OMG What Has Turkey hunting come to!

[mdmitchell]

And this is why drones need banned - period. I don't care about deer recovery, ban it all. If we don't get ahead of stuff like this, we may never be able to turn the tides.

[eggshell]

Well felt brave and went back today and talked to the landowner we always hunt on and I think things are going to change. Anyway there was only one hunter on the property and he had permission. We stayed on our usual ground and we had birds working all morning but hens were all over us and them. Every time we got a bird going a hen would lead him away. We saw gobblers and nearly sealed the deal a couple times, but no clear close shots. The funny part was I stopped on the farm road and heard a bird down the road and decided to drive closer tom  get a location. As I rounded the bend to the gate we see this big gobbler strutting right in the road. He doesn't budge, but keeps right on his way down  the road following a hen. MInd you this is 40 yards at most from the truck. He is so lucky it was not one of the local idiots or he would have been dead. Instead we let him get around the bend then circle and set up. Yelp Yelp cluck cluck, purrr the boss hen cusses us out and we watch her lead old Tom down over the hill. We palyed this same cat and mouse game for 4.5 hrs solid with three different gobblers. We'll give them a few days and go back. This is mostly behind locked gates, so shouldn't be any idiots.

[turkey stew]

Took a look at KY's hunting regs.  In late 2022 they tabled regulations regarding drones for further study.

Hopefully it will be addressed in the near future along with the other issues that appear to be present.

Good luck.

What is there to study. Anyone knows that drones are'nt fair chase in hunting or fishing! I thought Michigan was slow. They have Kentucky beat by 7+ years. That should be an easy law to enact. No need to study!

[novashooter]

I'm surprised to hear the opinions on the drones. I always look at the same way as if you flew any aircraft. If you were in the air, you are not allowed to hunt for 24 hours, no exceptions. Seems pretty straight forward and reasonable to me. That's the standard for pretty much anywhere.

I think it's quite narrow minded to say we should outright ban them completely. How would that even work? You aren't allowed to fly them  at all ever, even just some kid having fun not hunting? If anything we should be encouraging their use for animal recovery. They can be effective on finding lost animals, sometimes better than trained tracking dogs. Obviously if you put it in the air to locate an animal, you are no longer allowed to hunt for 24 hours.

[El Pavo Grande]

A lot of duds turkey hunting these days, even some that advertise their skills on YouTube.  Ridiculous social media driven culture right now.