Earlier this month, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission voted to approve the country’s first statewide, year-round ban on trail cameras. We asked them, why?

BYSCOTT BESTUL|PUBLISHED JUN 30, 2021 8:19 AM

• HUNTING
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The AZGF Commission says that hunter conflicts and questions of fair chase led the state to ban trail cameras entirely for hunters.Collage by Dave HurteauSHARE

If you live and hunt in the East, Midwest, or South, it’s easy to assume that Arizona’s recent trail-cam ban is a big-government overreaction to a non-issue. That was my initial take. After all, trail cameras have been a part of hunting for decades; their use is widespread and increasingly popular. And while there’s the occasional murmuring question about trail cams giving hunters an unfair edge, those queries come off as a little far fetched to many of us. If you live in Pennsylvania or Wisconsin…