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Animal Rights Group Says a Hunting Group Shot Down Their Drone

By Rocky Thompson on February 16th, 2012

An animal rights group in Illinois protested a live pigeon shoot that a local hunting club was putting together. To gather evidence they acquired a helicopter drone with a video camera attached. The local shooting club sought to have the drone stopped by authorities, but once they found out that it was legal and there was nothing they could do to stop it, they began heading to their cars and filing out of the parking lot. But the animal rights group sent up their drone for a look anyway, and shortly after they said gunfire rang out and after the drone was hit a bunch of gun-toting people fled the scene on four-wheelers. Yes, the drone war has come home. The animal rights group is seeking to file charges against the hunting club.

A live pigeon shoot? I’m not a tremendous fan of the bird, but this isn’t hunting. What kind of a pathetic person gets a thrill from shooting birds just released from a cage?

via Outdoor Pressroom

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3 Responses to “Animal Rights Group Says a Hunting Group Shot Down Their Drone”

  1. JeffB February 16th, 2012 at 10:46 am

    I’ll bet that helicopter was a lot more fun to shoot down than one of the pigeons. The hunting club has already sent invites to the animal rights group for their next party.

  2. aBradAbroad February 16th, 2012 at 11:16 am

    I don’t participate in this stuff, but the reason they use the live pigeons is that they are harder to shoot than a straight-flying sporting clay while still abundantly available and cheap. It’s common practice in the sport-shooting world. A bit much for me, but just thought I’d share the info.

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