New NDOW camera regs

[Don@Tahoe]

Nevada

http://www.ndow.org/uploadedFiles/ndow.org/Content/Our_Agency/News/Articles/R012-16A%20-%20Trail%20Cameras.pdf

[VaderSpade]

They exempted themselves imagine that!!

[Don@Tahoe]

I really question their sources, sounds like made up crooked environmentalism crap, the reason I say that is I hunt Nevada all the time and have never witnessed anything like they claim.

NEW TRAIL CAMERA REGULATION NOW IN EFFECT
Nevada outdoor enthusiasts,

The Nevada Department of Wildlife wants to ensure that all outdoor enthusiasts are aware of the new seasonal restrictions on the use of trail cameras.



Since 2010, trail cameras have been a topic of discussion in Nevada. The regulation was discussed in dozens of open meetings, including County Advisory Boards to Manage Wildlife, the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commission, and the Legislative Commission. The use of trail cameras, the technology associated with them, and the issues surrounding the use of them have all continued to escalate.

Proponents of the regulation raised several significant issues of concern including the growing commercialization of animal location data. New internet businesses have begun buying and selling GPS location data of animals captured on trail cameras. Also, saturating all or most available water sources with trail cameras in a hunt unit not only disrupts the animals ability to obtain water as camera owners come and go from waters that have as many as 25 or more cameras, but also creates hunter congestion and hunter competition issues. The accessibility to our public lands combined with our wildlife’s dependence on our extremely limited water sources make for some real challenges for both wildlife and outdoor enthusiasts. Proponents of the regulation were quick to point out that whether enhanced, protected, or human created water sources (guzzlers), the waters’ primary purpose is to assist in herd health and herd growth, not for placement of a technological device at an animal concentration site that potentially makes it easier to kill trophy animals.

The new trail camera regulation states that a person shall not place, maintain, or use a trail camera or similar device on public land, or private land without permission from the land owner, from August 1 to December 31 of each year, or if the camera is capable of transmitting the images or video, it shall not be used from July 1 to December 31. The regulation does provide some limited exemptions for livestock monitoring, research, and other miscellaneous uses.

NDOW recognizes that there are wholesome and legitimate uses of trail cameras, and unfortunately the use of cameras have been exploited far beyond most sportsmen’s definition of reasonable. If you come across a trail camera on public land from August 1 to December 31, NDOW is asking that you leave the camera alone, and consider calling an NDOW office to report its location.

You can view the complete adopted regulation here.

Sincerely,

Nevada Department of Wildlife



Posted on 7/12/2018 0246 PM

[NickTheGreek]

What kind of California BS is this? Oh wait, Nevada?

[MJB]

I don't use trail cams......old guy never needed them....prints will tell a similar story

[Mesa Defense]

Cams on public land have to be concealed......but it is a jacked up law for sure

[CVShooter]

Just started using one this year -- mostly for fun. The last video is always me staring blankly right past it. Keep them concealed and well off the trails and I doubt anybody will ever see it.