Drone recovery??

[volboy]

Lawmakers propose use of drones to assist Tennessee hunters in locating deer

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Tennessee hunters may get support next deer season if a new bill passes in the General Assembly.HB0175/SB0130 is sponsored by Representative T

fox17.com

 

[PickettSFHunter]

There are already drone deer recovery services offered in TN. There are also YouTube videos in TN of this very thing. TWRA hasn't prosecuted the guys doing it in my county so I'm surprised to see that it isn't in law yet.

 

[TNGunsmoke]

I know there are folks offering this as a service now, and drones are illegal to use in attempting to kill a deer. If I understand it right, if the drone finds the deer and it is not dead, the hunter cannot then slip in and finish the deer off during the over night period, but can recover a deer found deceased this way. I think they have to leave it alone if it is decided to not be a fatal injury, and there may be a chance the next day to slip into the area the deer was marked to verify and or recover the next day. Not certain on what the ethics of the later are, but recovering one that is dead already I think is a good thing.

 

[cbhunter]

I'm in favor of it. Yes some people will use it illegally but those people are gonna be illegal no matter the laws. Truth be known most of the illegal types aren't good enough "hunters" to slip in on one that they discover by use of drone

 

[Omega]

Drones are to game cameras as smokeless or straight wall cartridges are to black powder rifles. Sooner or later we will move to use them for scouting and recovery efforts.