I feel like I should be able to use them, but nobody else should be able to.:02:

 

I'm sure some people will use them. I have seen people using planes ito spot deer n the past. As long as they are not flying over the sections my land is on, I could care less.

If they decide to fly one over my land while I am hunting, I hope to have it hanging on my wall.

 

Always wondered about this.. I thought it would work great for turkey hunting. Instead of me walking all the way to the back of properties just take up the drone and see whats in the fields.

But I know electronic calls are illegal and drones may fall in that same category. It would be hard to prove it being used for hunting purposes unless you are sitting in a stand or blind.

 

Without looking I want to say the current law says electronic devices are illegal to aid in hunting. Pretty sure you can't use calls are even 2 way radios. I would think drones may fall in there.

 

If you can use a remote control truck with a turkey decoys on it not sure why you couldn't use a remote control drone...???

 

If you're using them for topography purposes I don't see a problem with that. No different than looking at Google Earth to research a property. Using them to actively find deer during your hunt would not be what I consider fair chase.

 

Mobile gamecam!

 

Without looking I want to say the current law says electronic devices are illegal to aid in hunting. Pretty sure you can't use calls are even 2 way radios. I would think drones may fall in there.

Electric decoys are legal so it could be legal.

 

I'd use one for sure, save me having to pack TP, and extra adult beverages just send it with a note back to camp


Heck it may be the greatest thing since tree stands

 

Definitely would be a handy scouting device on summer evenings.

 

I'd use one for sure, save me having to pack TP, and extra adult beverages just send it with a note back to camp

Heck it may be the greatest thing since tree stands

Would a drone be able to carry a 6 pack?:

 

Would a drone be able to carry a 6 pack?:

No. Well not the ones I've been around.

 

Sure would make a great moving target if you flew it over my place!

 

My feeling is its imoral just like real time camera footage telling you deer are by your stand. B&C would not recognize it. On another note its illegal to fly anything without permission over Federal property. Not sure about MDC lands, it may fall into the special use policy.

 

There used to be a rule against using electronic communication devices to pursue game. I don't know if that has gone away with cell phones being so prominent or not. If drones start being used to actually hunt and not just pre season scout, I'm sure there will be a regulation forthcoming or should be. .02

 

Just one more way of using technology kill an animal rather than learning a skill set. Get one big enough to mount a rifle then you don't even have to go to the woods if you hire someone to go get the animal.

 

There used to be a rule against using electronic communication devices to pursue game. I don't know if that has gone away with cell phones being so prominent or not. If drones start being used to actually hunt and not just pre season scout, I'm sure there will be a regulation forthcoming or should be. .02

I'm not sure when this was, but I've been using two way radios during hunting for about 20 years. Before I go any further, I actually talked to two CO's before I used them to make sure I was legal. They both said it was perfectly legal. I've since talked to three other CO's who said the same thing. Maybe you are talking before that time frame....

 

It help with duck hunting. Fly over your pit and or blind and will show you a ducks view of your cow faces sticking up.

 

Just one more way of using technology kill an animal rather than learning a skill set. Get one big enough to mount a rifle then you don't even have to go to the woods if you hire someone to go get the animal.

My thoughts exactly. We are becoming more and more reliant on technology these days to do things for us instead of doing it the "old school" way (cellular cameras, personal gps, the internet, and now drones). Or worst, we rely on someone else to do the hard work and we just sit and reap the rewards without learning how to do it ourselves (canned hunts, hunting someone's stand/property, calling your buddy or dad or uncle Bob to find your deer because you have no clue what to do after the shot). It's amazing the number of hunters out there who can't read a compass or a topo map. Man I can go on, but yes I agree there are many guys out there who rely too much on technology to replace basic woodsman skills.

 

I'm not sure when this was, but I've been using two way radios during hunting for about 20 years. Before I go any further, I actually talked to two CO's before I used them to make sure I was legal. They both said it was perfectly legal. I've since talked to three other CO's who said the same thing. Maybe you are talking before that time frame....

I can't remember what the time frame was. I should probably say to pursue deer . Coyote hunters always used radios I assume legally.

Using them while hunting and using them "to pursue" would be 2 different things.

 

I'm not sure when this was, but I've been using two way radios during hunting for about 20 years. Before I go any further, I actually talked to two CO's before I used them to make sure I was legal. They both said it was perfectly legal. I've since talked to three other CO's who said the same thing. Maybe you are talking before that time frame....

Yea I think henry was referring to actually using the radios to tell other hunters of deer sightings or locations of deer. But having a radio in your possession is not illegal. It is perfectly fine to use one to contact other hunters in your party for general communication, but NOT for telling them that a big buck is coming their way. It's a tough law to enforce, but I do know some guys who got a ticket because a warden was listening in on several channels and caught them screaming on the radio to each other that a big buck was coming their way and happen to see them near the road doing a deer drive so it was an easy catch.

 

What I remember was using 2-way radios to intentionally coordinate a hunt was illegal but not sure if there ever was an official rule or not. Just communicating was ok IIRC

 

A lot of the folks I run deer drives with use morse code on pots and pans. Last thing you want is a deer overhearing the game plan on a 2-way radio

 

A lot of the folks I run deer drives with use morse code on pots and pans. Last thing you want is a deer overhearing the game plan on a 2-way radio

We used to fly paper airplanes with braille but the wind had to be just right. It was quite a bother.

 

Would a drone be able to carry a 6 pack?:

A roll of TP yes. 6 pack...we're working on it. If I could build one, would you buy it? lol :wave: