It has a dual camera setup. In the daytime the camera can zoom in with great detail. It has no problem identifying the deer. At night you would have a light mounted on the drone that you will be able to shine and use the regular camera for. At night without a light mounted to the drone it would be a little more difficult.

So... how high do these things fly? Could I reach them with TSS and a turkey choke?

Oh, it could get even less fair. One guy operating the drone to see where the buck goes after leaving the corn pile and him guiding the "hunter" to where the buck goes or is heading. They have their place in the recovery area but they will be used in a bad way. Just my opinion.

Using drones for hunting is already illegal though, right?

Here is an article I've found https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.co.../22/hunters-limited-use-drones/76123386/

If you go by whats said here then yes and no. It is illegal to be in the woods using the drone while you are hunting or to tell someone already hunting where something is. Its also illegal to use them to chase animals. That being said the example in the article said you could use it to scout before hunting. From what i read there you could show up at noon scout the area and locate animals then put your drone up and go hunt. I believe there will be some changes with the increase in the capabilities of the new thermal drones. For man drives, stalking, or dog hunting it could provide a high chance opportunity to take a specific animal if you so desired. I feel like we will see some tightening up on grey areas, I don't know when it will happen but i think it will. I talked to a district offices for WMA's yesterday and they are in the process of writing rules for them. Its clearly on the radar.

As paranoid as people are about revealing information on their honey hole this ought to get real interesting when videos start hitting the book of faces showing high density properties. I bet this will creep into real estate too……If I we’re gonna buy a hunting property I don’t know that I’d buy it without first surveying it, and the neighbors, with one of these drones. There's a lot of cool uses for these things.

Deer do move around

Guessing there will be new regs coming very soon.

Nowadays, to many people have to have a bait pile and 50 cellular cameras to "hunt". These same guys will all have a thermal drone if there aren't rules against it. I'm not one for extra rules, but this is one of the reasons many of them are in place.

Could this drone recover doves in standing corn?

Get you a lab. They are much more fun to operate 😂

On a cold day probably on a summer day not likely.

Yeah, pretty unlikely. Maybe on a cloudy day. Sure would flush them though! 😂