Lots of states have criminal laws prohibiting obstructing or interfering with lawful hunting. Here is Washington's which makes violation a gross misdemeanor. Note at the end it says that taking action to stop hunting out of season or trespass to...
Seems pretty simple...
Drone or not, if a person were "disrupting" the hunting, you can't just shoot them bc you want to. Same if someone is taking pictures of you in a place with no expectation of privacy (generally outside) - you can't just...
Using your own quotation, it says the "activists gathered to document and disrupt..." Just as paulhackerllc mentioned, it does not explicitly state the drone was used to disrupt the hunters. Wouldn't protesters yelling and screaming with signs...
That is totally different, Duck hunters are aware of where they are doing and also they do not bird hunt around populations of people.. They do not just shoot recklessly into the air. I have no problem with bird hunters, as long as they don't do...
There should be serious consequences for anyone shooting a weapon into the air! A person that would shoot at a Drone is showing that they have absolutely no firearms training and has no business using a weapon.