The Book
The Thermal Recovery Field Guide
Finding downed deer and lost pets with a drone — from a working operator.
- PDF + EPUB, instant download
- The printable Field Pack — intake card, client prep sheet, go/no-go checklist, decision trees
- Free updates when state laws change
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Inside the guide
What you'll know after reading
- Whether thermal recovery is legal in your state and how to verify it
- What the FAA actually requires (Part 107, night rules, protective paperwork)
- What gear is worth the money at $8K vs $15K budgets plus the cheap stuff that matters more than a backup drone
- How to read heat signatures (dead vs bedded deer, species at altitude, how long after death an animal can be found)
- Why you never fly in direct sunlight and the conditions that kill a search
- Search patterns that find animals
- The 1,000% confirm rule
- What to do when the animal is alive (the legal line)
- How lost pets behave and the trap-and-trail-camera method
- The panicked midnight phone call
- Delivering a no-find honestly
- The contracts and records that protect the business including the live-animal clause
- The ethics line (recovery vs scouting)
- The truth about year one
Questions
Is this a course?
No — it's a field guide book. You read it, you keep it, you take it to the truck. PDF + EPUB, delivered instantly after purchase.
What format is it?
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What about refunds?
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