The 'Drone Season' in Deer Trail, CO., is open - 1000 licenses have been issued to fire on the beasts pending town approval. There are some hardware restrictions for would be drone killers; 12-gauge or smaller shotguns, using only ammunition that is safe to fire into the sky and no shotguns with rifled barrels. Tracers are completely banned.

The novelty license promises to pay $100 to any person who brings in debris from their kill that is "known to be owned or operated by the United States federal government."

According to the article in Guns.com, drone-hunters are limited to thee shots per drone every two hours, ensuring that if no bounty is collected with three rounds that things don’t amount to people shooting into the air for no reason.



“Supporters acknowledge the licenses would be only symbolic, and a town election authorizing them is more than a month away. Still, about 1,000 people have applied for one.

“The scheme is part protest against government surveillance and part promotion to get Deer Trail some attention. It’s working, at least on the second point. The federal government issued a warning against shooting at drones.

If a licensed drone-hunter accidentally takes out a privately-owned drone (remote-controlled helicopter or airplane) he or she must pay the owner (totally bummed-out kid) the full value of the drone — that is unless the drone is invading their airspace (flying over their property).

Note: Do not go hang gliding in Deer Trail.