Hare coarsing with drones

goodevans

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Anybody else had the coarsers around with drones.We have a local waterboard pumphouse in area which most years is plagued with coarsers which happens to be manned at the moment 24 hrs a day for security reasons.Last weekend 4 drones were seen flying over the area in the dark
 

Pan mixer

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Mixed Farmer
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Near Colchester
Would they have had ir cameras or similar to look for hares? or would they be up to something even more sinister.

My drone is rubbish in the dark - you can't see anything.
 

goodevans

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I don't know, I would think they are either filming the chase or looking for hares but it is not the first time it has been reported
 

Doing it for the kids

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Arable Farmer
It’s possible. They often film it now and bet in the pub later when we aren’t chasing them.

Wouldn’t surprise me if they train the dogs to work with drones, will be harder to spot but the noise is v distinctive
 

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