New Hampshire Proposes Ban on Cellular Game Cameras, Smart Rifles

Technology has crept into the hunting community, like most life activities. But the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department believes things have gone too far.

Smart rifles use computerized scopes that actually fire a rifle once the target is selected. This format raises eyebrows even among staunch hunting supporters. These rifles, along with cellular trail cameras, are now fair game for regulators. Read the full story.

Hunting regulators in New Hampshire are set to consider new rules that would ban the use of increasingly popular game cameras that can transmit footage in real time to cell phones or computers, and could also bar the use of so-called “smart rifles” that use computers to shoot game on the move. According to documents filed January 8 to the New Hampshire Fish and Game department, hunters would be banned from using so-called “Live-Action Game Cameras” to “locate, surveil (sic) or aid or assist in any attempt to locate or surveil any wild animals for the purpose of taking or attempting to take the wildlife.”