Drone with Thermal Camera for Locating Deer?

[Jspradley]

so you can count deer out of a helicopter, but you can't count them with a drone? These are the times I'm glad we have government to guide us...

Not without the permits according to the way the law is worded.

It should be legal to recover animals. I realize people would try to exploit this as a loophole, but, in the presence of evidence of having hit an animal (hair, blood, etc.) it should be legal.

I agree with this 100%, I don't think there should be any limits to tech for recovering animals that have been shot, that's way different than locating them to shoot.

[Jspradley]

There's the full legalese

https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tl oc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_tac=&ti=31&pt=2&ch=65&rl=152

[batmaninja]

I am not trying to make a case for doing this, just saying that I have seen videos of people doing it. Feral pigs werent a great example, so how about fish?

[tdwinklr]

Not to start a holy war, but "just hunt" is very subjective. Some folks don't think that "hunting" high fenced areas is really hunting, some think that "hunting" over a feeder isn't really hunting, and others think that using game cams is cheating. Using a drone is definitely not something I plan on doing, but others may feel differently.

pretty sure most people here knows what he means.

[Jspradley]

I am not trying to make a case for doing this, just saying that I have seen videos of people doing it. Feral pigs werent a great example, so how about fish?

Lots of folks smoke pot on the ol youtubes... still illegal. lol

Fish are wildlife too.

[DallasCoon12]

I’m not a self bow with flint broad heads guy but somewhere in there it ceases to be hunting.

[abilliott]

Lots of folks smoke pot on the ol youtubes... still illegal. lol

Fish are wildlife too.

What about "invasive" fish species?

[Jspradley]

What about "invasive" fish species?

Your guess is as good as mine... not sure if they would fall under "exotic wildlife" but I wouldn't want to have to explain to the warden either way.

[ACbob]

The guys filming all these outdoors shows in Texas are in a heap of trouble!

[Jspradley]

The guys filming all these outdoors shows in Texas are in a heap of trouble!

They likely have all the relevant permits. According to Randy Newberg the various filming permits are a pretty large expense for filming a TV show.

....or they are breaking the law and just haven't gotten busted. lol

[duckmanep]

The guys filming all these outdoors shows in Texas are in a heap of trouble!

maybe they have the required permits.

[Pushbutton2]

Haven't we already had 10 or 15 of these threads?

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[centex_aggie]

For the clicking impaired-


"Except with permits issued by Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, the use of drones to hunt, drive, capture, take, count or photograph any wildlife is unlawful. This includes locating wounded animals as well."

Who would have thought using technology to count animals would be illegal. Crazy time to be alive.

[Dusty Britches]

Flying a drone at night is illegal. That's FAA rules.

[atx_hunter]

Flying a drone at night is illegal. That's FAA rules.

You can get a waiver: https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_o...t_107_waivers/