Enforcing Cellular trail camera in season restrictions?

[stumblinhorse]

Question about if there is any Law enforcement that anyone knows of that is actually enforcing the restriction on in season use of cellular trail cams? In any state that has a restriction? How does the restriction actually work? Is it for any season? Meaning can they be up during early archery if you are hunting muzzy? Or all of September if you are rifle hunting in October?

I don't own any trail cameras at all. But I see them when I hunt and wondered if there is any enforcement of hunters turning them off during the season? Assume it is the honor system. I assume there is no way for any LEO to tell they are actually transmitting cellular?

I did some searches on here and didn't come up with an answer. Sorry if there is info somewhere that I missed.

 

[Erict]

What did the game warden tell you when you called them?

 

[HuntHarder]

Trail cameras on a whole are banned in Az. There has been many cases prosecuted, mainly guides I would say.

 

[def90]

Every state is going to be different. Who enforces it? I would guess that wildlife officers do seeing that the laws that regulate them are usually encoded in wildlife acts that regulate hunting.

Colorado's law in regards to trail cameras:

E. Live-Action Game Cameras
1. No person shall use a live-action camera to locate, surveil, or aid or assist in any attempt to locate or surveil any game wildlife for the purpose of taking or attempting to take said wildlife during the same day or following day.

2. “Live-Action Game Camera” means any device capable of recording and transmitting photographic or video data wirelessly to a remote device, such as a computer or smart phone. “Live-action game camera” does not include game cameras that merely record photographic or video data and store such data for later use, as long as the device cannot transmit data wirelessly. "

Source:

https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do?ruleVersionId=6644&fileName=2%20CCR%20406-0