Drone bill for hunting..

[BigMoose]

Indiana General Assembly

Website for Indiana's General Assembly

iga.in.gov

Well this has flown under the radar..

"Permits a person to use an unmanned aerial vehicle with infrared abilities to locate and recover a legally taken animal."

Passed the Senate and its in the house and passed the house committee.

 

[patience0830]

Anything that allows hunters to recover more wounded game is generally ok by me.
The problem will be the guys who use it to locate deer and THEN shoot them.

 

[foszoe]

Its like Drone as a first responder for hunters!

 

[Hoosier Carry]

The problem will be the guys who use it to locate deer and THEN shoot them.

Well is fisherman get livescope, why cant we have eyes in the sky? Whatever makes it easier.

 

[Ark]

Not really a fan of adding everyone's buzzing drones to the hunting experience. Why don't you learn to track your game, or to take an ethical shot?

Can't find your deer? Keep walking.

 

[tcecil88]

The DNR deer survey I took had alot of questions about drones and cell cameras. I feel that if the drone and cell cameras are on private land, then I don't care. On public land drones should not be allowed unless it is used by a company that does recovery services, not an individual.
I will add that I'm in my treestand and a drone starts buzzing and filming me, it's gonna get shot down, just sayin'.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Might have to go back to using my slug gun with bird shot in my pocket.

 

[TAB30-06]

I had assumed with the drones questions on the end of season survey this was something that was coming in a year or so. Not in a few weeks . My gut tells me to be opposed to the idea. We’ve got too draw a line somewhere when it comes to technology and hunting.

 

[Doug]

The DNR deer survey I took had alot of questions about drones and cell cameras. I feel that if the drone and cell cameras are on private land, then I don't care. On public land drones should not be allowed unless it is used by a company that does recovery services, not an individual.
I will add that I'm in my treestand and a drone starts buzzing and filming me, it's gonna get shot down, just sayin'.

You might want to check the law on that. It is my understanding that molesting a drone is viewed as attacking an aircraft and can have severe penalties.
Yes, that defies common sense, but the law often does.

 

[JTKelly]

I had assumed with the drones questions on the end of season survey this was something that was coming in a year or so. Not in a few weeks . My gut tells me to be opposed to the idea. We’ve got too draw a line somewhere when it comes to technology and hunting.

We've drawn a LOT of lines. We drew lines at compound bows, crossbows, shotguns, pistol cartridge rifles... blah blah blah. It is poaching for one generation then "Why not this..." for the next.

Every generation gets lazier than the last until it is gone like a never ending Indiana natural gas field.

 

[KellyinAvon]

It’s all fun and games until someone gets their drone shot down.

 

[Mgderf]

It’s all fun and games until someone gets their drone shot down.

I saw a show last year about a company in England that charges people to let them shoot down drones.
They use shotguns with rubber shot and the drones are made to pop apart when hit, then pop back together for the next flight.
The shooters stood at a station and someone would fly the drones by.

Looked like a tremendous amount of fun.
I would love to try it.

 

[phylodog]

My only hesitation with this is that like most other laws on the books covering fishing/hunting, there will be near zero efforts (beyond the COs) to prosecute those violating the law and the few who actually get convicted might lose their drone and maybe pay a what, $30 fine?

If it passes I don't expect too much issue for a few years yet anyway. The barrier of entry on the level of drones which could be used for this effectively is still pretty high but as we all know with tech, that's temporary.

 

[Leadeye]

I'm thinking this is a pretty expensive toy for deer recovery. I'll admit to knowing little about their capabilities, but wounded deer are usually in thick cover and how long does it take to get to ground temperature when they die? I would imagine also that bedded deer look a lot like what you are tracking from the air.

Personally I've recovered everything I've shot rather quickly, but there's a reason for this.

 

[phylodog]

I'm thinking this is a pretty expensive toy for deer recovery. I'll admit to knowing little about their capabilities, but wounded deer are usually in thick cover and how long does it take to get to ground temperature when they die? I would imagine also that bedded deer look a lot like what you are tracking from the air.

Personally I've recovered everything I've shot rather quickly, but there's a reason for this.

If a wounded deer is still alive it could be extremely difficult to tell a difference. The quality ($10k+) thermal drones are pretty darned impressive. Bright sunlight is a big hinderance for them but colder air temps are better for locating heat sources. If air temps are cold enough you might be able to detect an actively bleeding wound on a bedded deer.

Depending on the daytime camera you can easily locate a deer in the woods, hover over them then switch to the daytime camera and at least tell if you're looking at a mature buck if not identify a specific buck without alerting the deer. The potential for these to be misused by the types that will do anything for a kill is definitely out there but I like the idea of otherwise lost animals being recovered and/or wounded animals having their suffering ended sooner. No perfect answer from my seat.

 

[BigMoose]

This one looks like its headed for passage too

 

[snapping turtle]

I had west highland terrier (rip little man) which I trained to blood track. He recovered many a deer which would have gone to the coyotes as food or the fishes (yes he found a couple while they were completely covered in water).

the major hinderance was me because to use such a dog legally he had to be on a lead no more than 30 feet long in the field. So all the laws have good and bad parts. the little guy was a beast finding down (or wounded deer)

 

[BigMoose]

Signed into law today. But doesn't go into effect until July 1.

 

[Mij]

Interesting thread, good info. I was unaware. I’ll have to check this out.

I know if a drone were to fly over my property while I was deer killing, I would definitely shoot it out of the sky given the opportunity. We can then meet in front of a judge and hash it out.

 

[DragonGunner]

Interesting thread, good info. I was unaware. I’ll have to check this out.

I know if a drone were to fly over my property while I was deer killing, I would definitely shoot it out of the sky given the opportunity. We can then meet in front of a judge and hash it out.

Show up with a bunch of $$. Those drones are not cheap. We are talking $12k plus court costs.