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Drone hunting for elk

| December 4, 2014 7:29 AM

On Nov. 24, I was hunting west of Kalispell in the Thompson River Road area. I was a little over a mile behind a closed road while glassing a ridge for elk.

I heard something strange getting louder, kind of a loud buzzing sound. All of a sudden a small drone buzzed over me just over the tree tops. It was about two to three feet in diameter and moving fast. I can only suspect that someone was using it to look for elk.

I find it very unethical for anyone to be that lazy to resort to searching for wild game using a drone. I only wish that I had a tag for a drone that day.

Dan Kolesar

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