Pakhnyushchyy / Depositphotos.com
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
Responding to the increasing prevalence of aircraft technologies, new hunting regulations are now in effect across Kentucky.
The new regulations prohibit hunters from using unmanned aircrafts — or aircrafts in general — to “take” wildlife or fish, according to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife.
In this context, the department states that “take” means to “pursue, shoot, hunt, wound, catch, kill, trap, snare or capture wildlife in any way and any lesser act designed to lure, attract or entice for these purposes; and to place, set, aim, or use any device, animal, substance or agency which may reasonably be expected to accomplish these acts; or to attempt to do these acts or to assist any other person in the doing of or the attempt to do these acts.”
These regulations come from the Kentucky Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, which adjourned on Oct. 16.
“This regulation will provide guidance regarding the use of aircraft, including drones, while hunting, fishing or participating in other outdoor activities,” said David Marques with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Law Enforcement Division. “It will also provide a framework for our wardens to work within when investigating and enforcing potential violations. This regulation has been needed for some time, and we are happy to finally have it in place.”
Assisting the department, or their designated employees, in “addressing human safety, law enforcement, research, management or other needs approved by the department,” landowners engaging in lawful wildlife damage control and “commercial fishers for use in locating or removing invasive carp” are some of the exceptions to the new regulations, according to the department.
Unmanned aircrafts are illegal for hunting in states including Wisconsin and Colorado. The FAA oversees general federal laws and rules about flying drones.
Comments