Banning trail cameras in Arizona

[bornhunter]

On December 4th the Arizona Game Commission voted 5 to 0 to ban trail cameras during hunting season. Coming to a state near you? What say you?

[full choke]

On December 4th the Arizona Game Commission voted 5 to 0 to ban trail cameras during hunting season. Coming to a state near you? What say you?

From what I have read- they did this to themselves.
I heard this was basically as much about harassment of wildlife as anything. 100+ camera's on a single waterhole? People constantly checking their camera. In a place where there are not a lot of water sources for the animals- hunters scaring them out of the area's is not a real good thing.

This was just for during the season? I am fine with that.

[Oh Mah]

first off I wont vote to remove anything people do that dont hurt anything.I remove my cameras before season starts because of thieves so wouldnt matter to me.

[Jake Dogfish]

Get all the spy cameras off public land.  Do what you want on your own land.

[bobcat]

Seems reasonable in a place where water is limited.

[vandeman17]

On December 4th the Arizona Game Commission voted 5 to 0 to ban trail cameras during hunting season. Coming to a state near you? What say you?

From what I have read- they did this to themselves.
I heard this was basically as much about harassment of wildlife as anything. 100+ camera's on a single waterhole? People constantly checking their camera. In a place where there are not a lot of water sources for the animals- hunters scaring them out of the area's is not a real good thing.

This was just for during the season? I am fine with that.

   I am good with this ban as it is in the best interest for the animals given the specific challenges of the state. I have seen videos of people walking around watering holes that have fence posts, stakes whatever stuck in the ground with cameras on them. 20-30 or way more around a single watering hole.

[Magnum_Willys]

I don't have an issue with trail cameras if everyone agrees that TRAIL CAMERAS ARE NOT NO TRESPASSING SIGNS.

Agree right? 

But that means if I want to put a blind up next to your camera you don't have a problem with that. 

Still Agree with that ?

[jrebel]

Like everything in life.....a small group of people will ruin for the entire group.  It will happen here in due time.  I hope when it does, it only pertains to hunting season and does not pertain to private property.  My cameras on my property.....are for security purposes more than for game purposes, though they naturally take pictures of the wildlife.  I will not take them down or turn them off when hunting so thus making me a criminal. 

I would never vote for, or be a proponent of outlawing game cameras.  To many good uses that, in my opinion, far outway the bad.

[boneaddict]

I’m good with it

[h2ofowlr]

Wish they would do the same here.

[CP]

I’m okay with it as well.  I only use them on my own land anymore. 

And as technology improves, they are becoming real-time, almost drone like.

[Stein]

I'm not a fan of cameras on public land, I don't care if they are used on private land.

[jrebel]

Out of curiosity....why do some of you not like them on public land?  All of mine are on my property but I also don't care of others have them on public land. 

[Rainier10]

I believe this is already a law in Montana.

I don't have a problem with it if it is on public ground and being done to reduce pressure on wildlife at a limited resource.

I doubt they would do it here but if they did mine would become security cameras. 

[CP]

Out of curiosity....why do some of you not like them on public land?  All of mine are on my property but I also don't care of others have them on public land.

I don’t mind them on public land, I used to put them in the NF and enjoyed the sport of getting pictures.  I don’t do that anymore because I’ve had a couple stolen but mainly because I can’t hike as far as once could and hanging them near the road is a bad idea.