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Robotic Deer to Fight Illegal Hunting
Roland Piquepaille writes "If you were a law enforcement official searching for hunters who don't follow the rules, what would be a good gift for you? In 'Robot Deer Captures Poachers,' Brian Bull, reporting from Mosinee, Wisconsin, writes that you can buy robotic decoys for deer, elks, moose and even bears. These life-like creatures are made of animal hides or skins attached to polyurethane foam bodies and equipped with remotely controlled motors allowing the head and tail to move. After you pay about $2,000 for such a robo-deer, you put it on a side road. All you have to do is wait for an illegal hunter trying to shoot the fake deer and fine him. Many officers have reported collecting well over $30,000 in fines with a single robot. Not a bad deal."
Now that is a good business model!
But I prefer parking fines since it requires a lower investment and less skilled personnel.
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After you pay about $2,000 for such a robo-deer, you put it on a side road
Then you watch as it gets hit by a car.
God spoke to me.
...developped in a joint research project by PETA and the DoD, will feature an autonomous targetting and self-defense system that fires back at persistent poachers to hand out harsher punishments than just fines. ;-)
It's called entrapment, and it's illegal here in the united states, or at least is a valid defense against a 'guilty' verdict.
Like you said, goading or pushing someone into committing a crime they would otherwise not is unlawful.
What is perfectly lawful is presenting them with an opportunity to commit a crime, and then punishing them for it. There is a significant difference.
Further, 'knowing' that a deer was fake would not permit you to shoot it, as you're still discharging your firearm near/on a road.
You could maybe get away with attacking it if you got out of your vehicle and bum rushed it.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be the name of a store, not a government agency.
All I asked for was sharks with frikin' laser beams attached to their heads! Deers? Oh, that's a start.
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but does it run linux?
They had the fake deer out on the edge of the trees near the road, it didn't have all the motion stuff just a stuffed dear. An old guy in a pick-up truck saw it, pulled over, put on his hunting vest(orange safety) got out of the truck, got his rifle, moved the minimum distance from the road and vehicle, and proceeded to take a bead on it. He shot it and was surprised that it didn't fall down or run away, before he could take a second shot all the rangers busted out laughing and then he realized what was up.
They didn't fine the old man because he did everything he was supposed and had a license to hunt the deer, they just wanted to see if he could figure out whether or not he'd fall for a completely still fake deer (This was some 30 years ago.).
... so long as they yell "it's coming right for us!" before shooting.
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But then you have to deal with the wankers who drink lattes. It's just not worth it.
If these robo-deer prove as profitable as the OP said, they will hardly become extinct.
I for one welcome our new robotic-deer overlords.
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the next thing they will do is making robo-hookers and robo-drugdealers...
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I'm a Brit and don't know a deer from an elk from a moose - some of them have horns some of the time don't they? I've rarely been able to get close to large animals for photos in North America but imagine the embarrassment if I saw one of these and was snapping away like hell when the cops came.
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I tried this same defense. Someone put a 7-Year old girl on the side of the road. I stopped, picked her up, drove across state lines, and raped her. They tried to tell me I was responsible. Hah. I let them know it was entrapment. I was provoked into committing that crime.
They kill a deer to build a robotic deer to catch people killing deer.
What, because the mere sight of a deer drives people into such a state of lustful desire that they can't control themselves?
"Yer honor, the deer was asking for it! His lips said no, but his antlers were saying yes, yes, yes!"
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
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