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Drone-Assisted Hunting To Be Illegal In Alaska
garymortimer (1882326) writes in with news about rules for hunting with drones in Alaska. "At its March 14-18 meeting in Anchorage, the seven-member Alaska Board of Game approved a measure to prohibit hunters from spotting game with such aircraft, often called drones. While the practice does not appear to be widespread, Alaska Wildlife Troopers said the technology is becoming cheaper, easier to use and incorporates better video relay to the user on the ground. A drone system allowing a hunter or helper to locate game now costs only about $1,000, said Capt. Bernard Chastain, operations commander for the Wildlife Troopers. Because of advances in the technology and cheaper prices, it is inevitable hunters seeking an advantage would, for example, try to use a drone to fly above trees or other obstacles and look for a moose or bear to shoot, he said."
Do you understand the appeal of first person shooters?
There is a HUGE difference between doing something imaginary in a video game and killing a real, live creature or a real live person. Do I really have to explain the difference to you? Here's a hint, in a video game no one actually dies and all the participants know that. It's one thing to fantasize about something and quite another to actually do it in the real world. We're talking about people getting amusement from the real world suffering of another creature. I hope you can actually understand why that is very very very different.
As a comment addressed to the general population, worry about your own food, which was probably mistreated all the way to your plate, and not about the animal that the hunter did his damndest to drop with one shot.
Are you seriously going to pretend that that same hunter gets all their meat from hunting? No one does and you know it. Hunters don't hunt because they need the food or because it is more humane or because of population control. They hunt because it amuses them to kill something. Any other benefit that results is simply a second order effect. We spend over $20 billion per year on hunting so any argument that it is about food for the needy is preposterous.
I have no problem with hunting if its to eat. When was the last time thought "Mmmm, how about boiled bear for dinner?". Most hunters kill for the sake of it. They're just borderline psychopaths and would probably kill a human for a laugh if they could get away with it.