#317 - Using a Thermal Drone to Study Mature Bucks for a Whole Season! - w/Whitetail Research

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Sports & Recreation:outdoor, Sports & Recreation, Outdoor

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Zach talks with Derrick from the YouTube channel Whitetail Research about how he decided to take a season off from bowhunting to study mature bucks by following specific deer with a thermal drone. There are a lot of interesting details that Derrick learned about whitetails that other studies may not have been able to document as well as this new technology allowed. The question is, does this information help us as hunters, or make us scratch our heads even more? Topics Include: -how well can you pattern mature buck movements? -the dangers of technology and hunting -the most interesting things Derrick has learned using a thermal drone to study mature bucks Whitetail Research YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@WhitetailResearch THP MERCH: https://bit.ly/30ZC1rm - Get 10% off THP Merch w/Code ZACH OPTICS - 10% off Vortex Optics w/code THP10 - https://bit.ly/3AOdKDQ TURKEY CALLS - Get 10% off Woodhaven Calls w/coupon code - THP2024 - http://bit.ly/2IagiSe MAPPING - Get 20% Off OnX Hunt! Use promo code THP: https://bit.ly/3qCKryJ BOW ACCESSORIES - Get 20% off TROPHY RIDGE products w/code - THP21 - http://bit.ly/2Lol7Yx BOWS - Save 10% off all Bear Equipment w/code THP10 - http://bit.ly/2JW7OzP TICK REPELLANT - Learn about all Sawyer outdoor products - https://sawyer.com/lyme-disease/ TRAIL CAMERAS - Get 10% off Exodus Trail Cameras w/ code - THP10 - https://bit.ly/3lwNlpE GAME PROCESSING - MEAT! products - Free shipping on orders over $99 w/code - THP10 - https://bit.ly/2DzgTQ8v TREE SADDLES - Check out Tethrd saddles and platforms! - http://bit.ly/2Td2Wcr Follow us on Facebook at The Hunting Public Follow us on Instagram at The Hunting Public

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, on this episode I'm going to be talking with Derek from the YouTube channel
0:05.5	Whitetail Research. If you're a whitetail hunter and you haven't checked out his videos yet,
0:10.3	I highly recommend it. There's a link in the description of this podcast to his channel,
0:15.0	but I first found his videos earlier this summer, and since then I can't get enough.
0:21.1	Last deer season, Derek decided to take a season off from hunting and use a thermal
0:26.4	drone to study mature buck movements.
0:29.7	And in this podcast we're going to be talking about that and how he made the decision
0:33.1	to actually start doing this.
0:35.0	But also we're going to cover a whole bunch of interesting things that he learned throughout a whole fall of watching mature bucks using a thermal drone.
0:42.3	I'm actually recording this intro right now at some random park on my way up to start deer hunting on an out-of-state trip.
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1:01.0	And sitting right here beside me are all the optics that I'm going to be using on this hunt,
1:06.0	and I'm a huge fan of using binoculars no matter what the situation is throughout the season.
1:12.6	So if you're like me and you're kind of an optic nut, you can save 10% off of vortex optics if you use the code THP10 on Eurooptic.com.
1:21.6	And finally, if you're in the market for a new bow, we can help save you 10% off of all bare equipment if you use the code
1:28.8	THP10. Make sure you check the description of this podcast to see all the different codes that we have
1:34.8	to offer and to check out whitetail research. All right, let's get Derek on the line.
1:41.7	What about now? Yeah.
1:44.5	Yeah.
1:45.6	Crystal clear.
1:48.7	It helps whenever you turn the microphone on.
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