While it'd be amazing to have a big chunk of public all to myself, I'm not for driving folks away from enjoying hunting and the outdoors. (I do wish many would clean up their act though.)
However, anyone who quits hunting public land because of a camera ban doesn't seem that interested in the public resource or the activity, imo.
You want pictures, take em with a camera...or an iPhone
@Robert loper, lol.
I'm not a hardliner on this. But we shoot ourselves in the foot on these issues, because of the same crap that makes a "rules for me, not for thee" thread go round and round.
Lack of respect for each other, the game, our resources. Tunnel vision.
I know of a lot of public hunting areas, not public hunting preserves. We're lucky to be able to hunt on public land at all. It's not an entitelment.
We wouldn't need half the ordnances at public venues (parks, beaches, etc.) if people were a bit more thoughtful and openminded.
Trail camera bans isn't a big picture issue.