South Carolina Bill Would Regulate Drone-Assisted Hog Hunting

“We’ve researched that and we don’t have an answer,” he said. “We can’t find anything that says it’s illegal, but we don’t have anything that says it is legal.”
“Yow said the current situation “leaves it up to the discretion of SCDNR agents, and we don’t want discretion, we want the drone operator and the farmer protected.””

Okay, if there is nothing saying it is illegal, then why does it need to be “made legal”? How and why is it up to the discretion of a DNR agent? This seems a huge problem. If DNR agents are so far off the chain that they are harassing and penalizing citizens for things that there is no law against, perhaps what we need is a law reigning in the power of DNR agents.

“If implemented, the regulatory scheme would require the registration of drone hunting properties with SCDNR in a scheme similar to the state’s current night hunting property registration requirements.”

“Under the system, land owners could hunt their own lands with the assistance of drones or contract others possessing an SCDNR-issued “aerial management program” permit to kill hogs. Drone operators would be required to keep flight logs for production to game wardens.”

This bill by Yow sounds as though it will do far more harm than good. Given the immense level of destruction wild hogs cause, who gives a flying f-ck if they are killed by farmers to protect crops or by “recreational hunters”? Why should permits be issued by DNR and flight logs kept “for production to game wardens”?

This sounds like an attempt by Yow to boost the almighty power of the state and to create a crime to ensnare farmers and citizens where none previously existed.

To me, Yow sounds like a statist POS. I hope the citizens in his district vote him out at their earliest opportunity.