katqanna
Well-known member
I dont see it up on their website yet, not national, nor Montana, but BHA just sent out an action email a couple hours ago, asking Montanan hunters to:
URGENT: Montana BHA Needs Your Help!
Drones (unmanned aerial vehicles or UAV's) are expected to fill the skies in the near future, and are already being used for hunting in Texas! Drones equipped with cameras, GPS, and even infrared vision are useful in wildlife research, search and rescue, and land management, however when used for scouting and/or hunting they undermine the very principals of fair chase and BHA.
MT BHA Position: Drones have no place in scouting or hunting.
ACTION: MT BHA NEEDS YOU!
We need your help to implement language crafted by MT BHA that prohibits the use of drones for scouting or hunting in Montana. Attend your local "Hunting Regulations Meeting" in January to educate others and speak up in support of implementing drone regulations (click here to find the meetings in your area), its a pdf of January mtg dates, times and locations.
Background:
MT BHA has been working hard over the last year to alert FWP officials and draft suggested language which will keep drones of Montana scouting and hunting. We have learned that if such technology is not stopped ahead of time it is nearly impossible to control. Imagine a Breaks hunter sitting comfortably in camp flying a drone over your head at sunset to locate that big bull elk in front of you, before the stalk begins early the next day.
MT BHA proposed language change in the regulations are as follows:
Aircraft
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the purpose of locating, spotting or hunting big game, upland birds or other species under the management authority of FWP during commission-established hunting seasons is prohibited.
Motion-Tracking Devices and/or Camera Devices
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles for the purpose of scouting the location, or relaying information on the movement or location of game animals, birds, or other species under the management authority of FWP during any Commission adopted hunting season is prohibited.
URGENT: Montana BHA Needs Your Help!
Drones (unmanned aerial vehicles or UAV's) are expected to fill the skies in the near future, and are already being used for hunting in Texas! Drones equipped with cameras, GPS, and even infrared vision are useful in wildlife research, search and rescue, and land management, however when used for scouting and/or hunting they undermine the very principals of fair chase and BHA.
MT BHA Position: Drones have no place in scouting or hunting.
ACTION: MT BHA NEEDS YOU!
We need your help to implement language crafted by MT BHA that prohibits the use of drones for scouting or hunting in Montana. Attend your local "Hunting Regulations Meeting" in January to educate others and speak up in support of implementing drone regulations (click here to find the meetings in your area), its a pdf of January mtg dates, times and locations.
Background:
MT BHA has been working hard over the last year to alert FWP officials and draft suggested language which will keep drones of Montana scouting and hunting. We have learned that if such technology is not stopped ahead of time it is nearly impossible to control. Imagine a Breaks hunter sitting comfortably in camp flying a drone over your head at sunset to locate that big bull elk in front of you, before the stalk begins early the next day.
MT BHA proposed language change in the regulations are as follows:
Aircraft
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the purpose of locating, spotting or hunting big game, upland birds or other species under the management authority of FWP during commission-established hunting seasons is prohibited.
Motion-Tracking Devices and/or Camera Devices
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles for the purpose of scouting the location, or relaying information on the movement or location of game animals, birds, or other species under the management authority of FWP during any Commission adopted hunting season is prohibited.
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