Drones? Seriously, Drones?

Once again, Illinois politicians demonstrating no grasp of reality or the problems facing the state:

• Using drones to gain an advantage when hunting or fishing might soon be illegal under a bill proposed by state Sen. Julie Morrison.
  
  “Let’s keep the man —or woman—in outdoorsman,” the Deerfield Democrat said in a statement. “Using drones to hunt makes the process too easy. That’s not fair for hunters and fishers who are seriously into the sport, and it’s not fair for the animals that deserve a chance to escape.”
  
  While small animals that fear birds of prey run when they see unmanned aerial vehicles, larger game animals such as deer are unfazed by small aircraft, making them easy pickings for high-tech hunters, the statement said.

First up, the logistics of this are ridiculous. A hunter can use two hands to fly the drone and then two more hands to shoot a deer? And even if you're just using it for spotting, you usually up in a tree waiting for the deer to come by. Fishermen are in the same boat as it were. You aren't going to convince a fish to take the bait by flying a drone and you certainly can't land one while flying a drone and taking in line.

And have you even seen the deer around Illinois? Chronic Wasting Disease has taken a hefty toll on the population. Not only that, the deer could use a good culling - they're starving to death in many areas of the state. Poor Bambi is poorly managed and the entire species is suffering.

Finally, this shows just how un-serious politicians in general, and this democrat in particular, are. $111 billion (with a B-billion) in debt/pension liabilities, and she wants to outlaw drones. How about questioning something like why the law allows assholes like Quinn to pardon the criminals he did?

And if drones are outlawed, how will we practice for when the HK-Aerials arrive next decade?