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A related OnX film
I did watch that one the other day.
It was interesting that's for sure.
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Post by: Bowhunter3 on January 27, 2024, 05:15:58 PM
This wouldn't work some places. Alaska for sure. There you can't use a helicopter for anything that has to do with hunting. You cant even fly a camp in with a helicopter and set it up.
I don’t know how I didn’t know about this? I have friends that fly me into wherever I(really they) suggest on fixed wing but have never heard of the chopper restriction.
Post by: Dan-o on January 27, 2024, 05:55:47 PM
This wouldn't work some places. Alaska for sure. There you can't use a helicopter for anything that has to do with hunting. You cant even fly a camp in with a helicopter and set it up.
@Sitka_Blacktail
I never knew this.
Any idea why they restrict helicopters?
Post by: JimmyHoffa on January 27, 2024, 06:35:45 PM
For the western states and the corner issue, isn't there a 24 hr rule. You can't hunt within 24 hrs of a non commercial, regularly scheduled flight? Seems like most of the corner blocked land is up to a few thousand acres, which elk can skip across rather quickly.
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 27, 2024, 08:12:03 PM
This wouldn't work some places. Alaska for sure. There you can't use a helicopter for anything that has to do with hunting. You cant even fly a camp in with a helicopter and set it up.
@Sitka_Blacktail
I never knew this.
Any idea why they restrict helicopters?
Here is the exact regulation. Not sure exactly what the thinking was when they passed this.
5 AAC 92.080. Unlawful methods of taking game; exceptions
The following methods of taking game are prohibited:
(1) by shooting from, on, or across a highway;
(2) with the use of any poison or substance that temporarily incapacitates game, except with the written consent of the board;
(3) knowingly, or with reason to know, with the use of a helicopter in any manner, including transportation to, or from, the field of any unprocessed game or parts of game, any hunter or hunting gear, or any equipment used in the pursuit or retrieval of game; this paragraph does not apply to transportation of a hunter, hunting gear, or game during an emergency rescue operation in a life-threatening situation;
Post by: Dan-o on January 27, 2024, 09:04:45 PM
This wouldn't work some places. Alaska for sure. There you can't use a helicopter for anything that has to do with hunting. You cant even fly a camp in with a helicopter and set it up.
@Sitka_Blacktail
I never knew this.
Any idea why they restrict helicopters?
Here is the exact regulation. Not sure exactly what the thinking was when they passed this.
5 AAC 92.080. Unlawful methods of taking game; exceptions
The following methods of taking game are prohibited:
(1) by shooting from, on, or across a highway;
(2) with the use of any poison or substance that temporarily incapacitates game, except with the written consent of the board;
(3) knowingly, or with reason to know, with the use of a helicopter in any manner, including transportation to, or from, the field of any unprocessed game or parts of game, any hunter or hunting gear, or any equipment used in the pursuit or retrieval of game; this paragraph does not apply to transportation of a hunter, hunting gear, or game during an emergency rescue operation in a life-threatening situation;
Thanks much.
Post by: hunter399 on January 28, 2024, 12:32:08 AM
This wouldn't work some places. Alaska for sure. There you can't use a helicopter for anything that has to do with hunting. You cant even fly a camp in with a helicopter and set it up.
@Sitka_Blacktail
I never knew this.
Any idea why they restrict helicopters?
Here is the exact regulation. Not sure exactly what the thinking was when they passed this.
5 AAC 92.080. Unlawful methods of taking game; exceptions
The following methods of taking game are prohibited:
(1) by shooting from, on, or across a highway;
(2) with the use of any poison or substance that temporarily incapacitates game, except with the written consent of the board;
(3) knowingly, or with reason to know, with the use of a helicopter in any manner, including transportation to, or from, the field of any unprocessed game or parts of game, any hunter or hunting gear, or any equipment used in the pursuit or retrieval of game; this paragraph does not apply to transportation of a hunter, hunting gear, or game during an emergency rescue operation in a life-threatening situation;
Thanks much.
The only two reasons I could think of right off top.
Don't want to step on toes of the plane guys .
Probably easier to spot game with helicopter,flys lower,grid search an area better than a plane.
But I've never been there,so I could be way off base
Post by: dilleytech on January 30, 2024, 11:16:02 AM
This wouldn't work some places. Alaska for sure. There you can't use a helicopter for anything that has to do with hunting. You cant even fly a camp in with a helicopter and set it up.
@Sitka_Blacktail
I never knew this.
Any idea why they restrict helicopters?
They probably want to keep the hunts difficult. With helicopters you wouldn’t need to pack meat anywhere in most cases.