Opinions of using drones for scouting terrane in new areas?

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I have a big gift card from best buy after buying a new phone and was looking at drones in store thinking they may be fun to check out your area out better before hunting season starts.

Also, If I am not actively hunting ( no firearms ) would I be able to scout areas during hunting season? I go mushroom picking in the same areas I hunt so it seems like a perfect time to look around.

I was also thinking a drone may be able to give you an idea of the view a tree stand will give you without wasting time.
 
CanadianBaconPancakes said:
I have a big gift card from best buy after buying a new phone and was looking at drones in store thinking they may be fun to check out your area out better before hunting season starts.

Also, If I am not actively hunting ( no firearms ) would I be able to scout areas during hunting season? I go mushroom picking in the same areas I hunt so it seems like a perfect time to look around.

I was also thinking a drone may be able to give you an idea of the view a tree stand will give you without wasting time.
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Regs now often do not permit them for hunting. You are best to call the local authorities and ask. If you would rather not they are aware of what you plan perhaps there is your answer.
 
Check the regs but my reading of the Manitoba regs says no:

It is illegal to hunt from a vehicle. For example, a vehicle
may not be used to search for, locate, “push bush” or to
flush out game under any circumstances. Vehicles may
only be used to transport hunters, supplies or equipment
to or from a hunting area. In most areas, vehicles may be
used to retrieve a big game kill by the most direct route.


A drone means an unmanned airborne vehicle that is guided
remotely. A drone must not be operated or possessed while
hunting or while accompanying another person who is
hunting
 
I wouldn't bother asking anyone except B.C. conservation officers/game wardens. They are the ones who will be enforcing the regulations there, so whatever they believe those regulations mean is what may affect you.
 
Picking Pine mushrooms a drown would be handy for looking for the White out
15 year ago guys wear renting helicopters to look for the white out wen the money was better
 
If you don't poses any hunting tags, or have buddies with tags with you, you are clear. Same if it's not an open season for game. If you have a tag of any sort, even if it's not on you, no dice, not allowed. For what it's worth, if I was hunting and a drone was buzzing around me, it might suddenly drop in pieces! It's not fair for someone to walk into a place and have a drone fly past them and chance ruining a stalk on something.
 
Not exactly related but the neighbour, a young farmer who has all the toys, just recently acquired one for checking his crops LOL. How I learned of it was a week or so ago out in the shop I hear this whining racket go and outside to check. I see a drone hovering over the yard. Me being the social sort I grabbed the 20 ga and stepped back outside. Drone goes home magically and I get a call from the neighbour explaining he was just learning to fly the rig and it got out of shape and went into save yourself mode which after some investigating is true and the unit returns to the controller.

We both had a laugh and he was quite concerned that I would consider shooting his $4K drone.
 
I use a classic scouting technique before the season, and have found it 100% effective but it requires some effort. I lace on my boots and go walking. Might bring some binoculars. It is silent, doesn't disturb much and is very effective. The price is right too. Legal pretty much everywhere. ;-)
 
Even photographing game is considered hunting so like others have said, check with the boots on the ground to see what is what.Will be a very fine line I assume.

If it is for viewing terrain, I see no problem.It will also be more accurate then google earth for current landscapes.

You won't see wildlife sign(tracks, rubs, beds, tec...)from up in the air anyways.
 
I use a Phantom 3 for exactly that purpose, but here in Sask you can't use it during the season. So you scout before hand. It has found me some very good baiting locations I didn't know existed. Myself if I note animals I just leave them alone to not be harassing them.

Just a note for the drone threads, before it gets silly again. Shooting a drone in Canada is destruction of property and is a criminal code mischief charge. There is zero expectation of privacy outdoors in Canada. There is a very good chance that shooting one will result in getting that criminal record and losing all your firearms, as it would be a firearms offence. That's just fair warning for everyone who's opinion is they can shoot down other people's property, that are using a public airspace.

At the same time, I can't speak for the people who are outwardly antagonistic in their use and of drones. On some level they do deserve it.
 
Kelly Timoffee said:
Even photographing game is considered hunting so like others have said, check with the boots on the ground to see what is what.Will be a very fine line I assume.

If it is for viewing terrain, I see no problem.It will also be more accurate then google earth for current landscapes.

You won't see wildlife sign(tracks, rubs, beds, tec...)from up in the air anyways.
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So all those tourists in Banff are guilty of hunting in a National Park?
 
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