Idaho on the verge of outlawing

[NOCK NOCK]

LOTS of replies agreeing with this take away.  SMH!!  They will be coming for something you enjoy next!

Hunters are 100% our own worst enemy.   

[Alan K]

Some just want hunting to stay hunting... 

[NOCK NOCK]

Some just want hunting to stay hunting... 

MANY want you not to hunt!!!     THINK ABOUT IT

[2MANY]

2MANY people hunting these days.

Take a look at what happened to hunting in Europe if you want to see the future.

[CarbonHunter]

I guess I was wrong and you can still use game cameras in Idaho during hunting season.

To me this proposed rule is simply the law catching up with technology. Just like how rules were added to ban flying drones on the day you hunt (it was always illegal to fly a private plane or helicopter) this is just adding to the rules that banned the use of radio telemetry devices to locate animals.

And just because one hunter only gets images sent to him twice a day there are others that have these cameras setup with additional batteries and solar panels that have these pictures sent live. Some people will even have several cameras setup so that they are “hunting” multiple locations at once and move to the other location if something shows up.

[fishngamereaper]

Everything needs moderation.
If hunter's can't moderate themselves then unfortunately new rules need to be considered.

[2MANY]

Everything needs moderation.
If hunter's can't moderate themselves then unfortunately new rules need to be considered.

BOOM!

[Machias]

It's ignorant... All the call-cams do is save a trip into the woods to check a regular camera and keep out some scent. If the guys smart enough to hang the camera in certain type spots, it's obvious he doesn't "need" it to be successful. If you're using hi-powered rifles with scopes, range finders, spotters etc and are for this passing you're simply turning on other hunters. Those things I mentioned are a type of "hunting aides" as well and that can't be argued lol. Hunters against hunters is the worst thing for the sport and falls in line with the liberals/antis way of thinking!

THIS! 

[Machias]

That's bs.
I know guys who literally sit on the couch and wait until the big bear hits their bait and then go in to kill it.
It's straight up lazy, cheating, and not hunting in their case.

I've been running cellular trail cameras since 2014.  I got my first one for hunting hogs in Virginia.  My bait was 54 miles away.  That camera paid for itself in three months in saved gas.  I have NEVER gotten a photo and run out and killed an animal.  Actually my cameras are set up to only transmit twice a day.  Saves on battery.  BUT even if they transmitted right away.  It is dang near impossible get your so called lazy ass up off the couch and go and kill something on your trail camera.  No disrespect meant, but every time I see someone say this, I know they've never actually used one.  Guys that don't have or use cellular cameras sit around and fret that guys that do use them have some amazing advantage.  Honestly is BS.

[pickardjw]

That's bs.
I know guys who literally sit on the couch and wait until the big bear hits their bait and then go in to kill it.
It's straight up lazy, cheating, and not hunting in their case.

Sounds like they should just regulate transmission time then.

[Machias]

And just because one hunter only gets images sent to him twice a day there are others that have these cameras setup with additional batteries and solar panels that have these pictures sent live. Some people will even have several cameras setup so that they are “hunting” multiple locations at once and move to the other location if something shows up.

Sorry, but this is BS.  This is the argument guys who've never used one always bring up.  But it's just not practical.  It's fantasy.

[fowl smacker]

And just because one hunter only gets images sent to him twice a day there are others that have these cameras setup with additional batteries and solar panels that have these pictures sent live. Some people will even have several cameras setup so that they are “hunting” multiple locations at once and move to the other location if something shows up.

Sorry, but this is BS.  This is the argument guys who've never used one always bring up.  But it's just not practical.  It's fantasy.

I don't care one way or the other but I have seen it done first hand.  Guy got a live photo on his phone and a half hour later shot a bear because of it.

[trophyhunt]

And just because one hunter only gets images sent to him twice a day there are others that have these cameras setup with additional batteries and solar panels that have these pictures sent live. Some people will even have several cameras setup so that they are “hunting” multiple locations at once and move to the other location if something shows up.

Sorry, but this is BS.  This is the argument guys who've never used one always bring up.  But it's just not practical.  It's fantasy.

I don't care one way or the other but I have seen it done first hand.  Guy got a live photo on his phone and a half hour later shot a bear because of it.

Thats good, one less fawn/calf killer out there, a bear bait is perfect for a cell camera.

[Mtnwalker]

And just because one hunter only gets images sent to him twice a day there are others that have these cameras setup with additional batteries and solar panels that have these pictures sent live. Some people will even have several cameras setup so that they are “hunting” multiple locations at once and move to the other location if something shows up.

Sorry, but this is BS.  This is the argument guys who've never used one always bring up.  But it's just not practical.  It's fantasy.

Fred just because you're not doing it doesn't mean it isn't being done. I have first hand photos on my phone of a bear and a bull both killed in exactly this manner within the last 2 weeks alone. Hunter was at home at the time of notification on both.

I also find it interesting that so many guys view the self-regulation of technology as a threat to hunting, I see it quite the opposite. Cellular trail cams by themselves are not going to make or break herd numbers but there is an undeniable cumulative effect when you add up cell cams, long range thermal scanners, long range rifles, auto compensating bluetooth reticles, etc etc etc.

This proposal was brought forth by hunters, not by IDFG, who overwhelmingly support the self-regulation of tech in order to preserve opportunity because they know there is an inverse correlation between hunter over-efficiency and tag availability. I find it ironic that some of the people on this thread who complain about how hard it is to draw tags also simultaneously support a technology free-for-all as if one has no effect on the other

[Reidus]

You can only kill so many animals each year.

Have a 1 day season with drones, cell cams etc or

a 3 month season with a stickbow.

The game population can't support long seasons with all the modern advancements and hunters. Something has to give.