ECM Aerial Imaging

Drone deer recovery intake

Request a Deer Recovery Search

Complete the information below and ECM Aerial Imaging will review the location, timing, property access, weather, airspace, and current availability. Submitting this request does not guarantee that ECM can accept or immediately dispatch to the search.

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Use the best information currently available. You can provide additional details when ECM follows up.

01 Contact
02 Search location
Upload a screenshot showing the shot location, last blood, boundaries, or expected direction of travel.
03 Shot information

Was this deer already lawfully shot before requesting ECM’s service?

Have you already attempted to track the deer? Optional

04 Property access
This refers to physical access to the property where ECM will meet, launch, land, or otherwise operate from.
If you already know whether you have permission to physically enter neighboring property for recovery, you can tell us here. It is okay to select Unknown.
Optional: Tell us about property lines, neighboring land, gates, access points, livestock, homes, or other areas ECM should know about.

Pricing acknowledgment

Current search price

$425 within ECM’s core service area. Additional travel charges, if applicable, will be confirmed before dispatch. A $150 dispatch deposit is applied toward the search total and becomes the call-out/cancellation charge once ECM begins traveling.

No payment is collected with this request.

Customer acknowledgment

Please read before submitting

By requesting this service, you confirm that the deer was lawfully shot before ECM was contacted and that you are requesting drone assistance solely for recovery. ECM does not provide aerial scouting or use thermal imaging to assist in taking live wildlife. You are responsible for providing accurate information about property access. Landowner permission may be required before you or ECM physically enters private property for access or recovery. ECM will not enter private property without appropriate permission. Drone operations remain subject to applicable FAA, Indiana, local, wildlife, privacy, property-use, and safety requirements. Thermal detection and recovery are not guaranteed and can be affected by vegetation, terrain, weather, retained heat, property boundaries, and other conditions. If an animal is located alive, ECM will follow applicable Indiana wildlife laws and current Indiana DNR guidance. ECM may decline, delay, or terminate a flight for legal, property-access, airspace, weather, aircraft, or safety reasons.

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Submitting this request does not guarantee acceptance or dispatch.