New trail cam rules in Nevada

[Roadkill]

Limited water resources make unrestricted access to water key to live stock and wildlife.  People checking cameras disturb animals from drinking-as many as 25 cameras in one water hole-makes the case.  From 1 August to 31 December they are forbidden.  Transmitting cameras are restricted from 1 July.  Will be widely complained about but division did some research and meetings were held.  I support it. My patio is 110 degrees and water is important right now.

[JimB]

It makes perfect sense to me.It sounds like things had really gotten out of hand.I lived in NV for a few years and water sources are so critical to wildlife.I'm not against trail cameras generally but you can have too much of a good thing.

[snag]

Bravo Nevada! Become a better woodsman and leave these types of technology
out of hunting.

[bigbadjon]

I assume people are hunting all over these water holes anyway. What difference is it going to make?

[McDave]

I assume people are hunting all over these water holes anyway. What difference is it going to make?

To make that comment, I think you have to either assume that Fish and Game people are incompetent, or that they have a hidden agenda.  You may be right, but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that they did their homework and are doing it to protect wildlife.

[bigbadjon]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.ndow.org/uploadedFiles/ndoworg/Content/Public_Meetings/Com/13-B-Commission-General-Regulation-440-Trail-Cameras.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj5u4CGv5zcAhUI0oMKHbZ7D68QFjACegQIABAB&usg=AOvVaw0NKVQTboTEMUq07ZIjLKvs

You may read about it here. There is no science quoted, no projections about benefits, just anecdotal griping about overuse. This is authoritarianism plain and simple. I could buy the restriction of proximity to a water hole, but a blanket ban is ridiculous. I am not opposed to rules, but an arbritary ruling hurts hunters. The hunters of NV deserve to know the method used to derive them and the expected return of their compliance.

[JimB]

There is no blanket ban.

[YosemiteSam]

Never really thought about the potential business angle.  Enforcement will be tough.  But it sounds like a good idea.

[bigbadjon]

There is a blanket ban from Aug to Dec.

[Orion]

Kudos to Nevada Fish and Game.  Read the reg.  It does ban cameras during those times throughout the state, not just at waterholes and other sources of water.  One of the reasons given for the ban is the overuse of game cameras to identify and pattern game animals, basically eliminating fair chase.  Glad to see at least one state is attempting to get ahead of the problem. 

[Steve D]

 Good for Nevada Fish and Game dept, glad to see them do it.

[pavan]

I believe that all public land should have leave no trace use policies, including cameras.  In Iowa it is a very major offense to call your friends on a cell phone to tell them where the deer are.  According to a local game warden, he thinks that cameras cannot be used a territory claim markers and that satellite linked cameras that send messages to the cell phones are worse than having a person that sends out a call to tell others where the deer are located.   He also believes that trail cameras are an invasion of privacy for others that use the public land.  Put a trail camera in a city park, you get arrested for voyeurism.  What ever the reason for Nevada  Fish and Game used for this, I support it.

[Michael Pfander]

I live in AZ which could use a similar ban.  I also think leaving tree stands and blinds in place should not be allowed.  There are water holes in many places that will have multiple tree stands and ground blinds around them, at the very least on public land that is littering.  In many places where I hunt these are put up long before the season so the game becomes accustomed to them and they can stake a claim to my!!! spot.  People it's public land.
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[Sam McMichael]

I agree that enforcement may be difficult, but I agree with the reasoning behind this decision.