Remote Hunt?

ZeroJunk · October 19, 2006, 11:00 AM

Sounds like BS but I just had a guy tell me that there is a website that you can pay to shoot a deer by remote control.The rifles are mounted and you move them with your mouse and click when you want to fire.The place will send you your mounted deer.Is that crazy or what?

FrontSight · October 19, 2006, 11:06 AM

it's real, and very sad

Ian2005 · October 19, 2006, 11:27 AM

I know it at least was real, but it can't be in Texas at least as there are rules saying "remote conrolled" hunts are not allowed.

Here's another link to posts about it. I don't know if its legal or not currently.

Ahh.. Found the answer:

Restricted Methods
1. It is unlawful for any person, while hunting or engaging in recreational shooting, to knowingly discharge a firearm in such a fashion as to cause a projectile to cross a property line, unless the person owns the property on both sides of the property line or has obtained written permission from the owner of any land crossed by the projectile.
2. Remote-controlled Hunting: A person may not engage in computer-assisted remote hunting of any animal or bird or provide or operate facilities for computer-assisted remote hunting if the animal or bird being hunted is located in Texas.

Capt. Charlie · October 19, 2006, 11:34 AM

Yup. This was discussed here about a year ago. Here is a link to a 2004 article by MSNBC with video of the system, and an interview with Lockwood, but their link to the actual site, live-shot.com, is dead.

Either Lockwood thought better of it, or the State shut him down.

Venison_Jerkey32 · October 20, 2006, 12:43 PM

What is the legal status of attaching a motor to the trigger, in the NFA section they say that a "shoestring" can be a machinegun, or anything else that allows you to fire a gun without pulling the trigger. Is this only true when the rifle fires more than once, as in a machinegun?

October 19, 2006, 11:00 AM	#1
ZeroJunk Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2006 Location: Browns Summit NC Posts: 2,589	Remote Hunt? Sounds like BS but I just had a guy tell me that there is a website that you can pay to shoot a deer by remote control.The rifles are mounted and you move them with your mouse and click when you want to fire.The place will send you your mounted deer.Is that crazy or what?

October 19, 2006, 11:34 AM	#4
Capt. Charlie Moderator Emeritus Join Date: March 24, 2005 Location: Steubenville, OH Posts: 4,446	Yup. This was discussed here about a year ago. Here is a link to a 2004 article by MSNBC with video of the system, and an interview with Lockwood, but their link to the actual site, live-shot.com, is dead. Either Lockwood thought better of it, or the State shut him down. __________________ TFL Members are ambassadors to the world for firearm owners. What kind of ambassador does *your* post make *you?* I train in earnest, to do the things that I pray in earnest, I'll never have to do. --Capt. Charlie

October 19, 2006, 11:06 AM	#2
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	it's real, and very sad

October 19, 2006, 11:27 AM	#3
Ian2005 Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 355	I know it at least was real, but it can't be in Texas at least as there are rules saying "remote conrolled" hunts are not allowed. Here's another link to posts about it. I don't know if its legal or not currently. Ahh.. Found the answer: Restricted Methods 1. It is unlawful for any person, while hunting or engaging in recreational shooting, to knowingly discharge a firearm in such a fashion as to cause a projectile to cross a property line, unless the person owns the property on both sides of the property line or has obtained written permission from the owner of any land crossed by the projectile. 2. Remote-controlled Hunting: A person may not engage in computer-assisted remote hunting of any animal or bird or provide or operate facilities for computer-assisted remote hunting if the animal or bird being hunted is located in Texas.

October 20, 2006, 12:43 PM	#5
Venison_Jerkey32 Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2006 Location: Country of Origin: Texas Posts: 192	What is the legal status of attaching a motor to the trigger, in the NFA section they say that a "shoestring" can be a machinegun, or anything else that allows you to fire a gun without pulling the trigger. Is this only true when the rifle fires more than once, as in a machinegun?