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  • Опубликовано: 22 май 2021
  • Feral pigs, deer, goats, foxes, rabbits, camels, cats, cane toads... you name it, Australia seems to have it. But now drones are proving to be an extra weapon in the arsenal to combat them.
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  • @aussieoutlawalt8411
    @aussieoutlawalt8411 Год назад +6

    FINALLY a proper use for Drones that doesnt relate to the idiotic idea of using drones to deliver shopping to peoples homes that never works

  • @ThisFinalHandle
    @ThisFinalHandle 3 года назад +26

    Could add a targeting laser to the side of the drones camera payload. Use it to paint the feral pests for better target acquisition via the shooters nightvision scope.
    No need to thank me, I'll be waiting patiently by the mailbox for the check.

    • @thomaswilliamfirby180
      @thomaswilliamfirby180 3 года назад +3

      They could add the weaponry to deal with the feral animals onto the drone

    • @madsnoop7
      @madsnoop7 3 года назад +2

      Glow in the dark paint . Shooting glowy pigs would be mint .

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 3 года назад +3

      @@thomaswilliamfirby180 These particular drones wouldn’t have the payload capacity to carry a firearm nor the mass to deal with the recoil. Additionally, just how much trouble and red tape do you think having an armed civilian drone in Australian skies would cause? Heaps of trouble would be my guess.

    • @michaelgreene7385
      @michaelgreene7385 3 года назад +1

      @@markfryer9880 my guess is you have no idea what you just said means...by the shear truth of the word's you wrote....the FAA own's the airspace, using it is by permission and/or permit only....

  • @hopsta5628
    @hopsta5628 3 года назад +8

    Feral pigs are on the Mornington Peninsula, they frequent the Devilbend Reservoir area and in the bush areas on the HMAS Cerebus Naval Base, I'm constantly on the lookout for the mongrels on the Devilbend Reservoir walking trails which have been opened to the public.

  • @craigfirman1809
    @craigfirman1809 3 года назад +31

    When I first read this I thought that they were using military drone strikes to kill feral animals.
    In saying that, they should call that guy that mounted a gun to his drone, would save a bunch of time.

    • @georgewashington1621
      @georgewashington1621 Год назад

      You could drop grenades on them like they did in Syria and do in Ukraine. Find a group of bedded animals that are sleeping and drop several grenades on them, you'd just have to make a rig that drops several at a time, because they will start running after the first explosion. It might create a lot of injured animals which will take weeks to die, but i think if its a natural disaster the populations they have come to, it is worth it.

    • @discojelly
      @discojelly Год назад

      Ya this here is just Recon of targeted species. NOT a drone strike.

    • @discojelly
      @discojelly Год назад

      @@georgewashington1621 Neat idea..but I can tell you wild animals can hear a drone from a half a mile away and ain't having nothing to do with buzzing drone in the sky coming in on them. They'll move off long before a drone operator can get into position.

    • @georgewashington1621
      @georgewashington1621 Год назад

      @@discojelly one time i was in Czech republic with my DJI Phantom 4 drone and i was filming a house on a big property just outside of a small town and when i was done filming the house, with the drone still in the air, i noticed a flock of deer maybe 300 yards out in the field. I chased them around with my drone for a bit, i can tell you they werent extremely scared of a drone, they definitely didnt mind when it was right over them up high, i had to literally get down to maybe 8 feet and fly within 20 yards to them for them to scoot. And they didnt take off running like if there was a wolf after them, they just ran a bit and then stopped again and i was able to fly close to them again. It was so cool, i could kind of make them go in the general direction i wanted by flying my drone at them from the opposite direction.

  • @rayc.1396
    @rayc.1396 Год назад +12

    Before to long this will become the way of capturing humans for whatever purpose.

    • @Shinzon23
      @Shinzon23 Год назад +1

      Clearly you haven't heard of forward looking infared camera pods on police helicopters... look up FLIR pods.

    • @rayc.1396
      @rayc.1396 Год назад

      @@Shinzon23 Were you ever in the military, no you weren't. We beat FLIR when it first came out.

    • @Shinzon23
      @Shinzon23 Год назад +1

      @rayc.1396 ....what are you on about?You can't beat FLIR tech unless you have some very interesting clothes on or you're using a thermal blanket that is specifically designed for that purpose, Which is very much not standard issue for the average soldier.
      Reason I know this is because I worked for the company that makes FLIR stuff and I got to play around with a lot of the Tech when they were 1st rolling it out

  • @JogBird
    @JogBird 3 года назад +18

    i thought it would be an armed drone

    • @benmaynard3059
      @benmaynard3059 3 года назад +6

      That's probably illegal on a hundred levels.

    • @TheOMT
      @TheOMT 3 года назад +4

      Give it a couple of years

    • @B_Bodziak
      @B_Bodziak 3 года назад +3

      @@benmaynard3059 I can hear Americans yelling, "But my 2nd amendment rights!"

    • @michaelgreene7385
      @michaelgreene7385 3 года назад

      By 10,000 times

    • @Bob_Adkins
      @Bob_Adkins Год назад +1

      @@B_Bodziak The Ozzies learned what happens with you don't yell.

  • @PS-Straya_M8
    @PS-Straya_M8 Год назад +13

    Next drone version needs ability to shoot directly!

    • @crashnreset6987
      @crashnreset6987 Год назад +1

      1) An object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion at constant speed and in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
      2)The acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied.
      3) Whenever one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite on the first.
      Do you see the problem?

    • @papaal7014
      @papaal7014 Год назад +1

      @@crashnreset6987 America.!!

    • @carlnaranjo3962
      @carlnaranjo3962 Год назад

      True enough. The military has them, shouldn't be too difficult to have these outfitted on a smaller level.

    • @ndahiya3730
      @ndahiya3730 Год назад

      @@crashnreset6987 I saw a video of an American, shooting with a gun placed on his NOSE. a gun that, he told, was falsely notorious for it's recoil.

    • @crashnreset6987
      @crashnreset6987 Год назад +1

      If you people want to argue with the law of physics, that's fine.... but please write a paper with your arguments and share it with the scientific community... I really don't have time for your nonsense ;p

  • @JM-de9en
    @JM-de9en 3 года назад +7

    ‘Drone strikes’ is a tad misleading. I wouldn’t call them drone strikes

    • @leefithian3704
      @leefithian3704 3 года назад

      More like drone forward air controller

    • @relentlessmadman
      @relentlessmadman 3 года назад

      did you really read the title!

    • @sheerluckholmes5468
      @sheerluckholmes5468 3 года назад

      Well yeah ‘Drone strikes’ is a tad misleading unless of course they have union. Do drones even have unions?

    • @JM-de9en
      @JM-de9en 3 года назад

      @@sheerluckholmes5468 yea I believe they come under the PSA but I could be wrong

  • @GaryMcKinnonUFO
    @GaryMcKinnonUFO Год назад +1

    Somewhere, on this planet, there's a group of over 7 billion feral animals, living in complete disharmony with their environment. Can you see them ?

  • @ADF-Maloo
    @ADF-Maloo Год назад +71

    Hunters use to keep these pests under control until they weren’t aloud to hunter there any more ….another case of “PROBLEM ACTION SOLUTION “

    • @alanbrooke144
      @alanbrooke144 Год назад

      Well if they didn’t make so much noise.....or were awake in school.

    • @chosen1one930
      @chosen1one930 Год назад

      No hunters went in and killed everything leaving nothing, that's the problem and it's still a huge problem. Feral wildlife benefit far more than the cons. Disease and insects can do far more danger

  • @spaceinvader992
    @spaceinvader992 Год назад +6

    Great idea for mosquito control and useful for finding suburban properties with unkempt pools.

  • @missassembly
    @missassembly 3 года назад +6

    TLDW: former pilot buys a drone with a thermal camera. Wife. Cockies might be willing to pay for feral control.

    • @whatilearnttoday5295
      @whatilearnttoday5295 3 года назад

      Now all you have to do is give the government a whole bunch of piles of money and you'll be approved by central control.

  • @oz_laomoer
    @oz_laomoer 3 года назад +3

    I am very glad to put the yellow test sticker onto the scope.

  • @rossjackson7134
    @rossjackson7134 Год назад +7

    There’s thousands of hunters willing and able, as well as these guys, to do their bit in controlling feral animals but there’s so many regulations and hoops to jump through that it’s hardly worth the effort.

    • @johnmead8437
      @johnmead8437 6 месяцев назад

      Recreational hunters at best are able to achieve limited control in very limited easy access sites, or easy species/habitats. History records that clearly. Anywhere with challenges they are a problem for control operation. And are responsible for the dispersal/liberation of pests into new habitats. Recreational hunters in this context includes guiding interests, and some "professional" hunting interests and official ones using ineffective methods. A risk with such technology as demonstrated here, taxpayer funded toys.

  • @chrisgale4432
    @chrisgale4432 2 месяца назад

    Awesome tech. would love to know more and how far you travel

  • @benmaynard3059
    @benmaynard3059 3 года назад +5

    I love flying drones, I want this as a job 👍.

  • @grassabrutta
    @grassabrutta Год назад +6

    The best way to remove boar is to corral them with feedstock and drop cages, followed by simple dispatch. You don't need overhead/IR technologies to work out the boar locations and travel patterns.
    For 'roos, the overhead tech isn't of any great assistance bc the animals are always easy to find, and they move such significant distances that 'location detection' becomes quite meaningless. Spotlight + Ute is going to always succeed - no tech required.
    For wild dogs - like wolves and jackals - then do tend to form dens which they visit regularly and so the overhead data could be of some help.
    Deer are the easiest to shoot of course and generally their movement patterns are quite predictable, so I don't know if the investment by a farmer to obtain that data is cost effective.
    There was no mention of any kill rate (oops ... should probably say 'dispatch rate' here in case some loonie is offended) .... and that information would have made the relationship between "seek" and "destroy" with this technology somewhat meaningful ... but, alas, no such figures.

    • @timp1390
      @timp1390 Год назад

      There's also the stupidity of limiting deer shooting. Just open it up and they will be eradicated very quickly

  • @jasonfranich5601
    @jasonfranich5601 Год назад +69

    This unfortunately is a prelude for what may come not just for feral animals Terminator Ai a closer to reality than you may think

    • @BentReality.369
      @BentReality.369 Год назад +4

      Run to the Hills. May soon become pointless. Heat sensing Surveillance cameras can see your Footprints minutes after you left them.

    • @jbazile6873
      @jbazile6873 Год назад +4

      The military already has these capabilities. Look up the robot dog armed with a sniper.

    • @stephensmith777
      @stephensmith777 Год назад +1

      First thing that came to my mind. They’re just practicing and honing their skills with this tech to turn it against the “undesirables” in our society. It’s only a matter of time… especially with the possibility of the WHO taking over health management for the world (especially regarding future pandemics and vaccine mandates). If you simply refuse to take the jab, you could be hunted down by these things. There’s healthcare for ya! 😵‍💫

    • @RM360CR
      @RM360CR Год назад

      exactly and you dont even need this garbage because if you have proper eco system with native forest among your grows the wild life in those eco system is good enough to maintain pest but oh no lets use drones for other purposes as well. you want all your forest with out animals with out wolves wilds pig deer come on white people that is just crazy in costa rica drones are not allow for this and many other reasons soon enough will have the first drone terrorist attacks or sicario style killing equipe with drone its only a matter of time.

    • @RM360CR
      @RM360CR Год назад

      da whyttte once again using the technology to make problem to control people to destroy nature and pollute what is new here can you see the outcome of your massive stupidity and were our planet is headed but oh no what a bunch of embecile..

  • @justdoingitjim7095
    @justdoingitjim7095 Год назад +17

    It's nice to see when a new business is successful. I've known 3 different people that tried to start a business with drones. None were successful. Two were trying to do photography for weddings and the other tried doing photography for real estate. Their biggest problem was drones are so affordable that everyone thinks they're a drone pilot and a photographer and they saturated the market with cheap offers. This happened to me as a professional photographer during the transition from film photography to digital photography. Once everyone got a digital camera they thought they were professionals and saturated the business with cheap offers.

    • @adefay2811
      @adefay2811 Год назад +3

      That’s capitalism for you.. it’s the problem and answer though. If you provide a quality service all around you can be successful compared to those who just jump in the trade without and the knowledge and time.

    • @zanedickson2725
      @zanedickson2725 Год назад

      That FLIR camera though

    • @marthakrumboltz2710
      @marthakrumboltz2710 Год назад

      If any person stupid enough to believe a drone should be used for weddings, they probably wouldn’t pay for your shots anyway.

    • @keithmoriyama5421
      @keithmoriyama5421 Год назад

      Me too. It happened in the studio recording industry first-- 1990. All tech starts from audio. Digital audio started in the 60's with the code (PCM) derived from NASA.

  • @streetcat1510
    @streetcat1510 Год назад +1

    What is the average distance that drones can go from the operator??

  • @tomasdevine7756
    @tomasdevine7756 Год назад +3

    How long before the people are "pests" ?

  • @harls9287
    @harls9287 3 года назад +31

    Well done guys and well done landline, bringing rural issues to metro lounge rooms, great story. Thanks

  • @domfranchino
    @domfranchino Год назад

    "These men were pilots flying 737's.." While showing a picture of one of them in the right seat of an Airbus 320.

  • @owenwilson25
    @owenwilson25 Год назад +5

    Bloody heros, well done 👍

  • @jelambertson
    @jelambertson Год назад +2

    Note: there are no drone strikes in this video.

  • @wazza33racer
    @wazza33racer 2 года назад +5

    that drone is a very pricey piece of kit, let along the Flir sensor on it. Probably best suited to finding mobs of ferals in a geographical area do that hunters can focus on that sector. Eventually the ferals will associate the presence of the drone with predation, their sense of hearing is vastly better than humans.

  • @priority19
    @priority19 Год назад

    which drone are they using

  • @TheOriginalDeckBoy
    @TheOriginalDeckBoy 3 года назад +23

    I was just talking about using drones to ID feral cats in National Parks... we need to get rid of these pests that do so much damage to our beautiful country...

    • @desmondmiller3198
      @desmondmiller3198 3 года назад +3

      You sure don't do damage yourself. There is a mice problem in your country sir attacking wheat famers use the feral cats to solve the problem

    • @desmondmiller3198
      @desmondmiller3198 3 года назад

      For awhile I'm seeing this thing about natives. What is the natives?

    • @benmaynard3059
      @benmaynard3059 3 года назад +5

      @@desmondmiller3198 not cat's that's for sure. 😂

    • @benmaynard3059
      @benmaynard3059 3 года назад +15

      @@desmondmiller3198 you ever heard of a Bilby? Dude, Tom and Jerry wouldn't be here ruining our country if it wasn't for human stupidity like " release feral cats to catch mice" most ignorant comment. Lol

    • @desmondmiller3198
      @desmondmiller3198 3 года назад

      Well I still want to know

  • @hgf334
    @hgf334 3 года назад +21

    One thing that strikes me is the huge number of feral cats that are caught nowadays. They are having a devastating impact on native fauna, not only in the bush but the suburbs as well. Most feral cats carry very serious diseases which easily spread to other cats and sometimes humans.

    • @Nirrrina
      @Nirrrina Год назад

      I absolutely love cats but there's definitely so many & they're so destructive to native populations that they need to be hunted.
      They can't even be tamed down if you did catch them because unlike city ferals they've never interacted with humans.
      They're basically a wildcat now that is only similar to our pet cats.
      I say it's unfortunate but they definitely need to be humanely killed. Same with the other invasive species posing a threat.

    • @RichardBrowning-xc9df
      @RichardBrowning-xc9df Год назад

      It’s rather counterproductive exterminating dingoes as they have been show to suppress cat numbers.

  • @ztz818
    @ztz818 3 года назад +1

    Why is there no Gatlin mounted on the drone?

  • @alklapaxida850
    @alklapaxida850 Год назад +2

    great work fellas, regards vk3

  • @cryptodivioo3569
    @cryptodivioo3569 Год назад

    It really opens up the realization that with drones there's literally endless possibilities for applications.
    Every Farm will end up having them for 1. Clearly the writings on the wall that they can replace the old sheepdog in effect as well as work the land and remove all kinds of tasks from the Farmer.
    As well as a million other businesses surely will figure out ways to utilize them. Certainly any large Property can use them for security purposes if nothing else and countless uses will be thought up!
    Technology.

  • @stevengill1736
    @stevengill1736 Год назад +4

    I think it makes sense in a place like Australia - I don't know about other places, but at least in our area of northern California there's plenty of feral pigs, and they do quite a bit of damage.
    They're amazingly smart though - I'll bet they'll start hiding when they hear drones if people ever use them....

    • @JohnSmith-yv6eq
      @JohnSmith-yv6eq Год назад

      Not if they use the drones to paint them with lasers and then fire guided munitions...M777 to the rescue...
      seems to work in the Ukraine.....?

  • @daveyboy6985
    @daveyboy6985 Год назад

    I wonder when is will catch on in New Zealand?

  • @dawso2o2
    @dawso2o2 3 года назад +10

    No wonder drone pilots can’t get work as it’s flooded with airline pilots

  • @curtino114
    @curtino114 3 года назад +11

    You forgot one cane toad, Clive Palmer.

  • @petersmith9771
    @petersmith9771 3 года назад +4

    I might go buy a drone a cash in on it. Excellent

  • @suitinaute
    @suitinaute 3 года назад +13

    Could the drones be used to drop baits near feral dogs and cats?

    • @disposabull
      @disposabull 3 года назад +1

      That is a good idea, the government would get a bit nervous if we strap a rifle to a drone but dropping poison would probably get a free pass.

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 3 года назад +6

      @@disposabull I’m not keen on the idea of dropping poison baits in the bush. It’s the collateral damage to other animals that worries me as well as dumping poison in the environment. It’s just too vague. I prefer to have confirmed kills.

    • @disposabull
      @disposabull 3 года назад

      @@markfryer9880 We have a daft situation. Civilians are allowed to have huge amounts of explosives for mining with and the world doesn't end.
      But the mere suggestion of a licensing programme for sniper drones to deal with feral animals automatically means you are some psycho that wants to usher in some dystopian future where every farmer has his own terminator army.
      We need a few companies of professionals with sniper drones, it's a lot cheaper, safer and accurate than a human shooting out of a helicopter and just sending someone on foot or ATV to chase down a group of animals is totally ineffective.

    • @glennvandenberg3912
      @glennvandenberg3912 3 года назад +2

      Also a humane kill. Poison is a horrible death for any living thing. A well place bullet is immediate.

    • @georgewashington1621
      @georgewashington1621 Год назад

      How about, these drones find the animals and drop bait laced with something that will make the animal fall asleep, like sleeping pills for humans, or at least make the animal become very confused and disable its motor function, then people can just drive up to that spot in a truck, tie the animals legs together and load them into the trucks, and then relocate them, maybe they could be shipped to a different country where population of that species needs to be increased, or bring them to the butcher and process.

  • @Nothinglefttosay
    @Nothinglefttosay Год назад +1

    I’d be happy to help…! There’s drone pilots everywhere that would love to get out helping the farmers..🇦🇺👍

  • @aprilgeneric8027
    @aprilgeneric8027 Год назад

    "there's no such thing as a near miss. it's either a collision or failure to impact"~ F-16 Driver

  • @whatilearnttoday5295
    @whatilearnttoday5295 3 года назад +7

    If only this industry were accessible without onerous regulation.

    • @PBMS123
      @PBMS123 Год назад

      Its really not that onerous. Get a licence, register your drone and you're done.

  • @regynaught
    @regynaught 5 месяцев назад

    Attention: No wild dogs were harmed in this production. Thank you

  • @stewmeat9261
    @stewmeat9261 Год назад +2

    didn't realize deer were considered feral pest.

  • @banhatlessducks
    @banhatlessducks Год назад

    Assessing buds for yield seems like counting your chickens before they hatch isn't it hahaha

  • @patrick247two
    @patrick247two 3 года назад +5

    A team of drones could herd the prey to a trap.

  • @drivesafely12
    @drivesafely12 Год назад +2

    Drones can also be used for nefarious reasons. Something I find chilling.

  • @EricGreniervideo
    @EricGreniervideo Год назад +11

    The problem wasn’t the pandemic it was Australia’s overreaction.

  • @DurokSubaka
    @DurokSubaka Год назад +1

    This is our first lesson in Not Being Seen.

  • @johngreen3543
    @johngreen3543 Год назад +1

    Necessity is the mother of invention.

  • @lentman
    @lentman 3 года назад +7

    Impact of some introduced species such as deer is overestimated. Instead off government spending money on "pest control" it should allow wider access to recreational hunters. There are more pressing environmental issues then deer, goats, pigs - they are game animals which have high culinary value.

    • @jimmyjones2426
      @jimmyjones2426 3 года назад +7

      QLD is a perfect example. Huge feral pest problems but ZERO access to state forests for recreational hunters. Responsible hunters are true conservationists who are under-utilised in a big way

  • @stevefranklin9920
    @stevefranklin9920 Год назад +9

    Do they do very much catching wild hogs with catch pens like they do here in the States?

    • @mikek2258
      @mikek2258 Год назад

      Heaps of it..
      traps and people with dogs hunting with guns from far and knives stabbing pigs in the heart..
      There are more freral pigs in Australia than there are people.
      Have a look at a few Ausssie pig hunting channels, to name a few
      hogs dogs and quads.
      Pig hunting Australia.
      Boaring Australia.

    • @xuejiaoxu6778
      @xuejiaoxu6778 Год назад +1

      It is almost impossible to use the remote operation ones as there's no phone reception in most of these rural areas.

    • @rebelarcher5450
      @rebelarcher5450 Год назад +1

      yes they do , Govt. agencies and also private landholders .

    • @rebelarcher5450
      @rebelarcher5450 Год назад +4

      @@xuejiaoxu6778 why do you need phone coverage ? its a simple REO mesh cage with a one way door , and they are checked regularly . phones have nothing to do with them.

    • @nickstevens2927
      @nickstevens2927 Год назад +1

      @@rebelarcher5450 the phone coverage is used to remotely trip the trap . Somehow I doubt you would want to be stood in the middle of nowhere for hours or even days waiting to manually trip the trap . Modern traps now have night cameras that are used to make sure the trap has enough guests eating merrily away before tripping it ..

  • @joebloggs619
    @joebloggs619 3 года назад +6

    It's Amazon how former commercial pilots who suddenly lost highly paid prestigious pilot careers have adapted to their new status to use their skills as possible lots to do very important other work on probably a fraction of the pay the once got as commercial pilots. They do great job trying to control pests like wild fallow deer in Victoria and wild dogs that attack herds of sheep in Victoria and cause absolute havoc, especially at lambing time when ewes at at their most vulnerable, giving birth.

    • @michaelgreene7385
      @michaelgreene7385 3 года назад

      What's amazing is how much they got paid to do that job to start with... it's just a job like any other.... they train you for it , and you do it. All jobs can be hazardous or deadly... Being an airline pilot may be one of the safest job's out there...

    • @WS_00
      @WS_00 Год назад +3

      Especially with free delivery if they’re a prime member!

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      @kevinknuckles25 Год назад

      All bot accounts

    • @JohnSmith-pn1vv
      @JohnSmith-pn1vv Год назад

      Gotta love the autocorrect to advertise sh1tty American companies

  • @paulmoller2860
    @paulmoller2860 Год назад +7

    I watched a show looking for gold cougarans that the bore amry in South Africa had while the English tried to capture a shipment
    What they do is use the thermal camera at night because gold will hold the sun's heat longer than just the soil around the nuggets
    Maybe a new venture for you guys I wish the best for you all

    • @romandybala
      @romandybala Год назад +6

      gold cougarans that the bore amry in South Africa." What????

    • @samroberts8365
      @samroberts8365 Год назад

      Yes, please elaborate.

    • @paulmoller2860
      @paulmoller2860 Год назад

      @@samroberts8365 I saw a documentary can't remember off hand what it was called I am sure it was off the discovery channel it maybe called adventures extreme

    • @MrPaw45
      @MrPaw45 Год назад +4

      @@romandybala That would be gold krugerands and Boer army.

    • @michaelofsydney6128
      @michaelofsydney6128 Год назад

      @@romandybala *krugerrands

  • @monkeybarmonkeyman
    @monkeybarmonkeyman Год назад

    Just wondering how long before the drones will be allowed to dispatch those feral pests? I'd venture to say it won't be long.

  • @therandomnessofeverythinga7045
    @therandomnessofeverythinga7045 3 года назад

    Very cool....I fly Dji mavic and Autel Evo2 pro.........

  • @peterwrench4416
    @peterwrench4416 3 года назад +10

    Yes it’s getting easier and easier to pinpoint the exact location of ferals, but you still need to get within effective range and manage a clear shot. That’s still hit and miss at best. You’d definitely need an IR scope on your rifle for best results.

  • @rickeggers644
    @rickeggers644 Год назад +1

    Could you drop impact triggered explosives on feral animals?

  • @letstalk3265
    @letstalk3265 Год назад +1

    Here's my idea to share with any environmental entrepreneurs. The camera units that are secured to trees to monitor animal pathways are modified to have wifi capability plus lethal dart magazines that can be used at a control centre to shoot any feral pests just like drone pilots in Defence Forces. These pests are identified by sight on camera and each unit can be engaged on command at the control centre with a games console-type set up immediately. Having multiple units set up on any farmers or national park site has the ability to start eradication dart by dart across a designated area determined with the aerial intelligence gathering process (like in this programme) and that quality control can be assured through stock takes of dead feral species around each unit with the use of overhead drones and dogs to locate each kill. Native animals rarely accompany feral pests. Each such unit would be totally cost effective as they are retrievable, movable and repairable on the go.
    All shooting is done remotely without any chance of a farmer or any other human being put at risk. This business is regionally franchise able with 'BEST PRACTICE' at the forefront of saving our valuable natural resources and helping our custodians and farmers with this scourge.

    • @drextrey
      @drextrey 10 месяцев назад

      There is no "WiFi" in range of that vast wilderness.
      You probably can use 4G or satlink, but no "WiFi"

  • @fieldmastersystems
    @fieldmastersystems Год назад +26

    Thanks for all of the comments and support guys, we really appreciate it. Drones can be amazing tools for good, and we're constantly trying out new things to see how we can best help people.

    • @tristanvantijen
      @tristanvantijen Год назад +4

      nice one mate, I actually wrote the ADF a letter over ten years ago to develop a robotic feral hunting system. Tech could easily be upscaled for operational value. good on you for taking this up. would it be possible to outfit drones with lethal measures to target say foxes? you could combine static drones in wait with mobile ones

    • @tristanvantijen
      @tristanvantijen Год назад +2

      p.s they never replied xD

    • @1966cambo
      @1966cambo Год назад +2

      That was my thought before I even started the video, a need to “weaponize “ the drone!
      Probably need to go larger too!

    • @tristanvantijen
      @tristanvantijen Год назад +2

      There are some pretty big drones around already used in agriculture for precise spraying. Perhaps shooting poison darts would be lighter then gunpowder ammunition? If drone could be made silent enough for approach?

    • @1966cambo
      @1966cambo Год назад

      @@tristanvantijen personally, I despise poisons !
      I would rather sit off a wee bit and pop a hole through a feral pig , then eat it!

  • @akaroamale475
    @akaroamale475 3 года назад +5

    These drones are so good you didn't manage to shoot a single target species. Might pay you to get some kiwi hunters in there to do the job, we use pig dogs and we get the pigs. The farmers should consider livestock protection dogs they work.

    • @akaroamale475
      @akaroamale475 3 года назад

      @Om Sh They didn't have to, have you not heard of editing in this case there was nothing to edit. The point is they did not kill, had no ability to kill, all they know is that there are animals there. This sort of tech is touted as being an end game when in fact it is interesting but useless.

    • @akaroamale475
      @akaroamale475 3 года назад

      @Om Sh Might pay you to watch it again mate. You are wrong and it might pay you to have an English lesson or five.

    • @outpostone-oh-five8529
      @outpostone-oh-five8529 3 года назад +1

      @Om Sh Akaroa Male is just an ignorant Kiwi. forgive him.

  • @vincentstouter449
    @vincentstouter449 Год назад

    In the USA, ranchers utilize donkeys as livestock guardians. They eat the same food as the grazing animals, live about 30 years, and will not suffer dogs, coyotes, wolves, or snakes. In Africa they even take on hyena’s successfully. They work well with each other and kill by kicking, biting, and stomping.

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie9551 3 года назад +12

    Very impressive.
    Always wanted a dirigible airship design you can make silent, for the same reasons. Maybe a dart gun guided by infra-red.
    Dart one animal in a group with a transponder and you have a better chance of getting the rest later. Capture pens have been a good idea for a long time but tracking and directing the game to it is hit and miss?

    • @marthakrumboltz2710
      @marthakrumboltz2710 Год назад

      It’s called baiting the trap. Creatures rarely will avoid a trap no matter how clumsily they are set up as long as they are baited with the food they enjoy the most.

  • @jolujo5842
    @jolujo5842 Год назад +1

    Yummmm. Bacon on the hoof 😊😄
    Get the smoker ready mates!

  • @stevematthews1647
    @stevematthews1647 6 месяцев назад

    All that technology, they can’t even tell the difference between Sambar and Fallow deer.

  • @sirql8
    @sirql8 Год назад

    What is needed now are railgun 'smart bullets' that can be programmed to kill a specific target within a sounder, herd or flock.

  • @stephenembrey883
    @stephenembrey883 Год назад +5

    It is hilarious how a highly accomplished pilot can also do so many other things and it's funny how a lot of it is involved in farming. It makes you wonder if it wasn't farmboys to begin with that didn't evolve into jet pilots, and then return home when needed in between furloughs😂😂

    • @Todd_Kobell
      @Todd_Kobell Год назад +3

      Sober up

    • @cynrok
      @cynrok Год назад

      ​@@Todd_Kobell lmao

    • @05Petedriver
      @05Petedriver Год назад

      I feel like a lot has to do with the economics of farming. It's not the most lucrative sector, but it is very stable in its highs and lows being closer together.

    • @jayhache5609
      @jayhache5609 Год назад +1

      I”ve known several USAF pilots who grew up on farms, and who returned to farming after they left the Air Force. t. retired USAF aircrew.

  • @peterclark7879
    @peterclark7879 Год назад

    Always love people who think outside the box, all types of introduced animals affect our native flora and fauna and need to be controlled or eradicated.

  • @jellybaby9630
    @jellybaby9630 3 года назад +1

    A Lot Of Ferals Live In Collingwood

  • @TJackSurvival
    @TJackSurvival Год назад +1

    Man I want to go hunting in Australia now!

    • @bowhunter7485
      @bowhunter7485 Год назад

      With boomerang probably, because this bunch of leftist liberals in government wont let you have a pelet gun at home.

  • @TheRaedwolf
    @TheRaedwolf Год назад +11

    Well done chaps. I am a South African business owner and farmer. Love your story and love the way you put your combined skills together. I wish you everything of the best. Awesome idea. Military pricision.

    • @ccrider3435
      @ccrider3435 Год назад

      You sound like you're happy to preside over death and extinction. Sickening.

    • @claywilson6149
      @claywilson6149 Год назад

      First thing i thought . "Hey ...that will help spotting the ⬛ in the dark" . Save thousands of lives !! MAYBE I'M RACIST ...BUT AM I WRONG???

  • @DavidJamesoutdoor-furniture
    @DavidJamesoutdoor-furniture Год назад

    UNSW "The team found that 99 per cent of wild canines tested were pure dingoes or dingo-dominant hybrids

  • @bigsparky8888
    @bigsparky8888 Год назад

    CAN THESE SPRAY DRONES BE USED ON MICE OUT THERE???

  • @chopperchopper1418
    @chopperchopper1418 Год назад

    Can that tec find hiding rotten politions in dc ? , if not make it better.

  • @charleswieand4445
    @charleswieand4445 Год назад +1

    Needs a autonomous tracking and weapons

  • @dw1508
    @dw1508 Год назад

    We just need POV drones with dart launchers now and they could take car of a lot of pests in one session .

  • @darthbuzz1
    @darthbuzz1 Год назад +1

    The only feral animals are the humans in this video.

  • @oscarwindham6016
    @oscarwindham6016 Год назад +1

    Uh.., excuse me .., there mate, but there is no such thing as a feral deer. There are wild deer and there are deer that have been domesticated and that is it.

  • @ianrobinson8974
    @ianrobinson8974 Год назад +6

    21/12/2022 Why these sheep producers don't have Maremma Stock Gardian dogs just doesn't make sense. These dogs will stay on site, guard and take out any dog which threatens the sheep; they are a 1000 years old breed with 70% wolf genes yet are so lovely when bonded to their owners.. The only cost is too feed them (after purchase)!

    • @georgewashington1621
      @georgewashington1621 Год назад

      If you go shoot some feral animals once in a while the cost of dog food becomes free.

    • @smithy18772
      @smithy18772 Год назад +1

      unfortunately they only work on little hobby farms. and if a pack of dogs turn up which happens regularly they end up dead.

    • @Lano_93
      @Lano_93 Год назад +1

      Flocks of sheep and cattle are too big and roam too far. One, two or even three large stock guardian dogs would likely just fall prey to a pack of a dozen or two wild dogs.

  • @sama5946
    @sama5946 Год назад +52

    Imagine if you would allow law abiding people with the proper checks to use semi auto’s more freely.

    • @robertmintz63
      @robertmintz63 Год назад +10

      Not just the use of semi auto rifles but any rifle suitable for hunting ! No the truth is most of the laws conserving such is a knee jerk reaction because someone went nuts , so all the rest of use have to suffer !

    • @sama5946
      @sama5946 Год назад +8

      @@robertmintz63 yep. They went about it the wrong way 100%.
      I agree with a lot of it, but banning semi autos for Recreational hunters, and sports shooting was not the answer.

    • @rogerramjet6429
      @rogerramjet6429 Год назад

      That's what Port Arthur was all about and I personally know that one of the 35 claimed to be dead, is still alive, and now living in New Hampshire in the US.
      If I know that about my own relative, then I can't be the only one that knows about the scam to remove guns via a fear based agenda.
      Funny how coffins were sealed and families prevented from opening them.
      Although someone did and found a body that wasn't their relative, then found it was stuffed to build up weight.

    • @charleswieand4445
      @charleswieand4445 Год назад +2

      Semi automatic you mean gun that shoots one bullet every time you have to pull the trigger

    • @sama5946
      @sama5946 Год назад +3

      @@charleswieand4445 that’s correct.

  • @brettmclauglin8574
    @brettmclauglin8574 Год назад +4

    Very sad situation,why can’t hunters use their skills and take the meat home.
    Just seems like there is something unsavoury developing here which people should keep a close eye on.
    Wild dogs and cats would b top priority.

    • @mikek2258
      @mikek2258 Год назад +1

      They do.
      Its Legal to hunt deer in many places.
      There are More feral pigs in Australia than people.
      Most pigs are in remote areas so its logistically not cost effecting to have mobile coolrooms to preserve the meat so its suitable for sale straight after being hunted.

    • @brettmclauglin8574
      @brettmclauglin8574 Год назад +1

      Thanks for yr explanation Former Freak 🤙

  • @mwhitelaw8569
    @mwhitelaw8569 Год назад +62

    I hope this message reaches these gents
    You've got a massive resource for hunting amidst your populace.
    I'm sure they'd absolutely love a good hunt.
    Veterans make some damn solid hunters
    It's a good thing these fellas got restless
    Way to go boys!!

    • @Shazza2024
      @Shazza2024 Год назад +1

      You're American right? You don't understand how large Australia is and how sparsely populated inland. Also that our army is teensy and there are few enough veterans who were riflemen rather than specialists. Nah you sound like a 2nd amendment guy. We don't want those here along with gun massacres. We just had our first one in 25 years and that's enough

    • @macka9999
      @macka9999 Год назад +3

      💯👌

    • @TJackSurvival
      @TJackSurvival Год назад +2

      You had me at hunting!

    • @Lure-Benson
      @Lure-Benson Год назад +12

      What ? just because someone was in the military make that person a good hunter.
      I am an Alaskan hunting guide and I get clients from the military bases so I can tell you from personal experiences with these active military personnel many of them rarely even touch a gun for the 4 years of active duty.
      There is a massive ignorance of people who believe everyone in the military is an extreme expert in all firearms of the world and expert in all ammunition and expert in hunting.
      The military don't teach course in hunting and doesn't teach courses in reloading - guns of the world they only teach soldiers involved in ground combat operations about the weapons used in military operations not hunting not about guns used for hunting and nothing about hunting game

    • @TJackSurvival
      @TJackSurvival Год назад +5

      @@Lure-Benson still more gun training than the average civilian. Also the combat vets are excellent hunters. Because humans unlike deer shoot back.

  • @AJ-lu3wx
    @AJ-lu3wx Год назад

    This is a WW1 mentality when planes were used only for reconnaissance. When you start using them as bombers, is when these drones will be worth their weight.

  • @WillaHerrera
    @WillaHerrera Год назад +2

    I would love to be able to get every pound of the feral goats in Australia to me in California.

  • @alessbritish228
    @alessbritish228 3 года назад +8

    It's over feral pests, I have the high ground!

  • @shelbyseelbach9568
    @shelbyseelbach9568 Год назад

    These are not feral animals. Feral generally refers to a domesticated animal that has returned to the wild.

  • @keving1774
    @keving1774 3 года назад +1

    Why not set traps?

  • @peterlee9691
    @peterlee9691 Год назад +2

    As someone who's been out hunting and being able to see your prey sure looks good with a drone, but taking out your prey is a whole different game. Unless is one of those war predator drones that actually shots a missile 😂

    • @cristianoforever
      @cristianoforever Год назад

      there is a russian dude on youtube who puts a lot of different guns on his drone , drops grenades, i might be harder than it looks and takes a strong drone to carry and fire a submachine gun though, but someone losing that many sheep might be worth the investment.

  • @alexlavertyau
    @alexlavertyau Год назад

    Was hoping they would drone strike the pests.. I guess that'll be in the next version.

  • @jalexwheeler7751
    @jalexwheeler7751 Год назад

    Hrmm.. Wouldn't it be more efficient to put the weapon on the drone?

  • @tomhamilton7726
    @tomhamilton7726 Год назад +5

    It’s good practice for when the Cabal wants to exterminate large numbers of “useless eaters”.

  • @ZingaraJoe
    @ZingaraJoe 3 года назад

    @ 7m 27 sec. what species of deer is that. Never seen a buck with horns like that.

    • @gardnep
      @gardnep Год назад +1

      Looks like samber or rusa??

    • @23860
      @23860 Год назад

      Sambar

  • @glennbrymer4065
    @glennbrymer4065 Год назад

    Pair these drones with some Boston Dynamics robot dogs that are weaponized, and there you go.

  • @hellohun7331
    @hellohun7331 Год назад

    The public isn’t ready for a drone mounted gun. And that’s a good thing.

  • @mickmick5825
    @mickmick5825 3 года назад +6

    Weaponise these, set up a program for the A.D.F to deploy in well thought out areas. Good target practice and a problem being worked on. Something different to usual drills.

    • @B_Bodziak
      @B_Bodziak 3 года назад

      I think people might get shot

    • @jakewalklate6226
      @jakewalklate6226 3 года назад +1

      It would've been done 10 years ago, the military pushes robots ahead, it doesn't catch up behind

  • @Double0steve0
    @Double0steve0 Год назад +2

    You dear to kill the kings dare!

  • @tweeds2140
    @tweeds2140 Год назад

    I was expecting drone strikes against pigs or somethin.

  • @nissanlowe
    @nissanlowe Год назад

    They need to use this technology along with controlled burns and shooters to be effective.

  • @detectiveinspekta
    @detectiveinspekta Год назад

    Drone strike vs Drone pilot. Two different things.

  • @grahamdowdell4356
    @grahamdowdell4356 Год назад +1

    Every second guy in the country wants to hunt feral animals and are responsible but Farmers fail to let guys in to help them out.

  • @gregortidholm
    @gregortidholm 3 года назад +13

    Somewhat one-sided reportage. Just a commercial for their drone business. A broader perspective and problematization is necessary, I believe. This is a technology that could be used for much good but at the same time, in case of poor regulations, have a risk to be extremely destructive.