Why Choose Sky Senderos?

Drawing from a long list of happy clients, we can often provide references from properties only a few miles down the road from your own. Additionally, the data from these previous surveys gives us the ability to provide accurate estimates on the percentage of your total population that we were able to identify due to weather, flight, and property characteristics.

Sky Senderos' large size also allows us to constantly invest in the best technology available. Our drones and thermal cameras are industry-leading when it comes to battery life and clarity. Our technological investment does not stop there, though. We've also poured significant resources into an AI computer vision model that is trained on hundreds of hours of previous survey footage to help our reviewers and eliminate human error. Our proprietary method for pre-planning flight routes ensures that 100% of your property gets covered.

Sky Senderos has made a concerted effort to form relationships with the individuals and departments that you may need to provide your drone survey results to. If you're part of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Managed Lands Deer (MLD) Program, there is a good chance your biologist is already familiar with Sky Senderos. If you need to submit a wildlife management report to your county appraisal district to qualify for the 1-D-1 wildlife exemption, they've probably already seen one with a Sky Senderos final report attached. Working with an established company like Sky Senderos brings legitimacy to your survey results and ensures your goal in conducting a census count will be realized.

Everyone wants to have a flourishing population that consistently produces trophy animals on their property. However, getting your wildlife to that point takes significant time and effort. From prescribed burns to predator trapping, there are a plethora of management activities that you can perform to try to improve the health and quality of your game animal populations. The fact of the matter is, unless you perform annual census counts, the effect of any management activity is unmeasurable. Wildlife surveys allow you to understand the total number, buck/doe ratio, fawn crop/retention, and other important characteristics of your populations in order to choose which wildlife management activities benefit you most. Repeating census counts at least once a year is also crucial so that you can monitor your wildlife population trends and assess the effectiveness of the management tactics you employ.

Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) recognizes the importance of population data to promote sound management and stewardship of native wildlife and wildlife habitats on private lands in Texas. That is why it includes an annual census count as one of the participation requirements of its Managed Lands Deer Program (MLDP). Landowners enrolled in the MLDP are able to take advantage of extended season lengths and liberalized harvest opportunities.

In addition to the aforementioned benefits of annual wildlife surveys, they can also yield significant property tax savings. The State of Texas allows qualifying landowners to maintain a significantly lower property valuation so long as they perform at least three of seven approved activities aimed at protecting native Texas wildlife. One of these approved wildlife management practices is an annual census count.

If you are considering buying a property in Texas, it is crucial to know the quality of the animal populations on that piece of land. Game animal quantity and quality is absolutely critical for any recreational or commercial hunting goals. Even if you don't plan to hunt on your property, healthy wildlife populations are signs of a flourishing ecosystem which adds beauty and value to your land. Don't make the mistake of overpaying for a property based solely on a few undated game camera photos from the listing. A Sky Senderos thermal drone wildlife survey will give you the most accurate idea of the animals that are actually on the property at the time of the sale. As a seller of Texas property, your goal is to get the most for your land. If you've invested significant time and money into managing thriving wildlife populations on your property, then you need to make sure you realize the best return for that effort. A Sky Senderos thermal drone wildlife survey arms you with the population data to prove your property is worth the price when negotiating with buyers.