[Scan-DC] Monitor deer hunters

[John Wilson]

Uh...it doesn't work like that. The bootleggers do not care about 
operating illegally except for possibly of getting caught of which the 
odds are extremely low.  I can't imagine a FCC inspector wandering in 
the woods or swamps full of armed sometimes trigger happy deer hunters 
where movement and noise are indications of a possible target looking to 
cite them for illegal use of radios. In my area yesterday a deer hunter 
accidently shot himself in the foot and it was Medflight time.  Last 
year one hunter shot another hunter as a deer passed between them. Two 
meter/440 mhz. ham mobiles/HTs and marine HTs/mobile radios are readily 
available at reasonable prices with PLL channel selection.  Where I live 
in central VA 99.9% of the time there are zero marine comms.  I heard 
deer hunters two days ago on 156.3000 and 156.565 mhz.

Last year only occasionally tuning across the marine band during deer 
hunting season I heard various individuals/groups on 156.2750, 156.3000, 
156.3750, 156.4250, 156.4750, 156.5500 and 157.1250 mhz. Their callsigns 
typically were their first names.  For their locations it might be "near 
the road", "by the fenceline", "at the woodline on your right", or "back 
at the truck", etc.  Often here dogs are used to flush the deer from the 
woods and swamps.

Get used to it like illegal CB operation years ago.. These type of comms 
are here to stay in the high vhf land mobile, two meter and 156-157 mhz. 
marine bands.  However, in my area there are some legitimate licensed 
users to hunt clubs and private recreational facilities available which 
include deer hunting on the property. These operations typically are in 
the 151 range and 160 mhz. range.

John

Andrew Clegg wrote:
> Unless these hunters are licensed hams, their use of 144.440 is illegal. Even if they are licensed hams, that frequency is in the satellite portion of the band and shouldn't, by convention, be used for something like hunting.
> Did the hunters give any call signs during their transmissions, by chance?
> Andy
>
>> From: djoneses at verizon.net
>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 13:49:24 -0500
>> Subject: [Scan-DC] Monitor deer hunters
>>
>>
>> I was visiting the eastern panhandle of West Virginia this week and did some
>> scanning to listen to deer hunters.  Besides the usual FRS/GMRS frequencies,
>> I monitored hunters on the following frequencies:
>>
>> 144.440
>> 154.540
>> 156.150
>> 157.030
>>
>> Anybody else scan for hunters?
>>
>> David
>>
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