Shoot down a drone?

Macdarack

I've noticed a drone hovering over and around my garden 2 times the last week. I'm a good shot with a sling shot, is it fair game to shoot it down? , I felt quite annoyed having a camera hovering over me.

Pinch Flat

Macdarack wrote: »

I've noticed a drone hovering over and around my garden 2 times the last week. I'm a good shot with a sling shot, is it fair game to shot on t down? , I felt quite annoyed having a camera hovering over me.

Yep. I’d Do the same if it was some clown annoying me with one over my gaff.

listermint

Shout pew pew at it.

It will fall down itself.

greencap

Odds are you'll just miss, possibly smash something unintended.

And then the two youngfellas at the controls will be extra intrigued, and go full troll.

If you do hit it they'll egg your house.

Better off going back indoors and pondering exactly why you actually give a shyte.

beertons

Safer than a bazooka. Away ya go.

Junkyard Tom

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.

Macdarack

greencap wrote: »

Odds are you'll just miss, possibly smash something unintended.

And then the two youngfellas at the controls will be extra intrigued, and go full troll.

If you do hit it they'll egg your house.

Better off going back indoors and pondering exactly why you actually give a shyte.

You own a drone?
They could be eyeing up the place for a robbery, perving?
Anyway it felt like an invasion of privacy, what if a lad pulled up outside your place and started filming? Or out your back garden?

Charles Ingles

We had same problem.
Tried a Lazer pointer first worked for a while but the fella who owned it kept acting the maggot.
Ended up borrowing a double barrel shotgun one shot took it down problem sorted

Canis Lupus

Buy a cheap drone and kamikaze it into theirs.

SEPT 23 1989

thats a social welfare drone

Macdarack

Charles Ingles wrote: »

We had same problem.
Tried a Lazer pointer first worked for a while but the fella who owned it kept acting the maggot.
Ended up borrowing a double barrel shotgun one shot took it down problem sorted

Theres a field out the back of my place so I've good clearance for shooting.

orourkeda1977

Shoot that mother f*cker

Zirconia

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.

Game over man! Game over!

goat2

I seen one of those hovering over my home about 6 months ago, and as some poster said here, they could be eyeing up the place for a robbery, I had not thought of that, there is a business operating out of my yard, and I will be taking much more notice of this in future,

Charles Ingles

Macdarack wrote: »

Theres a field out the back of my place so I've good clearance for shooting.

I live in a built up estate. But my daughter's bedroom is at the back of the house.
The drone was always flying low had her freaking out camera was always at windows .
One shot and pellets took it down it landed in neighbours garden I retrieved it brought it to Garda station told them story never heard back

Atoms for Peace

greencap wrote: »

Odds are you'll just miss, possibly smash something unintended.

And then the two youngfellas at the controls will be extra intrigued, and go full troll.

If you do hit it they'll egg your house.

Better off going back indoors and pondering exactly why you actually give a shyte.

Try throwing an egg at it, maybe scramble it's circuits.

biko

Get naked, it'll back right off.

riffmongous

Charles Ingles wrote: »

I live in a built up estate. But my daughter's bedroom is at the back of the house.
The drone was always flying low had her freaking out camera was always at windows .
One shot and pellets took it down it landed in neighbours garden I retrieved it brought it to Garda station told them story never heard back

You borrowed and fired a shotgun in a built up estate? And you told the Gardai this..

Hogzy

Charles Ingles wrote: »

We had same problem.
Tried a Lazer pointer first worked for a while but the fella who owned it kept acting the maggot.
Ended up borrowing a double barrel shotgun one shot took it down problem sorted

Sure ya did!:rolleyes:

OldMrBrennan83

They all should be taken down.

Charles Ingles

riffmongous wrote: »

You borrowed and fired a shotgun in a built up estate? And you told the Gardai this..

Yes drone was flying around my teenage daughters bedroom window.
My friend has licensed firearms he came around shot it down in one shot

Atlantic Dawn

Follow it back to base and do a dump on their doorstep.

SVI40

Charles Ingles wrote: »

My friend has licensed firearms he came around shot it down in one shot

Not for much longer if he discharged it in a built up area. And you told the Gardaí :pac:

Charles Ingles

SVI40 wrote: »

Not for much longer if he discharged it in a built up area. And you told the Gardaí :pac:

I brought drone to Garda Incase some pervert owned maybe they could trace it.
Garda wasn't that interested he just laughed and said he had no way to trace a drone

greencap

Macdarack wrote: »

You own a drone?
They could be eyeing up the place for a robbery, perving?
Anyway it felt like an invasion of privacy, what if a lad pulled up outside your place and started filming? Or out your back garden?

Well the equivalent in this case would be if he pulled up outside my place on a big wheel tricycle.

Its some kids Arnold. Relax. go inside and shout at the tv instead.

Capt'n Midnight

Hijack it.

You're nearer so your signal will be stronger.

Bio Mech

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Buy a cheap drone and kamikaze it into theirs.

That’s the trick. Attach a bit of netting to the underside of yours. Get above the other drone and drop Down onto it. Problem solved.

Snotty

Some of those catapults, the black widow type, would take one of those down fairly quickly and if there's only fields in the direction your firing, no consequences if missed.

TallGlass

Firing off a shotgun out a bedroom window. That won't freak out the neighbors.

So the neighbours contending with crasy drone man or shotgun man.

greencap

Tis my airspace fadar

sk8erboii

Bio Mech wrote: »

That’s the trick. Attach a bit of netting to the underside of yours. Get above the other drone and drop Down onto it. Problem solved.

This is some sci fi sh*t.

Larbre34

There are jammers available online and although im quite sure there are legal issues with using them, id happily defend my property with one and deal with the consequences later.

The idea of deploying a cheap interceptor drone is a good one. Keep it out of the camera line of the offender and he wouldnt know anything about it until his machine came tumbling down.

Feisar

TallGlass wrote: »

Firing off a shotgun out a bedroom window. That won't freak out the neighbors.

So the neighbours contending with crasy drone man or shotgun man.

12 bangers are loud!

jimgoose

greencap wrote: »

Odds are you'll just miss, possibly smash something unintended.

And then the two youngfellas at the controls will be extra intrigued, and go full troll.

If you do hit it they'll egg your house.

Better off going back indoors and pondering exactly why you actually give a shyte.

This is exactly why you need a .22LR minigun for these yokes:

GLaDOS

Have you considered an eagle?

banie01

I have "heard" that using an Airsoft AEG with a high rate of fire has a fairly disabling effect on most drones.

It's great fun hosing them at 600rounds per minute I've been told....

banie01

jimgoose wrote: »

This is exactly why you need a .22LR minigun for these yokes:

I don't think I've wanted anything more in my entire life!!!!!