Thermal tracking device

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Mark S

Discussion Starter · 16 d ago

What do the regulations mean by no thermal tracking device?

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My understanding is that you can’t use a thermal monocular or scope to aid in finding dead or wounded game. I wanted to get a handheld thermal monocular to make it easier to not spook deer going to and from a deer stand in the dark, but that’s illegal too.

I know of a guy here in TX that has a license to operate a thermal drone to locate dead deer and has made a business out of it.

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dennishoddy

· #3 · 15 d ago

I'm thinking it's the monocular that used a spectrum of light that made blood highly visible.
Why that's illegal, I don't know. I would think the ODW would welcome technology that would allow a hunter to recover a deer that didn't take a great hit, and be able to fill their tag vs letting it get away and die later unclaimed while the hunter goes after another deer, but evidently, they think it will be used for poaching.
Poachers don't need thermal tracking devices to illegally take a deer.

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retrieverman

· #4 · 15 d ago

dennishoddy said:
I'm thinking it's the monocular that used a spectrum of light that made blood highly visible.
Why that's illegal, I don't know. I would think the ODW would welcome technology that would allow a hunter to recover a deer that didn't take a great hit, and be able to fill their tag vs letting it get away and die later unclaimed while the hunter goes after another deer, but evidently, they think it will be used for poaching.
Poachers don't need thermal tracking devices to illegally take a deer.

I don’t think those ”blood” lights are illegal. The ODWC is so worried that a poacher might use a thermal illegally that they’re penalizing me and you, but they’re to damn ignorant to know that a poacher isn’t going to follow the rules no matter what they say.

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