#437 - Should Thermal Drones Be Banned During Deer Season? The Uncomfortable Truth About Drones and Deer Hunting

Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Skip Sligh and Jack Huston.

We Discuss:

• Poor regulations not based on science and biology do more damage to hunting than technology.
• The North American Model of Conservation is why big game rebounded across the continent.
• Thermal drones bought for deer recovery end up getting flown all season long.
• Missouri and Ohio show what happens when drone laws lag behind the technology.
• Drone detection systems log serial numbers, launch points and full flight paths.
• Licensed pilots with logged flights keep recovery drones from becoming scouting tools.
• Public land needs stricter rules than private ground because it's finite and easily abused.
• Timber stand improvement is part science, part art, and one of the biggest needle movers.
• Shooting a doe with two buck fawns in coyote country is often a death sentence for the fawns.
• Predators can take 70% or more of the fawn crop, changing how many does you need to shoot.

And So Much More!

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