[Larry R. Johnson]

This is hysterical! The FAA would not approve. Good shot nevertheless.

[SparkyBass]

"No, really, officer, I thought it was a duck."

[TChris]

Need to remember plausible denyability!

Don't shoot at it, just throw something up in the air that will tangle up the propellers and bring it down. No "public endangerment" angle, and much easier to explain. :)

[SparkyBass]

They should do the firing line method: everyone shoot at the same time... “Nope, no idea who shot it down!” we’ll never know which bullet/shot did the trick. :)

[dirtboy]

As much as I enjoy seeing these libtard nitwit's drone getting shot down, I also really can't condone the activity in question. I once lived on the other side of a small valley from a canned pheasant hunt facility. It was not hunting, it was not sporting. These were not fit wild animals. Pheasants with limited flying ability would be placed in the field, clients would come in with dogs, the pheasants would slowly flush straight up in the air - a can't miss situation and utterly no challenge to skill. The pigeons in question are also captive birds with limited flying ability.

I am all in favor of hunting and hunting rights. Hunters play a vital role in wildlife management and funding of habitat. But this is something else entirely.

[Red in Blue PA]

I literally LOLed when I heard this. If it was over the club, why is there any investigation? It should have been shot down.

Watching Foxnews on Election night, one of the guests (Tim Hayes??) said something like 1/3 of all NRA members reside in PA. Can not remember the exact number. But it is huge.

Outside of Philly, PA is a huge gun state. The Hamburg Cabelas is actually the largest gun store in the entire world.

Stories like this make me proud to be a Pennsylvanian.

[MarineBrat]

In what was destined to be a short lived spectacle...

[Admin Moderator]

Please always use the proper headline, in order to avoid duplicates.

[RedMDer]

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.

Well... wasn't so secret was it. LOL!

[Tainan]

Good shootin'



PULL !...send up another one.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Under the Common Law, unmodified by statute, a landowner owns the airspace above his land and could sue for trespass. The owner of the land should sue PETA seeking an injunction forbidding overflights. In addition, in trespass actions the law assumes at least minimal damages.

For me personally there is a question with regard to using self help in shooting down a trespassing model airplane.

Also of interest there are possible privacy violations as some on this thread have stated.

[Secret Agent Man]

they were trespassing and also in PA probably violating privacy/recording laws, see no problem shooting it down. can’t tell who the hell is flying it, so take it down.

[Huntress]

The drone, nicknamed “Angel,” was recording a live pigeon shoot on Sunday around 3 p.m. when investigators say it was suddenly struck by gunfire.

Methinks a better name would be "Skeet."

[dalereed]

Too bad they didn’t get the drone oerator along with the drone!!

Birds and animals only exist to provide food for humans!

[dalereed]

Too bad they didn’t get the drone oerator along with the drone!!

Birds and animals only exist to provide food for humans!

[Kickass Conservative]

Iron Dome or a Patriot Missile?

[Sequoyah101]

Thanks. I got a great and much needed laugh out of this. If I could write with a lisp and a limp wrist the mockery my son and I did of this was a riot.

They sent angel to rescue the pigeons FOUR times? And they were surprised it was shot down?

Alright boys! Here it comes again! Ready, aim, FIRE! And angel limps back in manual retreat.

[eyeamok]

Investigating?? Huh?? Why didn’t the police ARREST these activists for FELONY STALKING?? FELONY TRESPASSING?? They belong in PRISON for this. What the hell is the matter with Philadelphia??

[Cyber Liberty]

I’ve been reading this story for a few days, and I’ve come to a conclusion: The animal rights whackos are lying when they say they were just flying the model plane to “film the activities at the pigeon shoot.” If that were the case, the plane would have been very, very hard to hit at that high an altitude (just a couple of hundred feet up makes it a pretty small target to hit).

No, I think they were using the plane to spook the prey, and it was hit because it was swooping dangerously close to the hunters. I am proud of them, and I hope they shoot down any more model planes that the whackos use to interfere with their activities.

[Hotmetal]

This is what I would use to hunt those drones.http://youtu.be/bZCH1492CzA