Hunters and Non-Hunters, municipalities as well as local and state governments can benefit from an aerial wildlife survey. The ability to view wildlife without disturbing the animals is essential for wildlife management. A wildlife census with a thermal drone is a great approach to getting started on future management plans.

Our wildlife survey service provides vital information that you can count on. The initial flight, mapping and report will provide a baseline for future management success.

For hunters, food plot placement, stand locations, access routes as well as a need for predator control can all be implemented following an assessment survey, not to mention you won’t be bumping the game off of your land where they will find safety and comfort elsewhere. By knowing what animals are currently calling your property home, plans can be made to help attract and hold desired game on your land. As time goes on, future flights will provide a history and management practices can be modified if needed.

With the drone, not only can we determine the type and number of animals present, we can provide georeferenced coordinates of their locations, the sex and age group (yearling vs adult), and report on behavior to map out spatial movements and potential bedding and feeding areas.

Wildlife (especially deer) can also become overpopulated. This is most common in suburban landscapes. For local and state governments looking for a general deer count or municipalities that know there is an issue and are in the process of developing a strategic wildlife management plan, data collection performed by a thermal drone survey should be the initial approach.

Unless requested by a State Wildlife department or a municipality with a state deer management contract, our deer surveys are only conducted outside of the legal hunting season. The information provided is for knowledge of the landowner or client for management purposes. We do not assist in the pursuit of any wild game.

We are however, advocating for deer/bear recovery with the thermal drone in several northeastern states that would help sportsmen locate their legally hunted game animal. We hope that New York as well as other states will pass legislation to allow for drone service providers like us to assist with recovery efforts. Ethical recovery of legally harvested game animals would have a major benefit to wildlife management in the state.