#2047561 - 08/27/10 07:42 AM
Re: what do you think
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I think if it was legal then you might get a chance to see deer that you never get to see-not all deer walk past the cameras hanging on the trees.
That all depends on how good you are at placing trail-cams!
In addition, a spotlight doesn't work as well as people think. When the TWRA was testing thermal imagers against a spotlight, I believe the number was that the spotlight only saw around 20% of the deer the thermal imager did.
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#2047575 - 08/27/10 07:54 AM
Re: what do you think
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As a kid we use to do it all the time. It was kind of fun. I don't think if it was legal it would tempt people to night hunt if they were not all ready planning on doing it. But it might make law enforcement harder to catch the real bad guys so I am glad its in place.
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#2047645 - 08/27/10 09:12 AM
Re: what do you think
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I saw the article the TWRA put out on the thermal imaging of deer. I must say I am amazed at how the imager can pick up antler in so much detail. That tells me that there is some sort of heat radiating up/around there.
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#2047647 - 08/27/10 09:15 AM
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I assume that these cameras are Legal for anyone who has them?
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#2047724 - 08/27/10 10:22 AM
Re: what do you think
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I saw the article the TWRA put out on the thermal imaging of deer. I must say I am amazed at how the imager can pick up antler in so much detail. That tells me that there is some sort of heat radiating up/around there.
The thermal imager is picking up the warm blood flowing through the velvet antlers. However, about right now, blood stops flowing through the velvet in preparation for antler velvet shedding, and in response, suddenly the thermal imagers won't be able to see the antlers anymore. Thermal imagers can only pick up the antlers while they are in velvet and blood is flowing through the velvet--basically, the summer months.
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#2048337 - 08/27/10 08:23 PM
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I've said it before if you want to look at deer at night...then go buy yourself a nightvision device. Problem solved....nobody is bothered this way. Agree, and night vision binoculars work great!
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#2048344 - 08/27/10 08:31 PM
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As a kid we use to do it all the time. It was kind of fun. I don't think if it was legal it would tempt people to night hunt if they were not all ready planning on doing it. But it might make law enforcement harder to catch the real bad guys so I am glad its in place. 
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#2048403 - 08/27/10 09:21 PM
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its done by my house all the time during deer season, and they carry guns with them. i also call mister green jeans alot at that time of year.
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#2048465 - 08/27/10 09:54 PM
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I saw the article the TWRA put out on the thermal imaging of deer. I must say I am amazed at how the imager can pick up antler in so much detail. That tells me that there is some sort of heat radiating up/around there. The thermal imager is picking up the warm blood flowing through the velvet antlers. However, about right now, blood stops flowing through the velvet in preparation for antler velvet shedding, and in response, suddenly the thermal imagers won't be able to see the antlers anymore. Thermal imagers can only pick up the antlers while they are in velvet and blood is flowing through the velvet--basically, the summer months.
I knew the imager could pick up the bucks in velvet and thought it couldn't when the velvet dropped, but I was thinking a video or pictures in one of the articles was done during the fall some time. Bucks were moving mostly at night and they had some GIANTS. The spotlight didn't even pick the deer up as they would lay down in the high grass. Then the imagers would see them.
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