buckpasser
Senior Member
Good news and bad here. There are a high number of turkeys using the farm I live on again! Sadly, they are nesting in the oat fields (as always) which are the be cut for silage around 10 days from now. One year multiple hens were killed by the cutter, and on the “good” years we only lose a hen or so and the unattended eggs.
I’ve considered grid searching the field just ahead of the cutter with my Boykins to possibly find any sitting hens, at which point I could either mark the nest areas for exclusion or just destroy the sight to save the life of the hen.
I’m now considering hiring a thermal drone operator to just come the evening before the cut and locate them for me. This may be highly expensive or impractical, but I’d love to speak to a drone service provider and see what they can tell me.
Can anyone recommend a thermal drone operator in South GA? Thanks!
I’ve considered grid searching the field just ahead of the cutter with my Boykins to possibly find any sitting hens, at which point I could either mark the nest areas for exclusion or just destroy the sight to save the life of the hen.
I’m now considering hiring a thermal drone operator to just come the evening before the cut and locate them for me. This may be highly expensive or impractical, but I’d love to speak to a drone service provider and see what they can tell me.
Can anyone recommend a thermal drone operator in South GA? Thanks!