So you're driving through a national forest and see a bunch of wild turkeys. You take out your rifle and start firing. Then suddenly up pop some state game officers from behind bushes and they yell "Game and Fish Department! Cease fire! Put down
your weapon!"
You got caught in a sting and most embarrassing of all, they weren't real turkeys, they were robots.
Tiny radio-controlled motors allow wildlife officers to move a decoy's head, ears, and tail. The robots even have shiny reflective eyes, just like the real thing.
The robotic decoys come in several varieties including black bear, white-tail deer, and even a swimming moose.
Photo: Custom Robotic Wildlife
your weapon!"
You got caught in a sting and most embarrassing of all, they weren't real turkeys, they were robots.
Tiny radio-controlled motors allow wildlife officers to move a decoy's head, ears, and tail. The robots even have shiny reflective eyes, just like the real thing.
The robotic decoys come in several varieties including black bear, white-tail deer, and even a swimming moose.
Photo: Custom Robotic Wildlife
"The people that shoot at decoys are wildlife thieves, said Lt. Steve Lane. "They're not hunters."
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.
Personally, I haven't a clue so the whole story (not the Neatorama link but the NatGeo one) misses. It even says in the article that many people are unclear about the rules - but fails to say what they are.
John Selden (1584-1654).
Are the animals out of season, protected species, in a sanctuary, only to be hunted with bow and arrow, too old, too young, breeding, migrating, nursing, unfashionable, inedible or what?
Seriously, how can you steal wildlife? Who do these guys think owns the land they guard from subsistence hunters?
Reminds me of the park in Crockadile Dundee (which is another movie I just thought of that would have fun facts to hear about) where he sets up the stuffed kangaroo to look like it's holding a rifle and firing a the hunters.