Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Taking down a drone?

What's up with the smarmy comments jimmy? You want the police to be able to watch people however they want just like the police want to do so why pop off at me? Why are you so embarrassed about the things you support?

Some of them hanging their heads, some of them looking around trying to figure out what happened. Clearly you have stump broke the whole herd this time. Boy you would hump a rock if you ran out of livestock and game animals.

Hanging on every word.

I been pondering about this question for a while and i think i have come to a decision.

Without a firearm i think the old treble hook snag or a net trap of some kind might get it.

But my first choice would be my 12 gauge 870 with my handloaded turkey loads,they are loaded with a stout load of HS7 with a 1 5/8 load of hard number 5 shot.
These have worked on turkeys as well as prairie chickens out to 80 yards.
They will also blow a gopher out of his/her hole at 30 yards,they fly about the same.

I think a 10 foot rod,with a 8 oz weight ,braided line and good aim would get some.

Thank you.




Travis

Here in Connecticut we have made the news a couple times relating to drones. Last year some snot nosed kid flew and hovered over a public beach drawing the ire of a sunbathing young woman. An assault took place and SHE was arrested not the operator. He had a camera on it IIRC.

Fast forward same kid posts youtube video of a drone firing a Glock. In the course of the ongoing investigation the young man was arrested, not for anything he did with the drone, but for being a jerk with the local pd.

Legally speaking how much of our air space above our properties do we have the right to control? Seems this drone crap is getting to be a issue where as the person who has their privacy invaded and retaliates is the one who gets the shaft legally.

I think the only place it has become an issue is the internet.




Travis

I figure if you are going to get thrown in jail and your drone taken away for flying it over the White House, then the same should apply for any persons house.


I'm guessing the Secret Service wouldn't just wave at a drone hovering outside the Oval office.

Zero expectation of privacy.

I hear you, but would you expect to be able to fly a drone over Obama's head in a 'public' place?

Therein lies the rub for me.

The Executive Mansion has had restricted airspace long before R/C helicopters became popular.




Travis

Understood, but if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me.

Would there be any problems if a squadron of drones followed cops/DEA agents etc 24/7?

It's illegal in all of DC to fly an R/C airplane. Seems silly but it's the law.

http://time.com/88772/drones-washington-dc/

I'm truly anxious to see how this shakes out.....something new for the legal system.

I don't think we need any new laws, just let common sense dictate.

You fly it 5 feet from my daughter in the backyard, expect to never see it again. If you go complaining to the cops you get a kick in the ass.

Of course that's how it would work were I king.