Just when you think you have heard it all... here comes internet hunting. I'm not talking a video game. I mean point and click and kill a real animal. Now I'm not against hunting but I do think you should have to leave the house to do it.
Here is how the lazy hunter does it. Track the blackbuck antelope through the Texas hill country brush. Sight the target through the rifle's scope as it stops to feed. Rest the crosshairs just behind the buck's shoulders for the killing shot. Ready. Aim. Click. A Remington .30-06 rifle fires the shot, but the hunter is miles away, sitting behind a computer, watching the antelope on the monitor and using the mouse to pull the trigger.
Live-Shot.com is the only known cyber-hunting site in the country. It's not cheap to hunt barbary sheep, wild hogs, red stags or blackbuck antelope from the comfort of the family room. Besides the $14.95 membership fee, there's a $1,000 animal stocking fee, $300 for each two-hour hunt and $75 for additional hours, $235 in taxidermy and meat-processing fees, and a Texas hunting license, which, as in many states, is available online. Of course, shipping and handling are extra.
Live-Shot takes place on 200-plus acres of land north of San Antonio. Live-Shot's rifle is mounted and attached to a small motor, three video cameras and anactuator similar to ones used in car door locks. The actuator is attached to a wire that pulls the trigger when the mouse is clicked.
Tuesday, the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee sent a bill to the House that would ban Internet hunting in the state. Lawmakers in another 19 states are pushing like-minded legislation.
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