BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 10, 2024
The use of trail cameras by hunters, especially multiple arrays of “live” cameras, which can track game movements in real time and feed this information back to hunters who may be sitting at home watching screens, is not “fair chase” nor is it in any sense ethical. Trail cameras are great for recreational watching wildlife in its natural habitat, but I believe that reliance on them to locate, track and ultimately kill game is an abuse by individuals who should be out in the field “hunting” for their quarry. Any game harvested primarily by their use is a hollow achievement, and their use during the hunting seasons should be illegal in Maine as it is in an increasing number of states. ~ Jerry Stelmok, Atkinson