I'm 127 miles from home at work and my wife calls asking about legal issues with people flying drones around the house. Apparently my boys heard something and it was a drone flying all around the house.

Now my wife is not having it. It could be looking in windows, stalking our kids, and or looking for things to steal. I told her we may have small legal issues but it it is around the house 7.5 shot should bring it down fast.

Honestly I'm not having it either. Both boys are out watching for it to come back.

It could be someone playing with their new toy but they better learn respect or they won't have that toy long because I don't know who or what their intentions are so will assume they are not good.

Anyone have any issues with things like this. It's the first time for me.

Its the Gubmint collecting intel on you.

I have not but I think I would use 6 shot.

Did it simply fly by, or did it linger and move about.
They are often used for surveying wildlife, power lines and whatnot, and a flight pattern is programmed into it. Those will just be flying buy in a straight line and maybe come back a fair distance away on a parallel path to cover a wide swath or a big grid pattern.

A new user may not realize how close they are to a home and just be experimenting. Going out and waving them off should address it if that is what is going on. Even if you don't get a chance to do that, they should quickly realize the error of their ways and not repeat. Beyond that I would be concerned and willing to use the shoot down option and/or notify LE. The LE option may be the best route depending on your situation.

It hung around a bit I from what the wife said. I was not there and that's my problem. I would have smoked it very quickly with any of the shotguns conveniently placed. I'm sure 4 buck or 00 buck would have worked well enough.

LE is more for people in town. Out on the farm we tend to handel things ourselves. LE takes to long to respond. Figure they can let me know if whoever from it is is to worried to come pick it up if they want it back.

Insurance companies use drones to inspect roofs of property they insure. But I think they would let someone know if it was obvious someone was home

You dont own the air above your house.if you shoot it down be prepared to pay after the court case.

Amazingly, Boco is probably right about something happening in America. A huge number of rural counties are using drones to explore and take pictures of properties for tax assessments. They did it here.

Keith

Congrats. You're on the list.

Here where I live you get a jury. I doubt folks would be very sympathetic if one was looking in windows or scouting for theft.

How is it a crime to shoot a piece of plastic from your own yard, above your yard, without shooting across property line?
It’s like shooting skeets. The mess stays on your yard. Anyone has a problem with that is an idiot.

Ain’t no doubt if one flies around my place , it’s gonna get the ole smoke pole fired at it.

I have no problem with this. It's no different than someone looking in my windows, they will get a load of buck shot also. This is not Canada we have the right to self defense. Besides I would love to see they try to charge an 11 or 13 year old for shooting down a drone over the house they thought was looking in the window at their mom or sister.

I don't believe the owner would come knocking wanting it back. They may send the sheriff deputies. Either way I can afford to pay for a drone. I can't afford to take chances about child predators and or thieves watching my home. Common since is not to fly that low to someones house.

You will wind up bunking with bubba like the guy that shot some girl for knocking on his door.LOL

Around here we just don't show up for our court date -- case closed.

I am going off memory from my former life a few years ago but FAA Part 107 restricts use over "populated" areas. By FAA designation, "Populated" is a person, home or automobile."

shoot my drone without a license; I probably won't get a license either.