Apr 02
Sorry, Coloradans. Despite the national press attention and evident demand, the measure to introduce drone hunting permits in the tiny town of Deer Trail has been rejected by voters. It wasn’t even close.
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Mar 24
Advantageous hunters in Alaska have one less advantage after the state’s Board of Game approved a measure that prohibits the use of drones to spot animals. Now they’ll just have to rely on their special camouflage clothing, high-powered rifles, and high-powered handheld cameras to kill unsuspecting beasts.
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Mar 13
Damn, that’s a big boar. Hunter Jett Webb took down this ginormous seven-foot-long and 500 pound boar on a hunt in North Carolina with just one shot from his AR-15 rifle from 50 to 100 yards away. Webb didn’t even realize how big it was until he came up next to it. It’s big. I mean, look at that thing.
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Jan 16
New Scientist has a story on how peregrine falcons rely on a sailors’ trick to hunt down their prey. The video is like watching one of those World War II dogfighting films.
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Jan 02
It sounds brutal and horrible and cruel but it’s actually kind of adorable. In the video, you see a sailfish—perhaps one of the most fascinating creatures of the ocean—chase down fish bait attached to a boat and try to smack the bait silly with its spear-like bill. The sailfish doesn’t succeed but he goes a pretty long time trying to stick his nose everywhere.
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Dec 03
While everyone is freaking out about Amazon’s plan to unleash an army of delivery drones
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Nov 26
If you’ve ever spent time in the far reaches of the U.S., you’re probably familiar with the deer stand—a uniquely improvised, homemade shelter that gives hunters refuge, warmth, and a clear view. Though they’re designed to be inconspicuous, photographer Jason Vaughn seeks them out, finding and photographing dozens of the structures across rural Wisconsin.
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Nov 14
Though it may look like a deer, though it may move like a deer and though it may even smell like a deer… it still might just be a robotic deer that officials use to catch illegal deer hunters. Like the robot deer above, who totally looks like a normal deer but actually got a hunter who shot the robot in the neck arrested.
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Nov 10
Reminder: There are smart, caring, fantastic people in this world who try to right as many wrongs as possible. Like the incredible biologists from the Department of Environmental Protection in New Jersey. The Star-Ledger reports that they somehow removed a hunting arrow from a deer’s head. The arrow had completely pierced through its head but with the help of the biologists the deer is alive and well now and back in the wild.
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Sep 06
Back in July, everybody chuckled a little over Deer Trail, Colorado’s half-baked plan to issue drone hunting licenses and pay a bounty to any sharp shooter who bagged a flying robot. Some took the opportunity pretty seriously, though, leading to over a thousand applications and a big headache for city hall.
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