What's A Good Bullet For Bagging DRONES?

[Rosebud]

Ah, I see it coming. A category for size of the drones shot down with a corresponding scoring system.
Was it killed by a shotgun, The drake scoring system!
Was it killed by a center fire rifle, what caliber? What distance. The Nosler/Hornady system.
Was it a rim fire, broken down into three sub categories. 22 standard, 22 Magnum, 17 rimfire, The Smith and Wesson system.
Air gun class.
Archery class. Sub sections for compound bows, recurve, long bows. Cross bows. The Fred Bear system.
I'm sure this will get out of hand fast, so feel free to expound on what you think needs tweaking!
Maybe set up a committee to study this. What do you have planned for the next six months Muddy Boots?

 

[Hugger-4641]

You forgot spears and blow guns. I'm sure Tim Wells has probably already jumped off his house and speared one

 

[Rotten]

Don't forget the sling shot class with exploding timed fuse with flash powder and #2 bird shot in tennis ball or fire work mortar tube with 3" shells. Just saying

 

[skipglo]

TENNIS RACQUET! Hide behind the chimney on your roof...and Serve them up as they come by ! Just don't do it December 24 th....might be Santa coming by !! Merry Christmas to All !

 

[ntsqd]

Rosebud's post made me think, those arrow heads made for birds that are 4 wire loops might be rather effective at downing a drone. Maybe fitted to a crossbow bolt would be even better?

 

[cohunt]

I just did a quick search and "legally" any drone- comercial or private - can fly over your property with little restrictions--- they can't fly faster than 100mph or higher than 400 feet but right now, there seems to be no federal limit as to how low they can fly as long as they don't cause any property damage, cause undue stress, or take pictures without consent, or fly at night without consent. It's a pretty gray area still.
I wonder if any individual states have set limits as to how low you can fly.

My old work bought a drone to do stockpile inventory on their property-- only to find out that because it was used for comercial purposes it need a pilots certificate, insurance policy was recomended, and had to file flight plans-- they also failed to realize that 1/2 of their property was close enough to an airport and 2 military bases that it was in a "no fly zone" ---- that's corporate office intelligence for you.

They later used a company that provided a service of the same thing they tried to do....that company actually refused to fly any closer than 25' to other people's property lines, they set a strict limit of 99' flight height, and all video footage was blurred out by computer software if it was of other people's property (and yes they filed flight plans with the faa)

I heard there were roofing companies using drones to assess shingle damage in specific areas--- supposedly they were using live video footage and not recording anything as this was deemed " not an invasion of privacy" --- but I can't find any proof of that online.

You can complain to local authorities and/or the faa about drones but I'm not sure they will follow up in a timely manner. I do know that within city limits anything mechanically propelled, propelled by air or buring powder or explosion is considered a "firearm"--- so technically bb guns, archery, paint ball guns, air soft guns, sling shots--- i suppose even nerf guns you can be charged with "discharging a firearm within city limits"-- had a friend charged with this for archery practice in his back yard in the city, charges were dropped but attorneys fees were involved

Luckily I'm not within city limits and have never seen nor heard any drones near my area since I've lived here .......S.S.S. ........ I don't have any firearms anyway--- they all fell off my boat a while back

 

[Mike Matteson]

I'd tend to use goose loads in a shotgun. If you can hit ducks/geese, you should be able to take down drones.

You could become a sky buster, like many I have seen the field hunting duck and geeese.

 

[JAYgs8163]

None

 

[ntsqd]

There used to be some videos on Utoob of guys shooting at RC airplanes, that were built and flown specifically for that use.

"Oops! You mean to tell me that wasn't my buddy Bill's target drone?"

I just did a quick search and "legally" any drone- comercial or private - can fly over your property with little restrictions--- they can't fly faster than 100mph or higher than 400 feet but right now, there seems to be no federal limit as to how low they can fly as long as they don't cause any property damage, cause undue stress, or take pictures without consent, or fly at night without consent. It's a pretty gray area still.
I wonder if any individual states have set limits as to how low you can fly.

My old work bought a drone to do stockpile inventory on their property-- only to find out that because it was used for comercial purposes it need a pilots certificate, insurance policy was recomended, and had to file flight plans-- they also failed to realize that 1/2 of their property was close enough to an airport and 2 military bases that it was in a "no fly zone" ---- that's corporate office intelligence for you.

They later used a company that provided a service of the same thing they tried to do....that company actually refused to fly any closer than 25' to other people's property lines, they set a strict limit of 99' flight height, and all video footage was blurred out by computer software if it was of other people's property (and yes they filed flight plans with the faa)

I heard there were roofing companies using drones to assess shingle damage in specific areas--- supposedly they were using live video footage and not recording anything as this was deemed " not an invasion of privacy" --- but I can't find any proof of that online.

You can complain to local authorities and/or the faa about drones but I'm not sure they will follow up in a timely manner. I do know that within city limits anything mechanically propelled, propelled by air or buring powder or explosion is considered a "firearm"--- so technically bb guns, archery, paint ball guns, air soft guns, sling shots--- i suppose even nerf guns you can be charged with "discharging a firearm within city limits"-- had a friend charged with this for archery practice in his back yard in the city, charges were dropped but attorneys fees were involved

Luckily I'm not within city limits and have never seen nor heard any drones near my area since I've lived here .......S.S.S. ........ I don't have any firearms anyway--- they all fell off my boat a while back

Lower than 400 feet will cause me undue stress.

 

[cohunt]

Lower than 400 feet will cause me undue stress.

Yes, but you have to file a report for that to hold water--- iirc you have to somehow prove it too

Unfortunately in one way or another, we have voted these people into office that have created these bs rules .....best way to change them is to write your representative (and "bribe" them with campaign donations)

 

[Muddyboots]

Slingshot and cherry bomb!

 

[Outdrmn]

 

[Critter Picker]

What goes up must come down. Works for drones and projectiles. I think there are many that are sick of hearing and seeing drones in a city setting. Out in deer camp, beware drone guy.

Always happy to see another Tom Petty fan. If you don't get it listen to "learning to fly" and get a Tom Petty physics lesson!

 

[Critter Picker]

I just did a quick search and "legally" any drone- comercial or private - can fly over your property with little restrictions--- they can't fly faster than 100mph or higher than 400 feet but right now, there seems to be no federal limit as to how low they can fly as long as they don't cause any property damage, cause undue stress, or take pictures without consent, or fly at night without consent. It's a pretty gray area still.
I wonder if any individual states have set limits as to how low you can fly.

My old work bought a drone to do stockpile inventory on their property-- only to find out that because it was used for comercial purposes it need a pilots certificate, insurance policy was recomended, and had to file flight plans-- they also failed to realize that 1/2 of their property was close enough to an airport and 2 military bases that it was in a "no fly zone" ---- that's corporate office intelligence for you.

They later used a company that provided a service of the same thing they tried to do....that company actually refused to fly any closer than 25' to other people's property lines, they set a strict limit of 99' flight height, and all video footage was blurred out by computer software if it was of other people's property (and yes they filed flight plans with the faa)

I heard there were roofing companies using drones to assess shingle damage in specific areas--- supposedly they were using live video footage and not recording anything as this was deemed " not an invasion of privacy" --- but I can't find any proof of that online.

You can complain to local authorities and/or the faa about drones but I'm not sure they will follow up in a timely manner. I do know that within city limits anything mechanically propelled, propelled by air or buring powder or explosion is considered a "firearm"--- so technically bb guns, archery, paint ball guns, air soft guns, sling shots--- i suppose even nerf guns you can be charged with "discharging a firearm within city limits"-- had a friend charged with this for archery practice in his back yard in the city, charges were dropped but attorneys fees were involved

Luckily I'm not within city limits and have never seen nor heard any drones near my area since I've lived here .......S.S.S. ........ I don't have any firearms anyway--- they all fell off my boat a while back

So what you're saying, is night hunting only?