Thermal Drone Makes it Easy to Search for Bear on My Ranch... 

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19 minutes of Matt explaining to us how the sun makes things hot

We use thermal drones to find missing hikers all the time It's one of the best tool in our arsenal

Great seeing Drew on here with you. Wouldn't mind having him around more often to get to know him a little better. Very cool video. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Female bears have a home range of 6sq miles on average, and males are about 35sq miles. With all the sheep, and the ranch being abandoned for so long, I could easily see them making it their home! Maybe in one of the caves you haven't found!

Last month, there was a missing dog (tri color male Australian Shepherd) in the town I work in, and they used 2 thermal drones to try to locate him. Funny fact, the dog's name is Bear.

I can imagine the discussion with Drew. Matt: "hey man, wanna hang out on the ranch? We are going to sit around for several hours at night looking at stuff with night vision and a thermal drone" Drew: "say no more, on my way"

Matt, work with thermal a lot. The reason why there are times you have a hard time distinguishing between that and trees is a phenomenon called thermal crossover. Nothing to do with your setting, just the ambient temperature of the two object being perceived by thermal imaging. It occurs mostly as dusk and dawn, but you will get it a lot in vegetation and undulating terrain with thermal currents. Best time will always be night but best time of day is as far away from dawn and dusk (ie midday)

Cellular game cameras along the game trails might help. Don't have to actively look. When you see a bear consistently on a game camera then you can go out with the drone.

Mat you might want to walk the area that the bear was seen first to see if there are any bear signs, such as tracks or scat. When you find that it will give you a better target area. When you find any signs of the bear if its female and is making the ranch its home range it can be 2.5 to 10 square miles, if its a male its range can be a much larger area that being 10 to 59 square miles. Hope this helps your Bear locating.

Keep in mind, water is reflective (and some other surfaces are too)...so you can get false signatures with thermal cameras from those.

Right “searching for bear”…. Man has the best security system on the planet now👀🎥

Today on the ranch, Matt finds an abandoned thermal drone! It still works!

you and Drewski are two of my favorite people. Both incredibly talented and good at your own respective crafts. It would be awesome to see more videos of you guys together!

"I found an abandoned bear on my resort" or... There's a joke in there somewhere about a illegal Mexican bear...

Matt is living every man's dream.

Always nice to see you and Drew hangin out

So cool to see Matt and his brother hanging out.

Best sales video ever. Now I want a thermal drone. 😳

Such a sweet gadget lol And good on you for allowing Lincoln to explore hunting even though it’s not your thing necessarily!!

Cool seeing your brother again the thermal is sweet

Matt, it’s crazy how much your content has matured since the start. Thanks for the entertainment, glad for your success! You were built for this.

I see Mark when i look at Drew. Definitely brothers ❤

Black bear just going on vacation on Desparado/Demolition ranch!

Definitely need more Drew on the ranch.

Brings back memories of my time in law enforcement. I was certified in thermal cameras. So many cool things you can do!

I just recently spotted a bear sittin in a tree to soon find out she was tryin to get away from her 2 cubs at the base of the tree 🤣 I was absolutely floored to have spot them. I fly the M3P as well and have Inspire 2 as well as the new Mini 4

My uncle is a farmer in Germany, he uses a drone with a thermal camera to check for fawns before harvesting his corn and grain fields.

should buy a bunch of trail cameras and set them all around the resort, and get a few for your chickens too, and the goats.

@Matt Carriker thermals will work in all normal temps because they display the difference (or delta) between the thermal energy being emitted between objects graphically. There is a phenomenon that happens twice daily that makes it more difficult to see that but you can still use it during the day.

I love seeing all the different things around the ranch

Sweet video Matt ..... Night vision thermal stuff is always cool to see.

Idk if a bear would hibernate in Texas but just remember you got alot of caves on that property 😂

Congrats link!!! So proud of you watching you grow over the years

Had a black bear come outside my tent when camping at Lake Tahoe. Nothing like the sounds of large creature sniffing around a piece of fabric away from your head. It was an experienced bear because it hit the bear box doors to see if we had really latched them before lumbering off. The neighbors got out pans and scared it off with a bunch of noise.

Black Bears flocking to Texas from California too.

Oh man, I loved seeing Drew! We don't get enough Drew content!

There has been black bear in Myrtle Beach SC forever and with the explosion of construction at the beach they are now in our country 70 miles West. Many more than most know . .

I’ve got the same drone, and would gladly volunteer my time to come help find the bear! You’re not too far away!

The Mavic 3T Enterprise drone is around $5,000+ for anyone curious.

More drone footage with this matt. Please 🙏

Linc is gonna be pissed tryna play hide and seek with you 🤣

Congratulations to Link!!! Hope y'all made a video of it

We use thermal for fires. Find those hotspots we can see to the eye. Buildings, or wildfires.

Nice to see Operator Drewsky!

Matt the bear was seen by caver's so it's clearly a cave bear. 😄

The drone content is actually really cool and I’d love to see more like this

That drone is totally awesome. Sometimes I get really frustrated with technology but drones are awesome n definitely good to have for all the reasons you gave. Okay, I have to admit it. For me being an old broad I was super impressed. Thanks Matt for sharing this great video n for me to met you brother Drew. ♥️♥️😊👍👍🌟👍

Love the content Matt. Thx for so many years of it

you should get a drone with lidar and give the ranch a scan for people to look at on the website!

Matt, I teach a lot of people how to operate their DJI Mavic 3T and I have to say you're already doing really well and have a pretty good understanding.

Drew’s stache is becoming stuff of legend… ooooor getting him on some watchlists

Won't give up on that bear search eh?😂😂 Love it

I'd like to see the thermal drone watching some fully auto fire. With and without tracer rounds to see to difference.

I bet you find all kinds of interesting things with that.

"Everything the light touches is our demo-kingdom." Matt Carriker probably

Love the content with the drones. Just watch taking the batteries to critical (sub 30%) as it can damage the battery. Also, leaving them on but not flying can overheat the drone. Lots of fail safes built in the DJI products thankfully to keep that stuff to a minimum should you push it too its limits but still best practice. I would be a little careful about what you post due to the FAA cracking down on content creators as well. With the new remote ID laws in place for uav pilots you may find some of the things you want to do carry some hefty fines now. :( If you aren't 107 certified you will definitely want to be or have someone that is along with the knowledge that comes with it to avoid any run ins with the FAA. Other than that I can't wait to see the amazing footage you get with the new Thermal on the Demolitionranch channel! Keep up the awesome work and can't wait to book my stay at the Desperado :)

Good to hear that he is going to try to help that dear.

It was nice to see you and Drew together. Pretty cool Drone

It's a shame this episode wasn't sponsored by DJI they would of loved this!

At least you can search a rescue for people that get lost in the ranch 😂😂

So cool! Thanks for sharing

OD sporting the full Magnum P.I. for the win. "With great 'stache comes great responsibility."

I’ve been saying Cleetus needs something like this for the burnout comps.. Would be sick

Quality Drone and definitely a great addition to the resort !! Not only will it help you to find the wild animals but it'll also give you peace-of-mind when you open the resort since you can do a fly-over of the ranges so you know that no-one is walking or working around them before anyone starts shooting. A Quick Question.....How much was the Thermal Drone ??

We need more drew!! I love the brother collaborations

Love seeing you and drewski together, reminds me of me and my older brother

It's always good to have an excuse to buy a new drone...you can even tell Mare...

Bears heard everybody else was crossing the border so they figured why not - if you see one remember to yell at him in Spanish

Great seeing you and Drew on here and at the range event the other day.

Awesome video as always Matt!!

Sure hoping everything is fine at home. I haven't seen Mere in months. No family videos. No home videos. Channel name change. I could be thinking into this too much but I've been here for a really really long time. Miss seeing the family videos mixed in with everything else on this channel.

If you want to try and attract that bear to a certain area get peanut butter and cree the lid to a tree about 6 to 7 foot up and cut the bottom of the container out and pour honey on it after you get it set on the tree. If there is a bear it will attract it to that spot.

Great video Matt with your brother. Thermal drone is a great idea, for so many reasons, and will be handy to have when you need to find something on your resort. I hope if there is a bear you find it. Congrats to Link too.🎉 Love from Australia ❤

Thanks for the video glhf

i love seeing you hang out with you brother

Awesome video Matt !

Matt, I’ve really been enjoying the different videos, so don’t apologize, there great.

Love this style of video bro!!

Awesome video Matt.

I got my self Autel evo dual 640T enterprise. Great build quality. And no Geofencing. Plus it has special option for hyumen search. Will do some animal searches, pet searches and if needed people search plus inspections.

Great job on the video folks! Thanks for making it.

Lots of love frome germany

Black bear used to be fairly common game in South/Central/SE Texas. I've heard of a few spotting around the Houston area the past few years.

Good to see your brother.

Oh thermal drone could be a series.

Happy to hear there's a plan for Arrowhead.

I love when drew joins matt for videos. It reminds me allot of when my borther and i get to spend time together. We dont get to see each other often because i work so much.

Sounds fun for you and Drew, loves to see beautiful deers around with flying camera, awesome video!😉🦌🦌🦌🦌🌲😄

Sick need more night time episodes!

You can also use the drone for hearding sheep to a specific enclosed field area.

Cool drone,thanks for sharing Matt.

Such an interesting video about the drone and the animals, it wasn't even really about the ranch itself, but it was great!

That is awesome Link! Good job!

This video was super cool! Cool to see the critters on your property and this technology.

Love all the videos coming out so quickly

Very cool piece of equipment with lots of reasons for having it

We use thermal drones in the oilfield quite a bit to detect leaks on pipe or fittings

I love how Matt makes up crazy reasons to buy the next coolest “thing”!

That looks like a lot of fun, making me want 1