Anyone using them or even thought about using them for scouting? Some of the new ones can fly a long ways and fly very high and are super quiet. I even see now then have ones that have a live view on the remote control. I think ink its on that verge of what is "fair and traditional" and could be debated till no end. just curious if anyone other than me has given t any thought. What are your guys opinions? It would make some scouting (fields and viewable areas as well as in late season and winter) much easier to get a visual on what's in your area.
In many states this is illegal. I've used ours to get aerial footage of land or cool shots of people hanging stands, etc. but never to actually scout for animals.
I think the laws on drones should be the exact same as the shining laws. I see no harm on using the technology to scout and pattern game outside of the season. I also think it would damn fun to use one. Maybe when my boy gets older I'll get him one for Christmas.
what I would think they could be useful for is retrieving trail cam pictures without having to step foot on the property. but personally, I enjoy doing it manually. far to much information can be missed if not seeing it without your own two eyes.
I really don't think you could successfully "scout" deer with them. They really aren't that quiet and the video on them is usually such a wide angle, the deer would look like flea on a dog. I think they are ultra cool and have lots of useful purposes, but I don't think live scouting would be one.
Just like ozonics, I have no desire to ever use drones to scout. Plus I think the Marine Corps would blow it out of the air, charge me for the missile launched, and then prosecute me.
As long as you are scouting your own property and it's legal I don't have a problem with it. There was a thread abut this on archerytalk and one guy said he used his to check out private land and used what he saw to decide if he wanted to ask permission to hunt or not. That didn't sit well with me.
it all depends on what the bag limit is on drones.... they might taste like crap but could be a sporting shoot. seriously, anyone flying a camera over private property without permission should get hammered.
In my area I think it would be cool to fly one over my bedding area (up high) I have had a few occasions where retrieving deer may have been helped by something like this. The area was logged and is chest to head high weeds with trails all over it. A quick pass over with a drone would keep you out of an area if your dead deer isn't in there... Other than that trying to use it to aid in killing a deer...I don't think so. I don't have one and don't plan on one anytime soon. No Idea if its illegal here anyway.
I think it could help finding a dead deer... couple guys jus got caught using one around here tryin to sneak contraband into the prison.. a pistol an drugs. They was thinkin outside the box!!lol
Where can you actually find laws and regulations regarding remote control drones for scouting? If any exist per state?
At my company we have used them in a commercial sense for high resolution aerial mapping. We mapped to 2 foot contours over 850 acres for surveying purposes for half the cost of traditional aerial mapping. The FAA then changed the regulations and has since put a lot of limitations on their use. I can't imagine that these won't be severely regulated for future use for everyone.
If I did this instead of scouting, I can't imagine how much weight I would gain. Not much is as good as walking thru the woods even if you're not hunting.
My land is a no fly zone for drones, have the early warning detection system and any drones flying over my air space will be brought down.
