radios and deer hunting

[framenhunt]

Is there any laws on deer hunters using hand held radios to communicate, where we hunt there is no cell reception. somebody told us they were illegal to use, Ive never seen or heard of this law before

[morrison]

Upon further research, I am editing this response as of November 21, 2018. The Indiana Administrative Code restricts a person from using an infrared sensor to locate or take a deer. It also restricts the possession or use of an electronic deer call. The Indiana Code restricts the use of "drones" for a specified period before and through the end of a species hunting season. The Indiana Code and Indiana Administrative Code pertaining to these topics are listed below. Neither the Indiana Code or the Indiana Administrative Code restricts the use of radios while deer hunting.

I apologize if my earlier response resulted in any confusion.


(h) An individual must not use infrared sensors to locate or take deer. An individual must not hunt or retrieve deer with the aid of an infrared detector.
(i) An individual must not possess or use an electronic deer call while hunting deer.

IC 14-22-6-16Use of unmanned aerial vehicles to aid hunting

Sec. 16. (a) This section does not apply to the following:

(1) The department or the department's designee.

(2) Employees or agents of a governmental entity while performing official duties.

(3) Employees or agents of an educational or research institution acting for bona fide educational or scientific purposes.

(4) Use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to assist, provide care for, or provide veterinary treatment to a specific wild animal.

(5) Use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor areas of agricultural production or to monitor nuisance wild animals.

(b) As used in this section, "take" means to:

(1) kill, shoot, spear, harm, catch for the purpose of killing, trap for the purpose of killing, or pursue for the purpose of killing a wild animal; or

(2) attempt to engage in conduct under subdivision (1).

(c) During the period:

(1) beginning fourteen (14) days before the hunting season for a particular wild animal species; and

(2) ending upon the expiration of legal hunting hours on the last day of the hunting season;

a person may not knowingly use an unmanned aerial vehicle (as defined by IC 35-31.5-2-342.3) to search for, scout, locate, or detect a wild animal to which the hunting season applies as an aid to take the wild animal.