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Thermal drone on roosted turkeys #4101641
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: globe] #4101662
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I heard from a guy who hunted South Florida that some of the YouTube “pros” were allegedly doing this down there on public land to find their birds. I bet the videos never mention it though.

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What's the point? I've never been that desperate or wanted to kill one that bad. The fun and challenge of figuring them out is why most people do it

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Originally Posted by ronfromramer
What's the point? I've never been that desperate or wanted to kill one that bad. The fun and challenge of figuring them out is why most people do it


The guys I heard about doing it in FL were on a 60k acre block of public land. Gotta eliminate the unproductive acres to get that footage so they can get those likes and shares.

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I think they may have just banned thermal drones on public land in Alabama....


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Here's a debate................why is using a thermal drone to locate game frowned upon but livescope is acceptable for fishing?


...aaand go


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Originally Posted by GomerPyle

Here's a debate................why is using a thermal drone to locate game frowned upon but livescope is acceptable for fishing?


...aaand go


Because I’ve never shot a turkey in the face and threw him back.

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Originally Posted by turkey247
Originally Posted by GomerPyle

Here's a debate................why is using a thermal drone to locate game frowned upon but livescope is acceptable for fishing?


...aaand go


Because I’ve never shot a turkey in the face and threw him back.


… aaand done.

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Originally Posted by Pwyse
Originally Posted by turkey247
Originally Posted by GomerPyle

Here's a debate................why is using a thermal drone to locate game frowned upon but livescope is acceptable for fishing?


...aaand go


Because I’ve never shot a turkey in the face and threw him back.


… aaand done.


Hahahahaha

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dammit......y'all are no fun grin


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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: turkey247] #4101833
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Originally Posted by turkey247
Originally Posted by GomerPyle

Here's a debate................why is using a thermal drone to locate game frowned upon but livescope is acceptable for fishing?


...aaand go


Because I’ve never shot a turkey in the face and threw him back.


LMAO


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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: ronfromramer] #4101835
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Originally Posted by ronfromramer
What's the point? I've never been that desperate or wanted to kill one that bad. The fun and challenge of figuring them out is why most people do it


It should make it easier to ease in early and shoot them off the limb.


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Well, I hate busting roosted turkeys in the dark, trying to just get to where I should be going…..but I’m not quite that desperate.

Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: turkey247] #4101961
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Originally Posted by turkey247
Originally Posted by GomerPyle

Here's a debate................why is using a thermal drone to locate game frowned upon but livescope is acceptable for fishing?


...aaand go


Because I’ve never shot a turkey in the face and threw him back.



thumbup lol


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Originally Posted by turkey247
Originally Posted by GomerPyle

Here's a debate................why is using a thermal drone to locate game frowned upon but livescope is acceptable for fishing?


...aaand go


Because I’ve never shot a turkey in the face and threw him back.

😂😂funny as hell!!


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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: CNC] #4102424
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Originally Posted by CNC
I think they may have just banned thermal drones on public land in Alabama....

correct
"Also new is the reg that makes it unlawful for any unauthorized person to launch, land or possess or use any unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/drone on a WMA without first obtaining written permission from WFF."

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Originally Posted by wew3006
Originally Posted by CNC
I think they may have just banned thermal drones on public land in Alabama....

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"Also new is the reg that makes it unlawful for any unauthorized person to launch, land or possess or use any unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/drone on a WMA without first obtaining written permission from WFF."

So launch it on private beside the wma, fly it around til you find the turkeys

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It's not that easy. Even if I know where they are roosted they are hard to find in the big pines. But I can fly all my fields on 400 acres in 10 mins and spot any birds on the field.
Here's a video from this morning.

Drone Gobblers

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Pretty neat footage Squadron77.

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I certainly don't agree with using drones to aid in killing turkeys, but that is some cool footage nonetheless.

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There's a huge debate about thermal drones and their use, and a lot of the midwest states have banned their use completely. I think Indiana overturned their ban recently due to lobbying by the Drone Deer Recovery company which I think operates in Ohio. I'm no expert on the drone thing but I did read one time that Alabama allowed people to find deer that run off after they are shot but if you get caught running game surveys or flying drones over green fields looking for stuff to sneak up on and shoot they will shut that down in a hurry. Don't know how accurate that is but it's just what I read.


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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: Squadron77] #4102858
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Originally Posted by Squadron77
It's not that easy. Even if I know where they are roosted they are hard to find in the big pines. But I can fly all my fields on 400 acres in 10 mins and spot any birds on the field.
Here's a video from this morning.

Drone Gobblers

Too cool

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Using a drone to locate birds to be hunted is crap.

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That footage is cool, and I would like to have one. However, I have a game warden friend and just the other day he was telling me about writing a ticket to a guy last year for using a drone. In Alabama it is considered hunting by aid of a vehicle (or something like that).

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I think it’s cheating tbh. At what point is it just killing and not hunting? Work hard and scout… not that hard


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Originally Posted by hosscat
That footage is cool, and I would like to have one. However, I have a game warden friend and just the other day he was telling me about writing a ticket to a guy last year for using a drone. In Alabama it is considered hunting by aid of a vehicle (or something like that).


So can you use drones while hunting in Alabama? The short answer is, it depends.

Alabama law bars hunting with the use of any “motorized conveyance” — a definition that includes vehicles, boats, ATVs and aircraft. Hunters can hunt from inside non-moving vehicles that have their motors switched off, said Kevin Dodd, chief enforcement officer for the Alabama Department of Conservation’s law enforcement division. Drones fit in a gray area, he said. Scouting with drones is allowed, Dodd said.

“We feel that if you fly a drone over your game plot before you go out hunting, that’s the same as scouting from a truck or ATV,” Dodd said. “If you want to scout to decide which area on your place you want to hunt, using a drone is allowed for the same reason, it’s the same as scouting from a truck.

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Originally Posted by Squadron77
It's not that easy. Even if I know where they are roosted they are hard to find in the big pines. But I can fly all my fields on 400 acres in 10 mins and spot any birds on the field.
Here's a video from this morning.

Drone Gobblers


Very cool but I can see why making them illegal outside of research is necessary!


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Very cool footage and also great looking property. To have that many nice gobblers on 400 acres is pretty good. Where I hunt your would be lucky to kill a couple off that size place each year.

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Originally Posted by Gobble4me757
I think it’s cheating tbh. At what point is it just killing and not hunting? Work hard and scout… not that hard

Sure it is. These types are only in it for the post, likes, subscribes. Cheating is the fastest and easiest way to a success picture to look cool on facebook

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Originally Posted by sasquatch1
Originally Posted by Gobble4me757
I think it’s cheating tbh. At what point is it just killing and not hunting? Work hard and scout… not that hard

Sure it is. These types are only in it for the post, likes, subscribes. Cheating is the fastest and easiest way to a success picture to look cool on facebook


Don't be so jealous. If your riding down the road and see a gobbler blown up in the edge of a field that you can hunt you stop and go after him. Is that cheating? I don't need a drone to kill a gobbler but it is cool. I know all the roost trees on my 400 acres and know how they travel to the fields and all the setup spot around my fields. I'm 65 years old and I killed more animals off this property than I can count. I put in the hard work with planting, burning and trapping year round and walked over 2 miles Saturday scouting for birds. I don't post deer or turkey pics on facebook and hardly post anything. I've already said I have no plans to kill a gobbler this year and only plan on taking other people so they can get a chance at killing one. I did draw a quota hunt at LBL in Kentucky so I may have to revise that statement to just Alabama.

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Originally Posted by gobbler
Originally Posted by Squadron77
It's not that easy. Even if I know where they are roosted they are hard to find in the big pines. But I can fly all my fields on 400 acres in 10 mins and spot any birds on the field.
Here's a video from this morning.

Drone Gobblers


Very cool but I can see why making them illegal outside of research is necessary!

Not much different than a game cam on a field you can tell to take a picture anytime you like to see of turkeys are out

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Originally Posted by Ben2
Originally Posted by gobbler
Originally Posted by Squadron77
It's not that easy. Even if I know where they are roosted they are hard to find in the big pines. But I can fly all my fields on 400 acres in 10 mins and spot any birds on the field.
Here's a video from this morning.

Drone Gobblers


Very cool but I can see why making them illegal outside of research is necessary!

Not much different than a game cam on a field you can tell to take a picture anytime you like to see of turkeys are out


Sure, if that camera had wings and thermal imaging it wouldnt be any different


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I can't wait until I can shoot one in the face directly from the thermal drone

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I’ve heard game wardens are utilizing drones to fly over people’s property to look for feeders during turkey season as well.

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Originally Posted by chevydude2015
I’ve heard game wardens are utilizing drones to fly over people’s property to look for feeders during turkey season as well.

Lazy bastages!!!! I don’t feed turkeys nor do I have any feeders but I still feel strongly about my statement.

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Originally Posted by Ridge Life
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I’ve heard game wardens are utilizing drones to fly over people’s property to look for feeders during turkey season as well.

Lazy bastages!!!! I don’t feed turkeys nor do I have any feeders but I still feel strongly about my statement.

Feeders stand out easily with the thermal camera but you can't tell if they have corn in them.

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If you got to use drones to roost turkeys…..

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Originally Posted by Ridge Life
Originally Posted by chevydude2015
I’ve heard game wardens are utilizing drones to fly over people’s property to look for feeders during turkey season as well.

Lazy bastages!!!! I don’t feed turkeys nor do I have any feeders but I still feel strongly about my statement.

Feeders stand out easily with the thermal camera but you can't tell if they have corn in them.


Correct. But they can hover close to the ground around feeder to see if its putting out any corn.

I don't approve of baiting turkeys but there's something that doesn't sit right with me about the government flying drones all over my property looking for something for no reason.

Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: globe] #4103267
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If they can fly drones, anyone can. Good for the goose, etc

There is zero difference between a game camera and a drone, except for quibbling over it being a more useful platform than a tree: the results/purpose/capabilities of camera technology is the same….the only difference is where the camera is mounted. Imagery doesn’t care about its platform, it just takes images. IF you aren’t hunting with electronic enhancement imagery devices, then I don’t understand the problem, OR why AL has such an issue with mere possession while hunting. They’re useful in a myriad of ways for safety and game recovery. If they aren’t capable of being weapon mounted or used as a sight, they aren’t gonna enable you to kill any turkey or deer you wouldn’t be able to kill without one. Sure, you can see stuff you might not have seen before, but you still couldn’t kill it. I’ve proven that on many occasions. How many of you would like to KNOW a deer is down and dead, before leaving it overnight to ruin, or calling out a tracking dog for no reason?….or would like to be able just to walk to or from your vehicle without running off the 47 deer between your truck and your stand?….or find a dog, lost person, etc before it gets truly out of hand? You’ll have folks that abuse anything, but the rest shouldn’t forego their own safety/convenience over those types. What if you’ve got a day to put $ down on a turkey or other lease, and can’t scout it much? A drone ‘survey’ one night for roosted birds might be the difference between some big wasted $, or a good deal. Just some thoughts. If they’re the devil to you, go to your own church. They DO have legitimate purposes, and I think the state should give wardens thermals…for their own safety, if nothing else. Will a few of them abuse them? Likely. They’re just human beings like the rest of us.

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Its cheating plain and simple


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Originally Posted by Gobble4me757
I think it’s cheating tbh. At what point is it just killing and not hunting? Work hard and scout… not that hard


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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: ALMODUX] #4103380
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Originally Posted by ALMODUX
If they can fly drones, anyone can. Good for the goose, etc

There is zero difference between a game camera and a drone, except for quibbling over it being a more useful platform than a tree: the results/purpose/capabilities of camera technology is the same….the only difference is where the camera is mounted. Imagery doesn’t care about its platform, it just takes images. IF you aren’t hunting with electronic enhancement imagery devices, then I don’t understand the problem, OR why AL has such an issue with mere possession while hunting. They’re useful in a myriad of ways for safety and game recovery. If they aren’t capable of being weapon mounted or used as a sight, they aren’t gonna enable you to kill any turkey or deer you wouldn’t be able to kill without one. Sure, you can see stuff you might not have seen before, but you still couldn’t kill it. I’ve proven that on many occasions. How many of you would like to KNOW a deer is down and dead, before leaving it overnight to ruin, or calling out a tracking dog for no reason?….or would like to be able just to walk to or from your vehicle without running off the 47 deer between your truck and your stand?….or find a dog, lost person, etc before it gets truly out of hand? You’ll have folks that abuse anything, but the rest shouldn’t forego their own safety/convenience over those types. What if you’ve got a day to put $ down on a turkey or other lease, and can’t scout it much? A drone ‘survey’ one night for roosted birds might be the difference between some big wasted $, or a good deal. Just some thoughts. If they’re the devil to you, go to your own church. They DO have legitimate purposes, and I think the state should give wardens thermals…for their own safety, if nothing else. Will a few of them abuse them? Likely. They’re just human beings like the rest of us.


Damn bud, you must work or own a drone manufacturer. You got real bent out of shape over that.

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Its cheating but not much different than cell cameras. Technology is alot more dangerous to turkeys than it is deer for sure.

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Originally Posted by CNC
Its cheating plain and simple


Yeah...100%, I have never been that desperate to kill a turkey or deer......

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I love how the same people on here "it's cheating, it's cheating" also think it's totally normal to just go hunt and kill turkey's whenever you want to no matter the season.

Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: hallb] #4103604
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Originally Posted by hallb
I love how the same people on here "it's cheating, it's cheating" also think it's totally normal to just go hunt and kill turkey's whenever you want to no matter the season.


How many you think does that? I know when I was a kid it wasnt to out of the ordinary to see a turkey brought in during deer season. But I havent seen if done in the last 30 years. Im sure it happens but do not think it happens often these days.

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Very cool videos.


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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: sw1002] #4103629
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Originally Posted by sw1002
Originally Posted by ALMODUX
If they can fly drones, anyone can. Good for the goose, etc

There is zero difference between a game camera and a drone, except for quibbling over it being a more useful platform than a tree: the results/purpose/capabilities of camera technology is the same….the only difference is where the camera is mounted. Imagery doesn’t care about its platform, it just takes images. IF you aren’t hunting with electronic enhancement imagery devices, then I don’t understand the problem, OR why AL has such an issue with mere possession while hunting. They’re useful in a myriad of ways for safety and game recovery. If they aren’t capable of being weapon mounted or used as a sight, they aren’t gonna enable you to kill any turkey or deer you wouldn’t be able to kill without one. Sure, you can see stuff you might not have seen before, but you still couldn’t kill it. I’ve proven that on many occasions. How many of you would like to KNOW a deer is down and dead, before leaving it overnight to ruin, or calling out a tracking dog for no reason?….or would like to be able just to walk to or from your vehicle without running off the 47 deer between your truck and your stand?….or find a dog, lost person, etc before it gets truly out of hand? You’ll have folks that abuse anything, but the rest shouldn’t forego their own safety/convenience over those types. What if you’ve got a day to put $ down on a turkey or other lease, and can’t scout it much? A drone ‘survey’ one night for roosted birds might be the difference between some big wasted $, or a good deal. Just some thoughts. If they’re the devil to you, go to your own church. They DO have legitimate purposes, and I think the state should give wardens thermals…for their own safety, if nothing else. Will a few of them abuse them? Likely. They’re just human beings like the rest of us.


Damn bud, you must work or own a drone manufacturer. You got real bent out of shape over that.


I have zero dogs in this fight. I just offered some observations vs just attacking any messenger. If I wanted to just take that easy road, I could’ve noted how some of this all just sounds like a bunch of Karens whining about how others choose to pursue their own business…..but I didn’t. I just posted some observations that anyone is welcome to argue or refute. If merely scouting with a drone is cheating, then firearms probably are, too…..in some sort of warped POV. wink

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Cheating is cheating......Might as well just be baiting them in with scratch feed


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anything other than a self made bow and arrows is cheating.....


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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: Bulls eye] #4103728
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Originally Posted by Bulls eye
If you got to use drones to roost turkeys…..

The same short ducks are using livescope to stroke their ego..

Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: chevydude2015] #4104092
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Originally Posted by chevydude2015
Originally Posted by Squadron77
Originally Posted by Ridge Life
Originally Posted by chevydude2015
I’ve heard game wardens are utilizing drones to fly over people’s property to look for feeders during turkey season as well.

Lazy bastages!!!! I don’t feed turkeys nor do I have any feeders but I still feel strongly about my statement.

Feeders stand out easily with the thermal camera but you can't tell if they have corn in them.


Correct. But they can hover close to the ground around feeder to see if its putting out any corn.

I don't approve of baiting turkeys but there's something that doesn't sit right with me about the government flying drones all over my property looking for something for no reason.


I will be destroying ANY unauthorized equipment on my property immediately and without delay if I feel as though it threatens me or mine. We can work it out in court later if the Wardens (or anyone else) want to try to pin me for destroying their equipment.

Wanna fly/walk/drive/jump/swim/cartwheel/skip across or over my property by yourself or with the aide of any such equipment? Fine with me, idc. I am a pretty warm/welcoming guy... but you better identify yourself first.

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I love to turkey hunt, just ain’t worth a crap at it. I could use drones, radar, tracking gps or a bazooka and still would have trouble getting on a bird!!


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I don't own a drone but would like to have one. Just curious after reading a lot of points in this post. I have heard of people seeing game in front of their cell cameras and then leaving the house to pursue the bird that just popped up on their camera. That would not excite me in the least, especially if it is just an ambush hunt. But, I am just as guilty as the next guy of pulling up to a gas line, power line right of way, or big field and glassing for a late morning strutter and then making a plan for trying to get in front of him and calling him in. In that case I see it as replacing my hand held binoculars with a drone. Arguing with myself over whether or not that is different.


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Those things are pretty dang cool and it would be hard to hide from one for sure. My buddy out in ok has a nice one and tracks deer or whatever else you’re looking for with one. I was out there getting a load of cows last November and we all ended up going to the casino that night and having a big time. About the time we’d all had our fill a fella called my buddy and said he’d shot a giant and wanted him to bring his drone to track it. I was excited to see one of these giant Oklahoma bucks they always talk about out there. Well we pull through a neighborhood and the fella who shot him is standing in his driveway in a culdesac. My buddy puts that drone in the air and that fella is explaining where he shot the buck and what direction he ran. Sure enough there’s a heat signature that looks like a deer about 200 yards away from us and across one of those deep ditches they have out there. So my buddy, from Hackleburg, and I take off after it and with guidance from the drone we start slipping up on where that buck was supposed to be laying. The “buck” ended up being a wall section of insulation like you would use for a walk in freezer or such. It was picking up the heat trapped in the insulation. I was a lot less impressed climbing back across that ditch at 4am

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There’s a lot of difference in that type of drone and a camera. You can see anything that gives off heat over hundreds of acres of land especially at night. Bad medicine for coyotes/hogs

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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: Squadron77] #4171584
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Which drone do you have? Any pros/cons? I'm thinking of picking one up. Want to use it to scout my land along with large tracts of public in the off season to narrow things down.

To me everything is basically a spectrum of increasing efficiency... people moaning about drones often have no problem with a cell camera or scoped rifle.

Personally I think the state should reduce bag limits and who cares how you get your deer if you're not disturbing others.
Ban them during WMA gun hunts but the rest of the year the WMAs are very uncrowded in my experience.

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Originally Posted by RandanAL

Personally I think the state should reduce bag limits and who cares how you get your deer if you're not disturbing others.
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Being able to night hunt would sure make it a lot easier to go after those nocturnal bucks.....


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Being able to night hunt would sure make it a lot easier to go after those nocturnal bucks.....


I'm talking about technological advancement in scouting - not hunting out of season or night.

The same people bitching about drones see no problem using ONX and GPS navigation while riding a quad to a shooting house with a lil buddy heater sitting over a corn pile or a green field with a tripod and 20x scope using a network of motion detecting trail cameras connected to cell towers sending them a stream of infared photos over the internet telling them the same deer is showing up at 7am on a daily basis the week before they decide to hunt.

It's old men yelling at clouds.

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It all just makes it easier to kill one whether its night hunting or technological advancements……How easy do you want to make it??


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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys [Re: CNC] #4171763
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Originally Posted by CNC
It all just makes it easier to kill one whether its night hunting or technological advancements……How easy do you want to make it??

If the goal is to make hunting more difficult, the first thing to ban would be firearms.

However, that's not generally the goal of people who are against these tools. It's more of a "it makes scouting more efficient in a way I don't like". Hence, old men yelling at clouds.

I'm also fine with creating rules around not impacting the enjoyment of others i.e. no flying on the day of a WMA gun hunt, for example.

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