One of the most accurate game counts estimates are done by flyovers,but the cost precludes regular data collection.With drones now in common use ,when will the government start using drones to do game counts? The more accurate information available would give biologists a better idea of harvest quotas
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Drones for game counts..
- Thread starter ratherbefishin
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Probably not really practical. Too limited a range, and to narrow a field of view.
Add in the not inconsequential pile of paperwork to get the flight ops approved, it's going to be easier and more flexible, to hop into a chopper or a light fixed wing, along with the pilot and maybe an extra spotter or two.
Add in the not inconsequential pile of paperwork to get the flight ops approved, it's going to be easier and more flexible, to hop into a chopper or a light fixed wing, along with the pilot and maybe an extra spotter or two.
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I've heard that one of the waterfowl conservation organizations have started using drones with infrared cameras for nest counts. The theory is if you can fly above and see the nests without making a trail towards them or disturbing them, they have the maximum possible survival rate. I will be interested to see how this trial of the new technology goes.
Yeah, it has lots of possibilities if used correctly and appropriately.
It's a bit of a poo-show with the amount of permits and paperwork you need to have in place in order to use a drone for scientific or commercial purposes, and Government employees are stuck doing it all to the letter of the Law, whether the laws make sense or not. Which sorta drives them to really assess the value of the tool, vs. other methods.
A good friend of mine was looking in to dropping some pretty serious money on a drione and camera equipment to use for doingsurveys of historic remains of the various old mining sites and road parts that still exist around here, and found that the continued need to fill out paperwork and so on, in order to stay legal, made it a lot easier to hire a plane and overfly the sites in person.
It's a bit of a poo-show with the amount of permits and paperwork you need to have in place in order to use a drone for scientific or commercial purposes, and Government employees are stuck doing it all to the letter of the Law, whether the laws make sense or not. Which sorta drives them to really assess the value of the tool, vs. other methods.
A good friend of mine was looking in to dropping some pretty serious money on a drione and camera equipment to use for doingsurveys of historic remains of the various old mining sites and road parts that still exist around here, and found that the continued need to fill out paperwork and so on, in order to stay legal, made it a lot easier to hire a plane and overfly the sites in person.
