Talked with a fellow who killed a 148 typical ten point buck last year in SWNC. He was in a mountainous area. Deer had been seen and videoed several times. Hunting with a crossbow.

Made a good shot, and the deer ran. Tracked well into the night. Went back next morning with a drone and flew it down the riverbank. Dead buck was found in a foot of water on the opposite side of the river. It still had enough body heat to show up perfectly on the thermal camera.

Darn nice deer for NC, especially where it was taken. Polk County along the Green River. It is a steep gorge. A perfect place for a buck to grow old.

Theres a group of people using thermal drones to find lost dogs for the owners, they record and put it up on facebook..the capability is amazing,

so just for the heck of it I looked up thermal drones...seems those things run about 4g and up!...

Drones not allowed here...I could see the benefits, but also the problems they bring....

My son shot a 143 8 point yesterday am. Hit seemed perfect 1/4 away. Only got 1 lung. Waited 3 hours before tracking. Gave up after following substantial trail for 2 hours. Went home and called a thermal tracker. Guy said he'd come at dark. Found deer 25 min after launch. Deer had traveled 900 yards. Only $400.00!

Model number?

Might be cheaper than feeding and caring for a tracking dog all year.

If ya lived near enough to an affluent neighborhood, I doubt it would take very long to pay for it hunting lost pampered Fidos......

The drone guys claim they do it for free...who knows...

I would like to use one for keeping track of the feral hogs at my place. Fly the wheat fields, find the hogs, hop in the truck and whack out the hogs.

Retirement project.

Cellular cameras over a bait and you can do the same thing for a lot cheaper.

and easier

We use both cameras and Thermal drone. A camera only sees a small area. You can throw a drone up and find hogs across 2000 acres in just a few minutes usually.