But flying a drone without them would just be flying one for kicks and right near you since you have to watch where it is.
SB 63 - Revise law related to the use of motion-tracking devices while hunting
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Carnage2011
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Do they make drones without cameras?
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Absolutely but I get your point and mine was a dumb one. They would have one for about any reason you would see someone in the field while hunting. Just thinking it through out loud I guess. Sorry
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I wasn’t being a smartass or rhetorical. That was a serious question. I’ve never seen one without a camera so I assumed they all did. I know there are fire fighting drones that hook up to a hose, but I’ve never seen one to confirm a camera or not.
Don’t want to derail this thread though. Back to the topic at hand!
If a drone flies for the purpose of hunting related operations - FWP regulation is already in the book that it may not be used for same day hunting. Same day / calendar day - same intent.
This proposed bill has absolutely nothing to do with drones. I imagine it has to do with modern day trail cams, slight delay thus not real time as another commented.
This proposed bill has absolutely nothing to do with drones. I imagine it has to do with modern day trail cams, slight delay thus not real time as another commented.
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Did you watch the EQC meeting I referenced in post #16? I tried to lay out the key times to save everyone time but if you didn’t, ex director temple specifically states the bill is in response to people thermaling elk in the dark to locate them and set themselves up for day time hunting/shooting. I think for trail cams it’s just going to be the ones that would be defined as motion tracking devices. I bet they get some questions on that tomorrow. And I bet drones and aircraft come up too tomorrow simply because I think the calendar day timeframe was to try to square it up since as others have said a drone will get classed as a motion tracking device also. But that’s speculation at this point
Again, that is fine though that changes zilch with this proposed bill.
The bill is detailing that one may not use during the calendar day to hunt, right? Thermal, via trail cam, drone, airplane, scope - whatever.
The FACT is the "calendar day" ALREADY exists if using the drone for ANY hunting purpose. "during the same day" as classified in the FWP regs.
This bill has zilch to do with drones. Or better yet, how about ANYONE point to the language that changes the current setting for the use of a drone during hunting.
(d) while hunting or within the same calendar day that a person intends to hunt or has hunted, use any electronic motion-tracking device or mechanism, as defined by commission rule, that is designed to track the motion of a game animal and relay information on the animal's movement to the hunter relays information 25 26 27 on the movement of any game animal, fur-bearing animal, upland game bird, or migratory game bird to the hunter. A person may not communicate the location of any game animal, fur-bearing animal, upland game bird, or migratory game bird to another person as an aid to hunting within the same calendar day of using an electronic motion-tracking device or mechanism to locate the animal or bird.
Current regulation:
"A UAV/drone may not be used to locate game animals for the purposes of: hunting those animals during the same hunting day after a UAV/drone has been airborne, or providing information for another person for the purposes of hunting those animals within the same hunting day after the UAV/ drone has been airborne. "
Someone is falsely hyping the word, "drone" as a means to promote a bill that changes jack squat for drone use while hunting.
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