[demopolite]

One question: What happens to the animal? I see that taxidermy and processing are available at extra charge, but what happens to the animal if the person does not want it after killing it? Where does the meat go? If it is not used, then this is as bad as poaching to me. Don't kill anything you don't plan to eat has always been my motto.

On one hand, this does both disturbing and sad. Disturbing because it is so clinical for the shooter and does not make them actually experience the death of the animal (think back to your first deer...you know the feeling I'm talking about.) Sad because hunting is a total experience, not just shooting something. Ask the deer hunter who sat perfectly still in her stand for 30 minutes waiting to get a good shot of that buck. Or ask the turkey hunter who gets up at 2:00 a.m. every day during turkey season...and who doesn't even hear a gobble most mornings. Somehow, being able to sit in your Lazyboy and shoot a animal feels like cheating.

On the other hand, I do see valid applications of the technology for the disabled. Several organizations help the disabled experience hunting, and remote gun technology could bring the sport to even more people. But again, it seems that total remote access negates that purpose. Instead, perhaps we could apply the technology to making remote controlled guns that could be operated by quadraplegics and other disabled persons while IN the field.

Just some thoughts.