Drone Stalking - A Modern Option?

[bogtrotter]

We all who have been pro stalkers have had to do these things Boggy, and I'm sorry if I have caused the chap offence by calling him a Phillistine (quite mild really). I just don't think it's the right thing to spout off about in that way (8 out of 10) on an open forum.

Agreed.

 

[Swedish]

 

[StephenToast]

I didn't mention numbers originally. I only mentioned numbers when I was prompted by this post.

Delighted that “as many as possible” has morphed in to “some”. Good man!

For future reference how many am I allowed to say shot?

 

[User00025]

Probably 110 give or take a few.

 

[StephenToast]

Probably 110 give or take a few.

I don't think I could manage that in one sitting.

 

[Dazb1967]

For future reference how many am I allowed to say shot?

Say as many as you want mate and keep positing what you want, People will always have opinions sometimes good sometimes bad but that's what an open forum is about.
As you can see from the OP opinions differ but that's life, Times change and not everyone agrees with it but it's there choice as long as its legal and above board post away.

 

[StephenToast]

That depends on the crops and the species of deer if its mainly roe as it seemed to be from your post then the damage
to cereal crops is negligible , fruit bushes yes, suger beet yes oil seed rape a little when young trees most definatly and a
few other things but cereals no! Roe are browsers not grazers while you no doubt see them among cereals have a look
for the damage you won't see it they may have a nibble here and there when they first appear through the soil they may
even have a nibble at the grains of wheat or oats when ripe prior to harvesting they don't like barley much!
In either case the damage is negligible Roe like variety they tend not to eat much of any one thing what they do like is the
various weeds that grow between the rows in cereals, now Reds in cereals is a whole different ball game but then it's more what they trample than what they eat.

Roe absolutely eat wheat. I imagine it depends on what else is available but they do cause quite a bit of damage to cereals.

Also they bed down in it and flatten a huge amount of crop. During the rut they make a serious mess as you can imagine.

They also absolutely hammer rape. This time of year when they are in big groups the damage is severe.

The lack of control on neighbouring ground is an issue for me. But that is out of my control.

 

[StephenToast]

In answer to your question, no my dogs weren't vegan and did have spoilt meat from carcases and the tripes. Your initial post was not terribly well worded and I only wonder that there were not more comments. Yes stalkers shoot deer, and therefore are members of this site, and yes we all have culls to do. This year as last has not been good and on our estate we have too many at present which we may not be able to come to terms with this season. However we are rather particular about not, (for want of a better word) "gut" shooting as all our deer enter the human food chain.
I would respectfully suggest that you choose not to tell people how many you drop out of a group in future as it does really promote comment and information to the ungodly on an open forum.

I don't purposefully gut shoot obviously. That would be hideous. Surely you have mis-judged the angle a deer is stood on in the past.

 

[User00025]

Nope, not since youth. If it ain't spot on neither myself nor my worthy assistant shoot. It has to be front neck, back neck, never side on, or enough broadside to put it in the heart lungs, avoiding one shoulder, both if possible.

 

[StephenToast]

Nope, not since youth. If it ain't spot on neither myself nor my worthy assistant shoot. It has to be front neck, back neck, never side on, or enough broadside to put it in the heart lungs, avoiding one shoulder, both if possible.

Fair enough. You're a better man than me.

 

[Tazz]

Nope, not since youth. If it ain't spot on neither myself nor my worthy assistant shoot. It has to be front neck, back neck, never side on, or enough broadside to put it in the heart lungs, avoiding one shoulder, both if possible.

If you hadn’t gone and mentioned the “heart lungs” bit you would be a Game Dealers wet dream

 

[User00025]

Fair enough. You're a better man than me.

Gunga Dhin

 

[mchughcb]

I am with you on this one, there is nothing in the site joining rule to explain your circumstances to shooting deer.

Get a farmers defence post up and running....

Tim.243

Dude, some people can't even supply on picture of where they are hunt because they are killing so many they don't have time to post a pic. Remember ole MS. That guy's barrel must wear out in the first year.

 

[mchughcb]

Forgive me for pressing the point.
Are you employed to protect crops?

Forgive me for asking, but do you think old habits die hard? Are you going to caution him first? Do you find adjusting to civilian life while naturally suspicious of everyone difficult?

 

[SussexSteve]

Someone said the same to me. My reply was stay at home and play a computer game on your PS3 ! That’s just going out wanting to kill something in my opinion

 

[Stalker62]

Forgive me for asking, but do you think old habits die hard? Are you going to caution him first? Do you find adjusting to civilian life while naturally suspicious of everyone difficult?

You really don't have to say anything...

 

[Hayduke]

If you are a recreational stalker or paying client and out for the experience, suggest don’t consider using a drone.
If you need to cull, and you are a contractor, employee or unpaid deer manager, then maybe they could be a useful tool in the armoury.
They could help with population counts too.
Go back 100 years and we used to use a lot less humane methods.

 

[Tim.243]

In answer to your question, no my dogs weren't vegan and did have spoilt meat from carcases and the tripes. Your initial post was not terribly well worded and I only wonder that there were not more comments. Yes stalkers shoot deer, and therefore are members of this site, and yes we all have culls to do. This year as last has not been good and on our estate we have too many at present which we may not be able to come to terms with this season. However we are rather particular about not, (for want of a better word) "gut" shooting as all our deer enter the human food chain.
I would respectfully suggest that you choose not to tell people how many you drop out of a group in future as it does really promote comment and information to the ungodly on an open forum.

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[Indlovu]

Over here in Germany, I haven‘t come across public or forum discussions regarding using drones to hunt, but I suppose that the range of opinions would be as wide as discussed on here. That said, we are seeing the increasing use of drones, equipped with thermal cameras, by hunters (shooters/stalkers) during May and June every year on meadows. During normal rainfall years, farmers would be looking to mow the meadows for silage 3 times a year, with the first cut in May or early June. That‘s a critical period for countless newborn roe fawns, who lack a flight-response instinct during the first 4-6 weeks of their life and thus risk ending up under the tractor. Traditionally, we‘ve always kept close contact with the farmers to determine the date of the first cut, so that we can walk the meadows the day before, to either find fawns (to carefully relocate them) or disturb the does (who will then relocate their fawns). It’s both an arduous- and imprecise task, given that the first growth is up to a metre high at that stage. In recent years, however, thermal imaging drones have been a game-changer: large numbers of fawns are now being spotted from above, which helps to avoid injuries or loss of life during the next day‘s harvest. Interestingly, whilst some of the drone pilots are hunters themselves, many are not. What they have in common, however, is a “purpose” to fly and put their hobby to good use and it gives them access (on the day) to flying over varied properties and landscapes.

 

[Indlovu]

At the risk of going off-topic, I’ve just found an article on drone fishing/angling in my native South Africa, which raises a wide range of views and issues.