Midwest Thermal Drone Recovery

01/30/2024

Woodhull IL. January 17, 2024

01/30/2024

Alpha IL. January 17, 2024

01/17/2024

Boomers/Gen X have the snowstorm of '78/'79; younger generations have the snowstorm of '24.

Panoramic/360 view of New Windsor, IL, taken via drone, 17 January 2024. The town received upwards of 2 feet of snow in less than a week, followed by wind gusts approaching 50 mph and sub-zero temperatures.

01/05/2024

This buck was hit 24 hours before the hunter contacted us to locate. The hunter thought it was either a liver or gut shot. The search took about 15 minutes and the deer appeared to be doing pretty well. He has been spotted several weeks later, still alive.

10/03/2023

2023 PRICING:
• Deer Recovery: $450 (+ $1 per mile outside a 45-mile radius from New Windsor, IL)

• Mapping: please contact us to discuss options offered, and we can provide an individualized quote (DM or call/text to 309-781-4627)

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06/21/2023

With our thermal drone, we located the heat signatures of five fawns bedded in a 20-acre patch of thick grass. Enter: the pasture poodle. Cruising through a neighboring wheat field, it catches the scent of possible prey and slinks closer. Luckily for the fawns, a watchful doe is positioned between the defenseless babies and their would-be killer. Sensing the doe would not be an easy target, the coyote exits, and the fawns remain safely hidden.

The much-maligned coyote is an opportunistic, scavenging predator and a major threat to fawns. In fact, one Iowa State University study in which 55 newborn fawns were tagged and tracked, found that coyotes were responsible for 54% of all fawn deaths. Landowners can help increase fawns' chances of survival by creating "fawning areas" on their properties, like the one shown in the video, to provide cover.

06/20/2023

Birds' eye view of 100 acres in both 2D and 3D- a great way to survey your hunting property, including real-time status of food plots and vegetation growth, without disturbing wildlife.

The digital files of these maps can be used to make a print of your hunting lease/hunt camp, to mark tree stands and discuss hunting strategy.

06/19/2023

Fawns spend the majority of their first weeks of life bedded down alone; the doe stays away from her newborn as much as possible so her scent doesn't attract predators. This also makes fawns difficult to detect with the naked eye.

Here is a fawn hiding in a hay field. We can easily locate fawns with a thermal drone before you mow to prevent them from being harmed.

06/16/2023

Doe and fawn located with thermal drone; aerial video taken from approximately 450 ft

06/15/2023

We can create complete maps of your property by taking hundreds of aerial pictures and stitching them together- Similar to Google Earth, but with current photos.

06/15/2023

While performing conservation burns, thermal drones are a great way to identify hot spots that may flare up.