Drone-target hunting/shooting system

A target-shooting simulation system for simulating hunting, the target shooting simulation system comprising:

• a plurality of flight-capable drones, each including a global positioning system (GPS) unit to obtain GPS coordinates of the drone during flight and a drone control unit to transmit the GPS coordinates;
• a first replica firearm including a trigger, firearm GPS unit, motion and orientation sensors;
• and
• a master control unit to:
• transmit flight control instructions to each of the drones to cause the drones to fly along respective flight paths without colliding to simulate live hunting targets:
• receive the GPS coordinates transmitted by the drone control unit of each of the drones as the drones fly along their respective flight paths;
• obtain GPS coordinates, orientation and motion information with respect to the first replica firearm from the firearm GPS unit, orientation and motion sensors, respectively;
• detect actuation of the trigger of the first replica firearm;
• and
• in response to detecting actuation of the trigger, determine, based on the GPS coordinates of the drones and the GPS coordinates, orientation and motion information with respect to the first replica firearm as aimed by a user, whether a trajectory of a theoretical shot fired by the first replica firearm at time of the trigger actuation will intercept any one or more of the drones as the drones fly along their respective flight paths.