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publichunter

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I am surprized that no one has commented about the front page article in the RC Journal yesterday. It was ther GF&P article about Aerial hunting.
I would assume you all are in favor of them turning it over to your districts?
 
Our predator control district does a much better job of taking care of predators at a much lower cost, so yes, we would just as soon have the locals who know what they are doing take over the job.

The two state planes are Huskies, a good plane for a lot of things but a terribly dangerous hunting plane. We're just thankful that neither the new pilot or the trapper, who happens to be one of the best in the state, weren't killed.

The GF&P plane that crashed last year during a coyote hunt just east of our ranch was also a Husky. Thankfully, neither the trapper or the pilot were killed in that wreck either, but the trapper will no longer hunt from the air and the pilot may never fully recover from his injuries.

Cost wise, it would also probably be cheaper for the state to contract with already established pilots than to buy more airplanes, pay the insurance, do the maintance and hire the pilots.
 
WOW!!!Liberty you and I may agree on one topic at least. How do district or local pilots get into aerial hunting? Are they licensed and regulated by the state? Feds?
I am not really familiar on this topic.
 
Yeah, I know... it's tough to admit, but every year or so I get an agreeable streak. :twisted:

All aerial hunting is regulated by the Federal Airbourne Hunting Act and all the pilots have to be permitted through the feds, no matter who they work for. The pilots for the predator control districts also must have written permission on file in Pierre from each landowner they hunt for.

Do you have a license to fly? If you do and would like to hunt predators, there is a permit process you have to go through first and then you must get the required insurance before you will be issued a permit to hunt.

Aerial hunting is not for everyone, me included, but I understand it is a lot of fun, although it is one of the most dangerous activities you can participate in. It isn't only Huskies that crash - they just crash a lot more often than some of the slower, safer planes.
 
We don't let em hunt on our land anymore do to the fact they ran our cows into a corner of the pasture and the cows almost went through the fence.... Even sh told us that they would do that hunting, so we just told em not to hunt on us.......... End of problem........
 
Aerial shooting is not hunting. It is illegal in canada. What species are shot by aerial shooters where it is allowed. Rather problem species like coyotes have an open season year around for residents. Game species are not allowed to be shot or followed by aerial means after all it is an unfair advantage.
 
Aerial hunting most assuredly is hunting, and a very dangerous form of hunting at that. It is only allowed for predator control and it is the most effective tool GF&P has to eradicate predators like coyotes, fox and other large predators. I just talked to a GF&P official today and they seem to feel that since the Huskys are so dangerous, they may invest in Cubs and continue the program in much the same way, although that hasn't been officially decided yet.
 

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