Drone Deer Recovery

[Willie]

Bill 189

Permits a person to use an unmanned aerial vehicle with infrared abilities to locate and recover a legally taken animal.

Indiana General Assembly

Website for Indiana's General Assembly

iga.in.gov

 

[phylodog]

My hunting partner has been chomping at the bit for this law to change. I think it absolutely needs to, there is no sporting reason to allow a wounded animal to suffer for days before dying when we have the tech available to prevent it.

There is zero doubt that if it passes there will be people using thermal drones to cheat. I'd like to see language written in about automatically forfeiting the drone should someone be convicted of using one to unlawfully take an animal. Otherwise it'll be just another worthless game law that the prosecutors and judges don't care about so few will bother to obey it.

 

[Cavman]

Fine as long as ya still can't fly it over property lines

 

[firecadet613]

It's a thin line between using it to find a wounded/shot deer vs finding one to take.

As said above, let's do something about flying it over property lines...

 

[phylodog]

I agree that there should be restrictions on flying over other's property. That said, having seen these drones in action, specifically what they can see without disturbing the deer, I'd much sooner give permission to someone wanting to track a wounded deer on my property with a drone than walking in.