another drone attack foiled by American shotgunners! ( we've seen this movie b4)

[gunsmith]

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Flying-Camera-From-Animal-Rights-Group-Shot-Down-at-Pigeon-Shoot-Cops-179983451.html?dr

 

Those idiot stalkers didn't learn their lesson the last time and sent a drone to harass guys with shotguns.
<insert simpsons character saying HA HA!>

[ArfinGreebly]

SHARK claimed “a single sharp rifle crack rang out,” in a press release sent out on Monday.

Rifle?

Probably one of those high-powered, long-range, sniper rifle shotguns.

[AZRedhawk44]

Artards.

Can't count, either.

SHARK began to use an “Octocopter,” a remote controlled flying machine with a high tech video camera, to secretly record the pigeon shoots as they happen.

Six props does not an Octocopter make.

[SADShooter]

Zig maneuver when zag maneuver was called for. Consequences: predictable.

[roo_ster]

Uh, trespassing, anyone?

[lee n. field]

Artards.

Can't count, either.



Six props does not an Octocopter make.

That's not the one the guy made out of a cat, is it?

[erictank]

Uh, trespassing, anyone?

Depends on altitude, maybe, but yeah. Not feeling a whole lot of sympathy for the anti-hunting group.  Like, any.

Send an expensive flying object into an area you suspect "inhumane" shooting at aerial targets? Congrats - you just provided a HUMANE aerial target, over your opponents' own property! And then SHARK has the gall to COMPLAIN about it? They ought to thank whatever deity they care to name that they haven't been charged!

[vaskidmark]

Will nobody say anything nice about how SHARK is struggling to keep Taiwanese workers at full employment?

Well, the Taiwanese and the FedEx drivers who keep delivering new robocopters to them.

If I were Wing Point I would advertise the next pigeon shoot as being clothing optional.  Heck, it only has to be announced among the shooters.  Let SHARK put a camera in the air and every one of them gets to be a registered sex offender for Xmas.  (I'm pretty sure they could find someone among the shooters who would be willing to drop the flap of their union suit.)

stay safe.

[drewtam]

Rifle?

Probably one of those high-powered, long-range, sniper rifle shotguns.

Oh goodness. The new 007 movie, Skyfall did this.

The only thing we have left is your father's old hunting rifle...

Useless character hands James Bond an ornate side by side shotgun. 

[AZRedhawk44]

Oh goodness. The new 007 movie, Skyfall did this.
Useless character hands James Bond an ornate side by side shotgun. 

I thought it was a big-game side-by-side, like a .375 H&H or possibly even bigger.  Cartridges were brass, IIRC.

[Ben]

I find this highly highlarious.

On a serious note, it's disconcerting that the incident may be investigated as a crime (at least from the gun club side). At some point, with the prevalence of small UAV's, I expect some future legal battles to define people's property in three dimensions versus two regarding encroachments like this.

ETA: i should specify the "up" side of the third dimension, since we already legally define vertically down for mineral, water, etc rights.

[drewtam]

I thought it was a big-game side-by-side, like a .375 H&H or possibly even bigger.  Cartridges were brass, IIRC.

OK, maybe I got confused by them messing around with the shotgun shells.

I recall one scene where it looked like brass being ejected. But I also recall a scene where he is loading shells in. But I was pretty bored with the movie, didn't like it at all, so I may have not paid too much attention.

[drewtam]

I thought it was a big-game side-by-side, like a .375 H&H or possibly even bigger.  Cartridges were brass, IIRC.

Yup you are right.
http://andersonwheeler.co.uk/skyfall-edition/anderson-wheeler-skyfall-edition-james-bond-gun.html

[Perd Hapley]

Wow, that's an obnoxiously one-sided article.

[seeker_two]

Bond had the big-game SxS rifle....the groundskeeper had a SxS shotgun that he sawed down for CQB....

[kgbsquirrel]

Rifle?

Probably one of those high-powered, long-range, sniper rifle shotguns.

High capacity, full auto, heat seeking, single shot assault bolt action.


ETA: Next time they hold a pigeon shoot they need to have someone on stand by with a 10 gauge goose gun with a heavy hunting load. Make sure that drone can't limp home again. 

[RocketMan]

How about a sound suppressed something?  Shoot it down, the SHARKS don't hear it and can't retrieve their video.  The drone just goes missing.

[Scout26]

In Illinois harassing hunters is a felony.

[41magsnub]

On a related note, this reminds me of this video which I seriously would love to try some day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLLAKnVej9o

[roo_ster]

High capacity, full auto, heat seeking, single shot assault bolt action.


ETA: Next time they hold a pigeon shoot they need to have someone on stand by with a 10 gauge goose gun with a heavy hunting load. Make sure that drone can't limp home again. 

my thought exactly

[Boomhauer]

I expect some future legal battles to define people's property in three dimensions versus two regarding encroachments like this.

You already don't have the right to the airspace over your property. I can fly over your property all I want in an airplane, and the only thing regulating me is the FARs dealing with how low I'm allowed to fly.

So far it hasn't really been a high profile legal issue. As mentioned, with the cheap RC vehicles with cameras mounted that we have these days, and stuff like this, that may change.

[vaskidmark]

You already don't have the right to the airspace over your property. I can fly over your property all I want in an airplane, and the only thing regulating me is the FARs dealing with how low I'm allowed to fly.

So far it hasn't really been a high profile legal issue. As mentioned, with the cheap RC vehicles with cameras mounted that we have these days, and stuff like this, that may change.

Never said you could not fly over.  But there are privacy laws that regulate how much detail you can get from your camera - especially if there are people in the picture.

stay safe.

[seeker_two]

You already don't have the right to the airspace over your property. I can fly over your property all I want in an airplane, and the only thing regulating me is the FARs dealing with how low I'm allowed to fly.

That will be the sticking point....how much altitude over one's property is under the property owner's control & privacy. A reasonable compromise would be 500 feet over the tallest structure, IMHO.....out of range of most shotguns & RC planes....

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

whats the effective range of "dragons breath" rounds? and does the coptor record on board or transmit?

[roo_ster]

whats the effective range of "dragons breath" rounds? and does the coptor record on board or transmit?

DB is way too short.

Can record, transmit, or both.  Generally, better quality video is recorded on-board and reviewed later.