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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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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 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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: globe]
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03/15/24 01:16 PM
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I think they may have just banned thermal drones on public land in Alabama....
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: globe]
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03/15/24 02:20 PM
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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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: GomerPyle]
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03/15/24 02:35 PM
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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
Because I’ve never shot a turkey in the face and threw him back.
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: turkey247]
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03/15/24 02:36 PM
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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?
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Because I’ve never shot a turkey in the face and threw him back. … aaand done.
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: Pwyse]
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03/15/24 02:41 PM
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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
Because I’ve never shot a turkey in the face and threw him back. … aaand done. Hahahahaha
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: turkey247]
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03/15/24 04:47 PM
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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
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]
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03/15/24 04:52 PM
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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 It should make it easier to ease in early and shoot them off the limb.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: turkey247]
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03/16/24 01:02 PM
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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?
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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]
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03/16/24 08:14 PM
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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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: wew3006]
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03/17/24 07:13 AM
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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." So launch it on private beside the wma, fly it around til you find the turkeys
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: globe]
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03/17/24 07:20 AM
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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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: globe]
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03/18/24 04:59 AM
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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]
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03/18/24 05:17 AM
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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 GobblersToo cool
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: globe]
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03/18/24 07:17 AM
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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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: hosscat]
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03/18/24 07:29 AM
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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). 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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: Squadron77]
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03/18/24 07:32 AM
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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 GobblersVery cool but I can see why making them illegal outside of research is necessary!
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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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 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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: sasquatch1]
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03/18/24 01:03 PM
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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 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. troll on brother...
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: gobbler]
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03/18/24 01:39 PM
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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 GobblersVery 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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/18/24 02:23 PM
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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 GobblersVery 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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: chevydude2015]
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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.
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/18/24 03:21 PM
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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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
[Re: Squadron77]
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03/18/24 05:40 PM
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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. 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.
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/18/24 06:22 PM
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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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[Re: globe]
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Its cheating plain and simple
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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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. Damn bud, you must work or own a drone manufacturer. You got real bent out of shape over that.
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[Re: hallb]
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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. 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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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. 
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/19/24 02:53 PM
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Cheating is cheating......Might as well just be baiting them in with scratch feed
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/19/24 03:37 PM
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anything other than a self made bow and arrows is cheating.....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/19/24 05:35 PM
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If you got to use drones to roost turkeys….. The same short ducks are using livescope to stroke their ego..
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/20/24 10:38 AM
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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. 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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/22/24 07:11 AM
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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!!
If at first you dont succeed, You may not want to try parachuting
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/22/24 12:18 PM
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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.
Don't give up, don't ever give up!
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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03/23/24 02:49 AM
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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
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07/28/24 01:04 PM
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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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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07/28/24 01:21 PM
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Personally I think the state should reduce bag limits and who cares how you get your deer if you're not disturbing others.
. Being able to night hunt would sure make it a lot easier to go after those nocturnal bucks.....
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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07/28/24 01:47 PM
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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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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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07/28/24 02:26 PM
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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??
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Thermal drone on roosted turkeys
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07/28/24 08:37 PM
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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?? 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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