KS HB 2423 Allow Hunters to use Drones to recover wounded or dead deer

[LFC911]

What are your thoughts on this new KS house bill to allow drones to recover dead/wounded deer?

 

[Gravel Road]

I'm not too enthusiastic about it since some will take advantage of using a drone for scouting/moving deer and say they are looking for a wounded deer. The way it is written doesn't make me think many people will take advantage of it since the hunter has to fly the drone rather than someone else, and they have to be licensed.
I wish they would have added that the land owner has to be notified.

 

[LFC911]

I'm not too enthusiastic about it since some will take advantage of using a drone for scouting/moving deer and say they are looking for a wounded deer. The way it is written doesn't make me think many people will take advantage of it since the hunter has to fly the drone rather than someone else, and they have to be licensed.
I wish they would have added that the land owner has to be notified.

line 28 says they have to get landowners permission

 

[Blowdowner]

I'd be ok but you'd have to punch your tag before you launch the drone. And if it's a state that allows multiple deer you can't hunt in that zone anymore.

 

[weekender7]

A drone is the most effective way to find a carcass in most cases. With extreme thick canopy early season, a dog may be better. There are a lot of tools that can be misused for illegal activity, but when used correctly, a drone is hard to beat where a hunter needs recovery assistance. I am all for it.

 

[Wagondriver]

Sounds like lots of potential for misuse. I'd rather it not be legal.

 

[weekender7]

Sounds like lots of potential for misuse. I'd rather it not be legal.

How do you feel about hunters that own a flashlight and a rifle?

 

[hibernation]

Assuming that new tech like this becomes the standard, is this what people want deer hunting to look like? Check your phone for new trailcam pics when you wake up, decide which stand to hit, arrow one but it runs out of sight, grab your thermal drone out of the truck...

This sounds less like concern over recovery rates and more like "how can Cabela's sell you another toy you don't need".

 

[ProRoad]

I am an FAA licensed drone pilot. It's a tough test and costs a lot. I noticed that the bill would require that, so as to add some extra legal "boundaries." I have thought about this quite a bit but I still lean to the no side. Even my lightest drone is loud enough to spook animals below. I know that a drone could be a good tool if it has infra red but those drones cost a lot more, upwards of 5k. I could see this used in some test cases but hopefully not anywhere that I hunt.

 

[CMF]

Supporting the ban of drones is like supporting the ban of firearms because of mass shooters.
How can you be for one and against the other?
Outlaws are going to outlaw.
I think we should have as many tools as possible to support the recovery of wounded game. I don't support the leash laws on dog recovery either.

I'll call a dog before I call a drone.