Talking Drone Deer Surveys on the Gamekeeper Podcast, Speak the Language, and Great Days Outdoors
Where to hear how thermal drone deer surveys actually work — our conversations with Mossy Oak Gamekeeper, Speak the Language, and Great Days Outdoors, and what we covered in each one.
The best questions about drone deer surveys don't come from us — they come from hunters. Over the past year we've had three chances to sit down and answer them at length, and if you're trying to decide whether a thermal survey makes sense for your property, these conversations cover just about everything.
Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Podcast — Ep. 469: Drones for Wildlife Surveys
The Gamekeeper crew digs into the nuts and bolts: how a thermal camera actually finds deer, why we fly at 400 feet in overcast daylight instead of at night, and how flying up to eight drones at once turns a multi-day guessing game into a one-morning count.
Speak the Language — Drone Deer Surveys with Paragon Aerial Solutions
A deer-hunter's-eye view of the whole process: what the report looks like, how the interactive map works with every deer pinned where it stood, and how clubs actually use the buck-to-doe ratio to set harvest goals instead of arguing about them at camp.
Great Days Outdoors — Buck-to-Doe Ratio: Why It Matters
A written deep-dive on the number most properties get wrong. Why a skewed ratio quietly wrecks your rut, why trail cameras over bait undercount the deer you most want to see, and how a one-morning census gives you the real figure.
The short version
Every one of these conversations comes back to the same idea: you can't manage what you haven't counted. If you'd rather see it than hear about it, check out a sample survey on our deer page — it takes a minute to open and it shows every deer we found on a real property.
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