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Thermal Drone Deer Census #4280409
02/04/25 01:48 PM
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Wouldn’t it be pretty easy now for the DCNR to do some kind of thermal drone density census for each county??


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Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280414
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Not over my place. Drones ain't welcome.


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Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280416
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Originally Posted by CNC
Wouldn’t it be pretty easy now for the DCNR to do some kind of thermal drone density census for each county??

That would be fine by me, long as I know when they're doing it so it doesn't mysteriously get shot down


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Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: DGAMBLER] #4280419
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Originally Posted by DGAMBLER
Originally Posted by CNC
Wouldn’t it be pretty easy now for the DCNR to do some kind of thermal drone density census for each county??

That would be fine by me, long as I know when they're doing it so it doesn't mysteriously get shot down


I would think you would have enough willing participants to get plenty of samples from


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Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280421
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No it’s not easy. Actually very time consuming

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280431
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Between the coosa and cahaba
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Negative.. the ADNR would have to admit that the deer population is more like a half a million rather than one million +.

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I don't know about easy.

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280448
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They don't have helicopters no more ?????

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280469
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Originally Posted by CNC
Wouldn’t it be pretty easy now for the DCNR to do some kind of thermal drone density census for each county??


There are 16 other species designated as game animals. Why just deer? The adcnr is responsible for setting seasons and bag limits for all of them.

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: !shiloh!] #4280470
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Originally Posted by !shiloh!
Negative.. the ADNR would have to admit that the deer population is more like a half a million rather than one million +.

Exactly.

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: Frankie] #4280475
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Originally Posted by Frankie
They don't have helicopters no more ?????

The cost to run a helicopter or a drone for any amount of time is a vast price difference



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Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: Rock1] #4280507
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Originally Posted by Rock1
Originally Posted by CNC
Wouldn’t it be pretty easy now for the DCNR to do some kind of thermal drone density census for each county??


There are 16 other species designated as game animals. Why just deer? The adcnr is responsible for setting seasons and bag limits for all of them.


Sounds like something Eddie would say......Hmmmm.... grin


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Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: Bustinbeards] #4280511
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Originally Posted by Bustinbeards
Originally Posted by Frankie
They don't have helicopters no more ?????

The cost to run a helicopter or a drone for any amount of time is a vast price difference



So ,

Fill it up fly it in a straight line gather info . Why fly around and around one small spot .

Long run drones be the worst of the two. Chopper cover more ground faster .



Imo its all a waste of money.

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Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280531
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Choppers can’t hover above a deer without spooking them, zoom in the camera, and see if it is a buck or doe. Or they might could, but I would think it would be really hard with the typical canopy Alabama has.

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280550
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It would be very expensive to get any meaningful data. It would have to be done for years to have any data to compare. Then what to do with all that data? Something would have to be done to justify the cost even if it makes no sense.

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: Pwyse] #4280624
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Originally Posted by Pwyse
Choppers can’t hover above a deer without spooking them, zoom in the camera, and see if it is a buck or doe. Or they might could, but I would think it would be really hard with the typical canopy Alabama has.





To see if its a buck or doe ? Thats f$cking laughable . That is not even thinkable.

By the time they completed the survey the survey would be useless . Lol

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280626
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What the dumb asses should have done before they rammed the worthless game check on us they should sent out 50,000 or 75,000 more survey letters out to hunters with better questions.

And spent a little money pushing it .


It's just bs bs and more bs and so many hunters just fall for it . I guess we hunters can pay just a few more dollars to pay for the survey , it just a few more dollars.

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: Frankie] #4280780
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Originally Posted by Frankie
Originally Posted by Pwyse
Choppers can’t hover above a deer without spooking them, zoom in the camera, and see if it is a buck or doe. Or they might could, but I would think it would be really hard with the typical canopy Alabama has.





To see if its a buck or doe ? Thats f$cking laughable . That is not even thinkable.

By the time they completed the survey the survey would be useless . Lol


Well Frankie that’s what drone surveys do so no it’s not laughable, it is reality.

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: CNC] #4280784
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Drone surveys are a great snapshot of an exact number of a deer on a property at a given time. You can indeed get buck:doe ratios, ages and fawn recruitment as long as you have a good operator who can identify deer. The zooming capabilities of these drones is unbelievable.

Re: Thermal Drone Deer Census [Re: Mbrock] #4280857
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Originally Posted by Mbrock
Drone surveys are a great snapshot of an exact number of a deer on a property at a given time. You can indeed get buck:doe ratios, ages and fawn recruitment as long as you have a good operator who can identify deer. The zooming capabilities of these drones is unbelievable.




But do it state wide ?

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