-shot of a drone with a cell phone attached to it for ground-guidance purposes. Got my deer without any aid, but would have I been arrested under any proposed legislation if:

1. I had a cell on me for safety purposes;

2. Been within ____ feet of a flying drone;

3. Shooting ANY deer, let alone a trophy?

Hunting ranches are already extensively outfitted with feeders & nearby blinds/stands. People pay $2,000+, get dropped off at a heated blind with a bundle of tacos, kick back, and "shop" the feeder. Drones in these situations would be supurfluous and rather noisy.

[oneshooter]

3. Of course with no comments from the poster......

we are led to believe that he approves of this style of hunting, and endorses it.

[SecularMotion]

4. If you need a clue, read the title of the article.

[Eleanors38]

5. Not sure how this can be stopped as a land-owner

can say he was just checking fences. I suppose some law can be passed based on Alaska's where a (manned) plane cannot set down within a given area of where game was spotted by air.

Of course, PETA planes will receive triple A.

[yawnmaster]

7. That makes it sound so easy. Has this actually been tried anywhere? the ones I've seen...

make too much noise and the battery life wouldn't be enough to do any real search for game.
One with a larger capacity may be too costly for this to be an issue.

Now flying it over someone else's land or to disturb a hunter is probably unethical/illegal.