SALEM, Ore. – Proponents of fair chase hunting are celebrating a success in the Beaver State as the Oregon Senate advances legislation that would ban the use of drones for hunting and scouting. “The sportsman’s voice is ringing loud and clear in the Oregon legislature,” said Ed Putnam, co-chair of the Oregon chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. “This bill speaks to the core of who we are as sportsmen, and we commend the legislature’s willingness to consider it.” BHA’s Oregon chapter ...

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, The New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers strongly supports the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s efforts to ban the use of Drones, Live-Action Game Cameras, and Smart Rifles equipped with guided trigger mechanisms for the purpose of taking or aiding in the taking of game. We also commend the Department for taking up these issues ahead of much of the country. These technologies clearly violate the principles of fair chase by ...

No, the sky is not falling, but it is starting to buzz. As you may have read in the Fall 2013 issue of the Backcountry Journal, or heard about through BHA's Facebook page, the use of drones for hunting and scouting is a small but rapidly growing threat to our fair chase hunting traditions. Youtube videos of moose being stalked and hogs eradicated with drones show that the technology is already available and that it will be used unless sportsmen do something about it. In Montana and Colorado, ...

August 25, 2013   Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems (commonly called “drones”) are increasingly important in the military and have high potential to contribute to the fields of wildlife biology, search-and-rescue, agriculture and many other applications. However, in private hands there is small but growing interest in using these highly sophisticated remote-controlled aircraft to scout, monitor and stalk big game. BHA believes this technology represents a widespread opportunity for abuse, and ...