Drone Stalking - A Modern Option?

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mchughcb said:
Law down here is you can't use drones over parks, beaches or sporting grounds. Basically any public land. How's the laws over there?
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Depends on the size of your drone. This one is fine and has the least restrictions. Well worth reading up on though before investing 👍🏻
 
palmer_mike said:
Ok, drones in general are not for me and I wouldn’t choose them to aid my stalking (I don’t feel the need) but.......

For all those that are saying it provides an unfair advantage, where do they feel it appropriate to freeze the clock of technical progression?

Do we outlaw telescopic sights, binoculars, thermal spotters, nitro cellulose powder, metallic cartridge ammunition?

we could soon be back to using flintlock muzzle loading rifles....

or we could go back further to spears arrows etc (no compound bows allowed lol)

Not sure if I’m getting my point across but I’m just asking, who has the right to freeze the March of technological progress if they are benefiting from relatively recent innovation themselves
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The clock should freeze at the point where the technology gives the hunter an unfair advantage over the prey, so it’ll vary from person to person.
For me that’s drones and maybe thermal for sport stalking, for culling and control no limits.
 
dunwater said:
The clock should freeze at the point where the technology gives the hunter an unfair advantage over the prey, so it’ll vary from person to person.
For me that’s drones and maybe thermal for sport stalking, for culling and control no limits.
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Unfair advantage? How does one decide what that is exactly?
 
sikamalc said:
Not on my watch you wouldnt.

If you can be bothered to walk the ground and get to know where your deer are and the terrain you will never make a stalker. I had a client ask me once if he could bring his drone on a booked stalk. Sure, no problem I replied, and I will bring my shotgun, to blow it out of the sky.

Drones might have their place, but not for stalking and finding deer.
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+1. A sad reflection on modern society
 
dunwater said:
The clock should freeze at the point where the technology gives the hunter an unfair advantage over the prey, so it’ll vary from person to person.
For me that’s drones and maybe thermal for sport stalking, for culling and control no limits.
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Christ we’re a long way past that.
We reached that point when we started using tools ie pointy sticks and ganged up on our pray. In Hunter gatherer times.
A spear is not exactly a fair fight. A bow or sling shot. Crossbow, traps, training dogs and riding horses.
The ship has sailed. The thing now is not the point where it is unfair. But the point at which it is not justified.
Personally I don’t think thermal is fair, nor would I use it for stalking. I think that you get to the point of taking some of the skill. And certainly to me the challenge out of stalking.
 
palmer_mike said:
Unfair advantage? How does one decide what that is exactly?
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I haven’t a clue where the boundaries are for you, and my own are flexible depending on what the goal is, if I was against the wall and trying to get numbers down fast anything up to and including 1080 poisons would be in the toolbox if allowed, along with semi auto weapons and helicopters.
But if I was “ hunting “ I’d want it to be
“ fair chase” , whatever that means.
If I took you out stalking I’d try my best to get you a chance ( same as you would) but if the only chance presented was an animal standing on the track, I’d leave it to you to choose.
I can be much snottier about other peoples choices than my own.
 
I looked at a Phantom 3 to spy deer on the hill prior to the inevitable trek, but to be quite honest, flying it at a height that would not spook the deer, the level of detail just wasn't sufficient to make it a viable tool
 
Update from Germany: fawn-spotting with IR-drones.

I refer to my earlier post #139 and a German article published this weekend. Germany’s Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture has announced subsidies worth EUR 3 million to support nationwide fawn-spotting with IR drones. Studies have shown that this technology is the most efficient and effective method to discover fawns ahead of the first cut (harvest) of meadows, to both give them a chance of survival through relocation and to prevent contamination of silage (botulism).

Over recent years, private initiatives have sprung up all over the country, but are not available in every administrative district yet, primarily due to the prohibitive cost: effective kit costs EUR 7000 or more! Local, district hunting clubs and “fawn-saving” societies can apply for support of a maximum of two drones, with the subsidy capped at 60% of the cost, with a maximum of EUR 4000 per drone. The programme starts immediately and I hope that the word gets around quickly to ensure that many more drones will be flying this May.
 
Indlovu said:
Update from Germany: fawn-spotting with IR-drones.

I refer to my earlier post #139 and a German article published this weekend. Germany’s Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture has announced subsidies worth EUR 3 million to support nationwide fawn-spotting with IR drones. Studies have shown that this technology is the most efficient and effective method to discover fawns ahead of the first cut (harvest) of meadows, to both give them a chance of survival through relocation and to prevent contamination of silage (botulism).

Over recent years, private initiatives have sprung up all over the country, but are not available in every administrative district yet, primarily due to the prohibitive cost: effective kit costs EUR 7000 or more! Local, district hunting clubs and “fawn-saving” societies can apply for support of a maximum of two drones, with the subsidy capped at 60% of the cost, with a maximum of EUR 4000 per drone. The programme starts immediately and I hope that the word gets around quickly to ensure that many more drones will be flying this May.
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What a fantastic thing!
I wonder if Bojo and Nicolai will reciprocate?
🦊🦊
 
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