Tractor mounted deer thermals

[BenBhoy]

Opinion: Help sought on stopping deer deaths at mowing time - Farmers Weekly Opinion: Help sought on stopping deer deaths at mowing time - Farmers Weekly

 

[Tim.243]

Opinion: Help sought on stopping deer deaths at mowing time - Farmers Weekly Opinion: Help sought on stopping deer deaths at mowing time - Farmers Weekly

The speed people mow at (?kph) with single or twins following a GPS and watching a thermal screen
Hard to find a shot fox/deer with a thermal in long grass walking let alone mowing watching in front while posting on Tic Tock

 

[HonestJohn]

When I was in the industry I tried to convince the market there was a space for simple thermal cores that could be mounted on farm machinery to avoid killing deer, campers etc

In order to gain traction I needed positive feedback, and it did not come from the farming community, too expensive! Farm and agri shops wouldn’t entertain thermal either, too complex.

I think, not if, but when it comes, they will be integrated into the farm machinery from the manufacturer and be part of the delivered setup such as John Deere.

 

[stoker150]

Hi. Yeh thermal on a vehicle is a great aid to avoiding deer collisions at night. I have a dome thermal from nocpix I have on the car roof when out and about at night and it has helped me avoid deer on several occasions the key being early warning.

 

[NoIDeer]

Bit simplistic but when I mow the lawn I first walk the course for dog ****, could you do this with a thermal drone looking straight down. It would cost a few quid to set up but would be very flexible.

 

[Mr. Gain]

I've been looking for fawns with the thermal drone pre-mowing on a few occasions this last couple of weeks but, even with the drone, they are almost impossible to detect, as they tuck in under the grass - perhaps this is an historical precaution against large avian predators. It's the first year I've tried looking for fawns with the drone, so I've certainly got some learning to do, but it's fair to say that my expectations of how transformative it would be have taken something of a cold shower.

 

[wytonpjs]

Opinion: Help sought on stopping deer deaths at mowing time - Farmers Weekly Opinion: Help sought on stopping deer deaths at mowing time - Farmers Weekly

I'm not seeing any responses? I would expect some mixed views but oddly, none although its a new article. I'll check back later.

 

[Cyres]

Pie in the sky!
Clearly they haven't got a clue. Nigh on impossible to see a hare in long grass.
On my perms mowing at 20KMH. 6m cutters. More dependant on time of year they are cutting.
Biggest cause of mortality in roe kids is foxs and then silage mowers.
Unless you could use a thermal drone its not going to work.
Also miniscule time zone to work in. They cut masses of grass on my ground Sunday and all the fields were cleared by 8pm last night.
D

 

[wytonpjs]

I've been looking for fawns with the thermal drone pre-mowing on a few occasions this last couple of weeks but, even with the drone, they are almost impossible to detect, as they tuck in under the grass - perhaps this is an historical precaution against large avian predators. It's the first year I've tried looking for fawns with the drone, so I've certainly got some learning to do, but it's fair to say that my expectations of how transformative it would be have taken something of a cold shower.

Similar thoughts sadly after using my drone for the first time on one of my permissions on Sunday evening. A quick over flight from 400' of the entire ground found nothing. I stalked the ground on foot and found 2 roe bucks and a fallow buck! On a second adajcent permission, I took a nice roe buck that was similarly not seen although he could have just stepped out of the adjacent wood. Very early days for me with a Mavic 3T but I was disappointed

 

[Mr. Gain]

Although at this time of year the woodland canopy is too thick to see through from above, finding adult deer in scrub or field margins isn't too hard.
Because of this, I presumed it would be easy to find fawns in grass meadows.
The thermal is a 640 X 512 and I'm flying at around 100 m AFL, so there's plenty of resolution and FoV. With more practice, and successful searches that teach me where to look and how to read the signal, I'm sure I'll be able to do better.

 

[Cyres]

To compound things you may be able to see it on the aerial thermal but not naked eye/thermal on the ground if the grass is tall and thick.
In Germany I think they may in some circumstances walk fields with dogs to try and find roe kids.
Unless your controlling the foxs hard you may save it from the mower only for it to be killed by a fox or badger.
Saviour for roe kids is a wet May.
D

 

[Taff]

Pie in the sky, we were more worried about metal going through the mower / forager than deer. I once had a roe get stuck in the crimpler rollers on a Kuhn mower, a pain in the butt, but at 8mph, no way would I have stopped in time, once we moved over to flail conditioning no problem just a small drop In revs could be heard.

 

[Tim.243]

Pie in the sky, we were more worried about metal going through the mower / forager than deer. I once had a roe get stuck in the crimpler rollers on a Kuhn mower, a pain in the butt, but at 8mph, no way would I have stopped in time, once we moved over to flail conditioning no problem just a small drop In revs could be heard.

I will see your mower and raise you a new main pin (EN19) M45nut

 

[Ruby Tuesday 2]

I used to go out with my gap the morning of cutting and moved many fawns, I’ve since found once moved they give off more scent and the foxes take most of them, I always found it amazing how close my wire hair had to be to them to scent them , she could air scent a shot deer and a hundred metres.

 

[Taff]

I raise you one POS air pistol requiring seals

 

[Taff]

And poor old Henry is
Looking on in disgust

 

[Tim.243]

I raise you one POS air pistol requiring seals

I raise you a 112kg welder...no air pistol seals required