lol. Like I said in an earlier post, been around the thermal equipped drone usage, and tried to use a good quality drone w/o thermal for potential scouting. It wasn't all that, for sure, but I do 100% agree thermal drones/scopes could be effectively used for illegal hunting at night. Thermal drone worked great for hogs, and we saw some deer, but it didn't take long to understand those deer we saw weren't going to just stand there and let us get close. I'm not downplaying, but I just didn't see alot of advantage when it comes to using this to try to take a deer. I imagine I could speak for all of us on this site when saying: I go to the woods to tune into nature, and you can't do that staring at a tablet.
With the expense involved, and the dedication it takes to figure all this tech out and then put it to use, I'd venture to say that your typical poacher is not going to come from the hunting side of the equation. It's likely going to be a wealthy person who's way into technology, who later segways on to use these skills to poach.