Drone deer recovery

[Randle]

Going down the rabbit hole of Youtube I stumbled onto this.
I have never heard of it.
Its crazy what they have recovered.
What are your thoughts about this tech?

 

[hobbes]

I definitely can't argue with it's effectiveness. We use drones at work more and more, including thermal imaging. The videos are cool to watch.

If its legal, I would use it if normal tracking wasn't working but l wonder about the misuse of the tech. Where does this lead us to besides a dead buck?

I can't imagine having a crew of buddies following me to a buck I'd shot, hollering and laughing (a couple videos of his). If it took a drone to recover, it's clear that something went to crap.

At least a couple recoveries are deer that were hit well and should have been easily recovered if the hunter had even a tiny bit of tracking skills.

 

[LCsmith]

Did you see how much it cost? Surprising that people pay that much especially for deer that looked like they would be easily tracked. Any idea how much a drone with thermal cost? Might be a good business opportunity lol

Deer Recovery

Don't risk bumping your deer by going in after it on foot or with a tracking dog. Instead - hire a thermal drone pilot to locate your buck carcass or other game animal with a thermal drones.

www.dronedeerrecovery.com

 

[Drenalin]

Did you see how much it cost? Surprising that people pay that much especially for deer that looked like they would be easily tracked. Any idea how much a drone with thermal cost? Might be a good business opportunity lol

Deer Recovery

Don't risk bumping your deer by going in after it on foot or with a tracking dog. Instead - hire a thermal drone pilot to locate your buck carcass or other game animal with a thermal drones.

www.dronedeerrecovery.com

My guess is that people who would pay $450+ for someone to recover their deer would also pay an extraction fee. Say $250 to gut, skin, quarter, and pack. Additional fees for caping, and maybe some kind of mileage fee based on how far it needs to be packed out.

 

[EdP]

In Va, and I suspect many other states, using a drone as an aid in hunting is illegal. Kind of like how you can't fly and hunt on the same day in Alaska. So, if you shoot a deer and then use a drone to find it, and it isn't dead, what do you do? It's not legal to go shoot it again because that would be hunting with the use of a drone.

 

[MallardSX2]

Some of you may agree with me or disagree with me but I'll leave a deer laying in the woods before I utilize this service.

I'm drawing the line at my own personal ability to either track a deer or let a deer tracking dog find the deer. If neither of those can find the deer, then I didn't deserve it. Too much digital Bull$shit is being incorporated into hunting.

 

[cuttiebrownbow]

This is the future of Youtube hunters scouting areas. As far as recoveries go... Effective? Yes. Ethical? Yes, if not abused. Legal? Most states I would assume it's a no and will not be in the foreseeable future.

My dogs do just fine tracking deer, my youngest had three tracks this year that would never have been found without the use of a dog (or perhaps a drone).

And I don't charge anything...

 

[SuperDUECE22]

Some of you may agree with me or disagree with me but I'll leave a deer laying in the woods before I utilize this service.

I'm drawing the line at my own personal ability to either track a deer or let a deer tracking dog find the deer. If neither of those can find the deer, then I didn't deserve it. Too much digital Bull$shit is being incorporated into hunting.

safe to assume you don't use a rangefinder then? If your personal ability can't range an animal i sure hope you are not using this digital bull$hit !

 

[hobbes]

Did you see how much it cost? Surprising that people pay that much especially for deer that looked like they would be easily tracked. Any idea how much a drone with thermal cost? Might be a good business opportunity lol

Deer Recovery

Don't risk bumping your deer by going in after it on foot or with a tracking dog. Instead - hire a thermal drone pilot to locate your buck carcass or other game animal with a thermal drones.

www.dronedeerrecovery.com

I'm guessing he's 20,000 plus and likely uses it for other purposes. I think he has a video that says $20,000 drone stopped working. There are definitely cheaper models but I don't think he's running a cheaper models.

 

[Jbxl20]

I just saw 2 of these drone videos on Christmas Day. It is definitely interesting to watch. In Both videos the deer were still alive. I’ve lost/ not been able to recover deer and it sucks but I don’t think I would feel satisfied paying someone else to find my deer with a drone. Legal or not

 

[robby denning]

In Va, and I suspect many other states, using a drone as an aid in hunting is illegal. Kind of like how you can't fly and hunt on the same day in Alaska. So, if you shoot a deer and then use a drone to find it, and it isn't dead, what do you do? It's not legal to go shoot it again because that would be hunting with the use of a drone.

exactly what I was thinking. I'd be on the phone with the warden before trying anything like this.

 

[Thess87]

He has said 21000k for the drone and if I remember he has 5-6k for the add ons. If used correctly I’d be 100% for it. Leaving a deer lay before using this seems kinda silly. But everyone’s got there limits.

 

[FLATHEAD]

We are devolving as hunters.
No woodsman skills required.
SMH.

 

[Randle]

Alot of what has been said were my exact thoughts.
Has it really come to this.
Follow up, blood trail, back out, use the skills needed to finish what we start when we squeeze the trigger.
I could not use this as a tool to shortcut or replace what I have learned in the last 50 years of hunting.

 

[SuperDUECE22]

Some of you may agree with me or disagree with me but I'll leave a deer laying in the woods before I utilize this service.

I'm drawing the line at my own personal ability to either track a deer or let a deer tracking dog find the deer. If neither of those can find the deer, then I didn't deserve it. Too much digital Bull$shit is being incorporated into hunting.

came across a post of yours earlier today in another thread where you said something along the lines of you wouldn't sit in a Tree stand anymore without your heated socks & heated vest. I guess it's a good thing you don't draw a line at your personal ability to hunt in cold weather without the use electric heated clothing. Some would say that if you can't sit out in a stand without the fancy high tech socks & vest then you don't deserve the animals these technological advancements are helping you harvest.

 

[MallardSX2]

came across a post of yours earlier today in another thread where you said something along the lines of you wouldn't sit in a Tree stand anymore without your heated socks & heated vest. I guess it's a good thing you don't draw a line at your personal ability to hunt in cold weather without the use electric heated clothing. Some would say that if you can't sit out in a stand without the fancy high tech socks & vest then you don't deserve the animals these technological advancements are helping you harvest.

Dude, are you some kind of stalker or something? Seriously?

I mean, I didn’t even reply to your first shit stain comment back to me so I guess I’ll reply to this one.

It’s quite simple , I’m just another hypocrite internet hunter.. There. You happy?

Now buzz off and go creep on someone else.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Yeah…so…back to the drone thing…how loud are they? Every one I have seen is LOUD to fairly loud. Would likely scare a lot of animals from the area. I guess less of a concern if your deer is down. Screw the other hunters I guess.

also…going out on a limb a bit…with all the Tickets people get for “Intent” it seems like some warden could say you intended to scout or spot with your tracking drone.

 

[MallardSX2]

I’m a certified sUAS pilot. They arnt that loud but I wouldn’t want one flying around me while I was trying to hunt.

 

[FLATHEAD]

I had one of them things shadowing me while I was fishing once.
Stopped fishing to put on a heavier lure with trebles and was gonna
mess that thing up,,,,,they saw my intentions and buzzed off.

 

[Erict]

NY allows the use of leashed tracking dogs to recover deer. There are well written RULES they must follow, including obtaining a permit from DEC, notifying local ECO when they are going out, etc. If someone wanted to to this with drones in NY, I think it could go rather smoothly using the same RULES for tracking dogs. (In general, these trackers in NY do so on a VOLUNTEER basis and cannot charge, though they do accept donations).