Drones for scouting?

[lowoctane]

Curious about this for turkeys. Have used mine for deer and after they get familiar with the noise and visual, they settle down. Usually takes a few days. Turkeys tho?
                                               

[Dtrkyman]

Illegal many places!

[lowoctane]

I have a friend who is in charge of 3 Missouri Dept of Conservation areas, so I'll be contacting him with the legalities of flying over state and private land, but I am curious about how turkeys will respond if they are legal to do so...

[Greg Massey]

illegal in my state during hunting seasons .. just opening another can of worms..

[GobbleGitr]

Whether legal or not, not the quality I am looking for in how I hunt.  Less technology is more if you are able bodied.  Unless you own the land, that is a disrespectful way to harass wildlife as well as the people who also use the land.  Shouldn't have to be illegal to see the issues here...this time of year with hens on nest, and with the threat aerial raptors are to turkeys, keep your drone out of the woods.

[chadly]

Some of the state ground I hunt have large open fields.  The birds like to strut in those fields in the afternoon if its not too hot/sunny.  I've been wondering how long it will be before people start flying drones to see if the birds are there as opposed to taking the time to sneak in.

[jhoward11]

I kind of chuckled at this...you know it won't be long and we won't even have to go out of the house to "hunt/scout". We can have technology scout/shoot/and bring the bird to us.lol. I'm not knocking what others do, I just laugh when I think about it all.

[owlhoot]

Not legal in Missouri.
As with most things , wise to check before you do it.

[rakkin6]

Here in Tennessee illegal on all public and private lands in season. If caught using during season $5,000 fine.

  Now if it is legal and you want to do it I am sure it could be effective. Just fly has high has you can. We used those little drones a lot in Syria and Iraq and the
a$$holes we were looking for never knew it was there.



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[ChesterCopperpot]

If my "scouting" required drone intel I'd sell my gun and take up origami.


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[Muzzy61]

Boots on the ground scouting is half the fun.

[Meleagris gallopavo]

I'm not sure it would be a big advantage.  Where I hunt they're very unpredictable so far as day-to-day patterns.  Seems like you'd be going to a lot of trouble for nothing.  I'd just assume scout from the ground and use binoculars. 


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[lowoctane]

Curious about this for turkeys. Have used mine for deer and after they get familiar with the noise and visual, they settle down. Usually takes a few days. Turkeys tho?
                                               

That's all I need to know about you as a "hunter"

So judged without qualifying?

[Meleagris gallopavo]

Curious about this for turkeys. Have used mine for deer and after they get familiar with the noise and visual, they settle down. Usually takes a few days. Turkeys tho?
                                               

That's all I need to know about you as a "hunter"

So, it's okay to hide a camera in the woods that can take pictures of a deer in a given location that also records the time and "may" give you a live feed over the phone if you shell out the $$$.  But fly over and see them with a drone is terrible?  I don't see people bashing trail cams, but maybe I'm on the wrong forum for that.  I'll find out in a few minutes I'm sure.  I'm sure there are problems with using drones around game and all that, but using remote cameras to watch game movements isn't a major difference.


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[rakkin6]

Curious about this for turkeys. Have used mine for deer and after they get familiar with the noise and visual, they settle down. Usually takes a few days. Turkeys tho?
                                               

That's all I need to know about you as a "hunter"

So, it's okay to hide a camera in the woods that can take pictures of a deer in a given location that also records the time and "may" give you a live feed over the phone if you shell out the $$$.  But fly over and see them with a drone is terrible?  I don't see people bashing trail cams, but maybe I'm on the wrong forum for that.  I'll find out in a few minutes I'm sure.  I'm sure there are problems with using drones around game and all that, but using remote cameras to watch game movements isn't a major difference.


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^^^THIS^^^

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