When is the hunt over? Is it after you shoot? After the deer is recovered? On YouTube, a northern state Warden took a fellas drone, but not charged him with anything. Just gave him the, you can give it to me or I can arrest you and take it then. So back to those questions... Do we stop tracking 30 mins after sunset? Hunting ends then... Are we considered hunting with aide of light tracking deer after dark? Those other questions are a big concern and can be different from each Warden.
Michigan just passed a law this year that allows their trackers to legally track and dispatch deer at night without there being any gray area……The only catch to it is that they have to call in at the start and finish of every track…..That seems like a bit much for both sides unless you had some automated service that would let you ping in to give the wardens a heads up on night tracks. I could see that being a reasonable middle ground….There’s no need in every tracker having to call in and out on every track though….I don’t think anyone want to keep up with that.
When I would hunt hogs in Elmore county at night the GW told me to just send him an text when I would be up there. That worked fine with no problems. We also call and get a permit to do controlled burns in the spring that works fine. I don't understand having to let them know when I'm finished. I do like the idea of the GW knowing I'm there so when he gets a call about something fishy going on down Tracker Rd with people in the woods with lights he knows not to get out of bed and rush down to find someone tracking a deer.
When is the hunt over? Is it after you shoot? After the deer is recovered? On YouTube, a northern state Warden took a fellas drone, but not charged him with anything. Just gave him the, you can give it to me or I can arrest you and take it then. So back to those questions... Do we stop tracking 30 mins after sunset? Hunting ends then... Are we considered hunting with aide of light tracking deer after dark? Those other questions are a big concern and can be different from each Warden.
Michigan just passed a law this year that allows their trackers to legally track and dispatch deer at night without there being any gray area……The only catch to it is that they have to call in at the start and finish of every track…..That seems like a bit much for both sides unless you had some automated service that would let you ping in to give the wardens a heads up on night tracks. I could see that being a reasonable middle ground….There’s no need in every tracker having to call in and out on every track though….I don’t think anyone want to keep up with that.
When I would hunt hogs in Elmore county at night the GW told me to just send him an text when I would be up there. That worked fine with no problems. We also call and get a permit to do controlled burns in the spring that works fine. I don't understand having to let them know when I'm finished. I do like the idea of the GW knowing I'm there so when he gets a call about something fishy going on down Tracker Rd with people in the woods with lights he knows not to get out of bed and rush down to find someone tracking a deer.
If you hunt hogs here in Louisiana outside of the deer season, we have to notify the local sheriff’s office of the location we’ll be hunting. That way if someone calls about the shots fired they know what’s happening. It’s pretty pain free to make the call.
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.
There is obviously the potential for a problem even if you do everything right and dogs and drones are blessings then. But based on what I read on here something like what happened to MBrocks son is very much an exception, not the rule. I am talking about the folks who say pick up a rifle they are unfamiliar with, have no clue where it’s zeroed and take a 250 yard Hail Mary or see a deer head, guess where the body is and blast away. Those are a couple of the most recent examples right here. Be honest CNC, how many of your tracks are due to unforeseeable circumstances and how many are because somebody really really needed some horns to post on Facebook. My guess would be about 1/100.
I bet most of the bad shots are made on deer standing still inside 150 yards with the hunter propped on a shooting house window. A lot of folks simply just can’t shoot, another lot get excited and the unfortunate souls have a combination of both.
I don't see a problem using a drone. It doesn't seem as bad as someone using dogs running a deer that's been shot in foot a mile before they bay it in a creek and killing it
Some of y’all should contact those lefties that are releasing wolves and see if y’all can start a foundation together for saving all the poor little leg shot deer.
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"For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul?" .....Mark 8:36
Some of y’all should contact those lefties that are releasing wolves and see if y’all can start a foundation together for saving all the poor little leg shot deer.
Is it really something significant to be concerned about or is it just blowing something out of proportion that’s not really a problem?
It's a much ado about nothing. Weigh the aggregate impact of corn piles, greenfields, game cameras, dogs, a 100+ day season and unlimited does against drones and it's pretty obvious which has a bigger impact.
For $10k or whatever a drone costs, you could cover every inch of a large property in solar powered cell cameras and know what a buck is doing every minute of every day. There's a guy who was saying he checks his fields on here remotely via drone. Same cost and he could have every one of those fields covered with cell cameras... he'd already be in the right stand by the time he's got the drone in the air.
Also, seems weird to ban them without banning cameras. Let's please not give the state any ideas on adding camera/drone permits.
