Drones!  There is a whole lot being done with Drones these days.  A lot of time and energy has been spent with drones in the world of warfare and unmanned aircraft are the thing that puts the enemy down without any of our guys being in harms way.  But, that is not all there is to drones.  Back here in the states a lot of people are finding that flying their own drones and filming stuff is really cool.  The cost of buying a drone is slightly more than the cost of one of the helmet type cameras at around $500.  Even less expensive if you don’t want to fly one for more than a couple of minutes at a time.

Some people are even using them to try and track down wild animals during their hunting and this has caused several states and even Canadian officials to ban the use of them for hunting activities.  In Colorado, a small town named Deer Trail has even imposed a $25 license to “hunt drones”.  The town officials never expect to have to pay the fees associated with someone actually killing a drone and bringing it in for the bounty, but they have imposed the license and have even sold a few to the locals.

It is being spread around that anti hunting groups like PETA are using drones to scare off animals from the hunters, however, I’ve not been able to find anything on the web that actually shows the use of drones scaring off anything from the hunters.  I’m sure if I was out hunting and saw a drone buzzing around me, I’d be taking a shot at it.  I don’t think I’m alone on that thinking.  So, if I had spent $500 for a drone I don’t think I would be buzzing it around someone in a blind.

So, what is a drone?  Take a look at this video:

Now this guy has obviously been flying drones for quite some time and knows his stuff. But he is not alone, there are a lot of drone techies out there and some of them have videos that don’t make any sense to me as they are talking WAYYYY over my head about stuff they are doing with their drones and how they have them set up.  That’s ok.

The really cool part is the movies they are coming home with after flying these contraptions.

Pretty cool huh? But that is not all. Like I said, some folks are using them to track down big game animals and save themselves a lot of walking. I suppose you could use one to see what was over the next rise and decide if it was worth it to make that hike. But that isn’t what I would call hunting.
I went in search of an interesting video of someone taking pictures of wild animals and found this one to be very interesting. Even though it isn’t a wild beast, it is still an interesting critter that got even with the guy playing with the toy.

Funny huh!?

Bears Butt
Oct. 11, 2014