Kansas trail cam ban

[RLWEBB]

Kansas Fish and Game Commission Bans Trail Cameras on Public Land

The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks voted unanimously to implement a year-round, public-land ban on trail camera use.

www.fieldandstream.com

Interesting.

 

[ribsplitter]

Really doesn't surprise me at all. I don't really see any difference between todays camera use and the flying/ hunting, rules in Alaska.

 

[1wildcatfan]

Only pertains to land open to the public.

 

[RLWEBB]

Only pertains to land open to the public.

Yep. I should have made that clear.

 

[hunt]

Be interesting to see where this ends up. I can't recall picture taking of the public and/or public property breaking any kind of law??

 

[predator1]

Be interesting to see where this ends up. I can't recall picture taking of the public and/or public property breaking any kind of law??

I’m certain an individual could still put cameras up on public land. But you’d better not be hunting it or using it for hunting.

 

[1wildcatfan]

I’m certain an individual could still put cameras up on public land. But you’d better not be hunting it or using it for hunting.

Nope. Year round trail camera ban on land open to the public.

 

[mudhole crossing]

What’s the goal of this?

 

[HeadedWest]

What’s the goal of this?

I gotta admit I didn’t read the article but the answer is fair chase and pressure.

 

[1wildcatfan]

What’s the goal of this?

From the article.

 

[mudhole crossing]

From the article.
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That is stupid imo

 

[RLWEBB]

That is stupid imo

Other states in the west have done this. Lots of hunters support this move. Kansas is the first “white tail” state to do this I think. I get why folks don’t want to run into cams on public land, especially out West where it’s a totally different dynamic.

 

[Shellback]

When you are on public land, you have no expectation of privacy. That's why it's called public. Just sayin'

 

[Redlined]

My guess is somebody somewhere got caught screwing/ compromised in front of a trail cam and it found its way online. I can't fathom any other reason as a privacy issue being cited. If anyone is triggered by someone seeing them in a public place then they most likely wouldn't be there to begin with.

 

[Beagle Huntsman]

I’ve read that in some western states during the drought people were putting cellular cameras around watering holes then rushing out to hunt as soon as the elk, deer, etc showed up. Authorities didn’t feel it was fair chase. Some watering holes would have several cameras around them. Kansas is not like that, however.