Flying Camera From Animal Rights Group Shot Down at Pigeon Shoot

NBC 10 Philadelphia ^ | 11/19/2012 | David Chang

[Larry R. Johnson]

Police are investigating an incident at a Berks County hunting club in which someone on the hunting grounds allegedly targeted a mechanical flying object rather than a living and breathing one.

[spokeshave]

I saw one o those spy drones and I done shot it down obama self.

[The Cajun]

Some little ahole aggravating target shooters with his toy airplane.
Toy (aggravation) gets shot down.
Happy ending.
Resume practice.

[jazusamo]

It was the idiot radio control operators fault.

He flew that Octocopter into that bullet. LOL!

[ColdOne]

best comment of the story.....send out more drones we need the practice

[Brooklyn Attitude]

If the leftys are determined to continue I will trade a $0.2 shotshell for $4000 of damage to their drone any day of the week. I suggest put up a no aerial trespassing sign outside the entrance and next time use larger shot to bring the drone down on club property. Finders keepers.

[moovova]

PLEASE NOTE: No live animals were hurt, abused or killed in this incident.

[1st Division guy]

WOLVERINES

[twister881]

47-percenters living off the taxpayer...plenty of time & money on their hands to buy $4K drones and harass hunters conducting a legal activity...hunters whose license fees are used for conservation efforts so there are more pigeons each year for the shoot. Idiot animal-huggers.

[TexasCajun]

Just like dove hunting.

[certrtwngnut]

Do you think these people know the difference between the two sounds.

[Boogieman]

“If the property is private, they have no right to fly a drone over it.”

Au contraire. You own your property, but the airspace above it is probably open to the public.

It’s a stupid situation, but that’s the way it is unless someone can change the laws. I doubt that will happen though, since it might get in the way of the gubmint spying on you and I with their drones.

[Boiling point]

Wow, I would LOVE to go to one of my friend’s houses and see a bunch of drone head trophies on his wall!

[jughandle]

I remember that one..they tried to gain sympathy from the r/c flight community as it was a camera equipped quad copter, not some $10k drone as most people envision. Animal rights, I wonder if they’d object to this one:
http://youtu.be/0nniTcqo_PI

[FormerLib]

Anyone know the proper choke for taking down a flying mechanical pest? I’m thinking full choke would be best.

[TChris]

Anyone know the proper choke for taking down a flying mechanical pest? I’m thinking full choke would be best.

I'd start with 3" BB shot load, full choke.

[Inyo-Mono]

if it flies it dies

If it hops, it drops.

[ichabod1]

Which reminds me of another story of someone shot a woman (thankfully no injury) because her harido was showing over the fence and the shooter thought it furry or something.

That is fricking meme-worthy. Congradulations.

[FunkyZero]

hehe.

What else is there to say?

[TXnMA]

The pictured damage is not from rifle fire. Dumb@$$3d libwackos...

Any flying object intruding on my property's airspace within shotgun range is a legitimate target. As is the pilot should he / she / it trespass on my soil...

[RetiredTexasVet]

Identified as taken down by an AK 47 per the reporter who had seen a gun on TV once. His claim was backed up by an animal rights expert who had personally viewed a gun in a book during his elementary school years.