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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."
For a truly fair fight it would be no weapons at all. Then lets see how tough these rednecks are when they try and wrestle an 800lb bear.
Aside from being done to control populations, it is also done as an activity people enjoy.
Most population control does not require the involvement of people hunting for amusement. That argument in most cases is simply a red herring. The vast majority of hunting in the US is simply done for amusement and any other goals it accomplishes are purely incidental.
Hunters already have plenty of advantage over their prey.
That's putting in mildly. Humans are ridiculously efficient killers.
Yea, namely that one is a method of food acquisition that requires training, certification, and licensing, and the other is a way for little kids (or people with little kid mentalities) to play up fantasies about murdering other humans.
"Food acquisition"? BULLSHIT. It's killing and terrorizing animals for fun. Nobody in the US needs to hunt to put food on the table. That argument is a load of crap.
No one actually dies when hunting either.
Exactly what do you call the dead animal that results from hunting? Oh, because a human didn't die it doesn't matter? Wow, you are a pretty cruel individual. The medical term for people who lack empathy like that is psychopathy.
We're talking about people getting amusement from the real world suffering of another creature.
Proof that you don't know jack about hunting , other than what [insert preferred 'envronmentalist' group] told you to think. FWIW, most hunters try to avoid causing the animals to suffer. That's why we invented target practice.
First you have no idea how much I know about hunting. (A lot actually as it turns out) Second, I know plenty about biology and it is a well documented biological fact that animals, just like humans, almost never die instantly or painlessly from gunshot wounds no matter how accurate the hunter is. Just because they fall down doesn't mean they are instantly dead nor does it mean they don't experience pain. Neither people nor animals usually die instantly from gunshot wounds and one shot insta-kills are pretty damn rare unless you are using enough firepower to vaporize the target. Any emergency room doctor can prove this to you. Any claims that hunting is somehow more humane than how livestock is killed when butchered is simply not supported by the facts.
I hope you can understand how unreasonably uninformed you are presenting yourself as.
Right, this from someone who can't understand biology, doesn't understand pointless cruelty to animals and can't see the difference between a video game fantasy and killing a real creature in the real world. And I'm the clueless one? Piss off troll.