Drone suggestion

jk96 · Apr 19, 2020

buckeyefarmer said:
DJI mavic mini at $500

Here's video of our farmer taking beans out last fall with the DJ Mavic Spark. This is the previous version of the mini. Has been a great drone for a sub-$500 price point. The new mini has twice the flight time as my spark.

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bunyip · Apr 19, 2020

Nice video but tell me, what is the small building on stilts?

civilian · Apr 19, 2020

bunyip said:
Nice video but tell me, what is the small building on stilts?

Deer blind possibly. Jon

jk96 · Apr 19, 2020

civilian said:
Deer blind possibly. Jon

Yep. I built it for a place the kids could sit with me before we had plans to build the house on the property. The house didn't seem to bother the deer much. This was last falls harvest from that blind.

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ovrszd · Apr 20, 2020

We offroad 4wheel in our timber. The deer use our trails.

Nice one!!!

buckeyefarmer · Apr 20, 2020

Ranchers are using drones to check on their cattle. I suggested it to dad. If I lived closer to dad I definitely would have one to check the cattle.

4 practical applications for drones on the ranch | Beef Magazine

DJI Drones Adopted For Precision Ranching

Guy that hunts on my dads farm uses one to check his traps.

bunyip · Apr 20, 2020

Excellent links, worth a read, I must admit I have looked for diseased trees using the drone, makes them easy to pick out rather than walking under them and like one of the articles states you can look at a large area and get a better perspective too.

japody · Apr 20, 2020

buckeyefarmer said:
Ranchers are using drones to check on their cattle. I suggested it to dad. If I lived closer to dad I definitely would have one to check the cattle.

4 practical applications for drones on the ranch | Beef Magazine

DJI Drones Adopted For Precision Ranching

Guy that hunts on my dads farm uses one to check his traps.

Don't let breaktrk see this. He'll say they don't need to be raising cattle!

dragoneggs · Apr 20, 2020

I think I might be lazy and have fun checking the embers on my burn pile today with my drone. BRB.

unbidden · Apr 21, 2020

japody said:
I'm thinking about getting a drone. Just today, a cow had a calf and would not let me get near her. A drone with remote video would have made that easier. Anyway, anyone have ideas, recommendations, suggestions, negative feedback, etc. on drones. Looking to keep it under $500. Thanks in advance.

I'm a little late to this party but if buying your first I'd opt to stay on the cheap side. That being said, I've had a HolyStone HS700D for several months now. Flies like an expensive drone and is super easy to fly even for a beginner. The images are good enough for your purpose.