How to Catch a Wily Poacher in a Sting: A Thermal Robotic Deer

Post by fryz » Sat, Jul 26, 2025, 5:11 PM UTC

comrade1234 wrote: post #18

fryz wrote: post #15

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FWIW, not saying it's right (as a hunter I wouldn't ever do this myself), but most of the biologists that build the population models, inc. the ones that they use to set the amount of hunting licenses or tags sold, build a certain amount of poaching into their models. It's a particularly hard problem to solve - the hobby is usually spread through traditional means (you do it if your parents did it), and going all the…

> In the early 1900's, a lot of folks thought turkey's were extinct because of over hunting and poaching, and the National Wild Turkey Foundation took efforts to restore the population for hunting. Well they've definitely recovered in NW Wisconsin. Theyre everywhere and the males won't even move out of the way of cars.

Post by SOLAR_FIELDS » Sat, Jul 26, 2025, 7:22 PM UTC

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I don't know, I'm not there, not my world. But I would think the goal is to reduce the number of poachers. Poaching being a mind set, a criminal behavior, regardless of that actual animal they're harvesting. If someone is willing to poach deer, perhaps it's a gateway to poaching something more vulnerable. Learning how to avoid the game wardens, building an "underground" community. Similarly, if the deer are that plen…

>But I would think the goal is to reduce the number of poachers. Poaching being a mind set, a criminal behavior, regardless of that actual animal they're harvesting. If someone is willing to poach deer, perhaps it's a gateway to poaching something more vulnerable. Learning how to avoid the game wardens, building an "underground" community. This is the exact same argument that caused a lot of teenagers to get locked u…