Drones in research

[Hoytvectrix]

What's hunting/poaching going to be like when night vision costs less than the rifles they go one? Oh wait, they are.

Don't worry, your fish and game departments will come up with plenty of laws that are intended to protect the turkeys from drones. They have have jobs they want to keep and budgets they want to expand, there will be no shortage of laws and regulations.

I think this is a pretty good point about thermal scopes. People thought the sky was falling when they became more prevalent.

Drones are slightly different though. With these drones you can literally find and identify every deer. It doesn't necessarily mean a dead deer any time you see it on your property, but it would increase your chances more than any other recent technological advancement. Even cell cams have to be placed in the right spot and have the deer show up during daylight with you getting to that same spot before them again in the future. If you fly a drone during the day and see a buck bedded in a certain spot, you could hunt in that area and have a much better chance of seeing them.

With all of that said, I don't know how that would be exciting to people or whether that would equate to more people buying these types of drones if they become cheaper. I could see the trophy hunters on social media using them for sure, but the average guy or gal? Live scoping and other fish finders have certainly made it easier and the vast majority of fisherman don't use them. Hell, there is a growing trend of people not putting any trail cameras out because it reduces people's level of enjoyment of the sport.

 

[BenA]

I can see it coming. Some redneck with money is going to start doing drone deer drives.

 

[Telemark]

From what I understand there is no law on the books that would protect a landowner from another citizen parking a drone over their property 365 days a year 24 hours a day as long as they weren’t harassing them or livestock

In my opinion, parking a drone over my property is inherently harassment in and of itself.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

In my opinion, parking a drone over my property is inherently harassment in and of itself.

From my opinion baiting is unethical and should be illegal….unfortunately my opinion matters none on the law

 

[SwampCat]

Drone guy I use for spraying and planting said he has heard of some drones with rifles affixed to them. A thermal drone with AR10 would be a lethal combination.

Yes, folks could always use a thermal drone to the disadvantage of wildlife. Neighbors on both sides of me own thermal scoped rifles. I own a thermal scoped rifle, as do a couple other folks who hunt my place. We could kill every mature buck the first few days of season with our thermal scoped rifles if we wanted to - but we dont and neither do the neighbors.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Drone guy I use for spraying and planting said he has heard of some drones with rifles affixed to them. A thermal drone with AR10 would be a lethal combination.

Yes, folks could always use a thermal drone to the disadvantage of wildlife. Neighbors on both sides of me own thermal scoped rifles. I own a thermal scoped rifle, as do a couple other folks who hunt my place. We could kill every mature buck the first few days of season with our thermal scoped rifles if we wanted to - but we dont and neither do the neighbors.

To your point, I don’t steal, my neighbors on my left and right are salt of the earth types and they don’t steal…but I still lock my doors. Unfortunately it’s not the ethical one’s laws are designed for

 

[TreeDaddy]

I can see it coming. Some redneck with money is going to start doing drone deer drives.

Not on my property ,Ben

 

[Westwind]

Wonder what choke tube works best on those

 

[Turkish]

Drone guy I use for spraying and planting said he has heard of some drones with rifles affixed to them. A thermal drone with AR10 would be a lethal combination.

Yes, folks could always use a thermal drone to the disadvantage of wildlife. Neighbors on both sides of me own thermal scoped rifles. I own a thermal scoped rifle, as do a couple other folks who hunt my place. We could kill every mature buck the first few days of season with our thermal scoped rifles if we wanted to - but we dont and neither do the neighbors.

If the technology improves and the barrier to entry becomes lower, turkeys will be different. Mark my words.