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Re:Guy builds nightvision drone to hunt feral pigs by fungi on Monday September 26, 2011 @08:55AM (#3038618)
i like, very cool idea and relatively cheap. don't think it would be a good idea to mount a gun as you need to ensure a clean kill and be 100% sure of what you are killing.

another technique that has been very successful with pigs and goats is to release a pig with a tracking collar. pigs and goats are much better then human at tracking down other pigs and goats. mounting the tracking collar receiver on this system would be of great assistance.

http://www.feral.org.au/tag/judas-pig/

http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR96109.htm

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Re:Guy builds nightvision drone to hunt feral pigs by Shenglong on Monday September 26, 2011 @01:27PM (#3039869)
don't think it would be a good idea to mount a gun as you need to ensure a clean kill and be 100% sure of what you are killing

Regardless, I was disappointed when I didn't see/hear PEW PEWs.

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Re:Guy builds nightvision drone to hunt feral pigs by fungi on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @07:00AM (#3042742)
yeah i felt pretty cheated as well.

maybe you could mount a paint ball gun with fluro pellets :)

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