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Free Giveaway · Virginia Hunters

YOUR PROPERTY. MAPPED FROM ABOVE.

A professional thermal drone deer survey — $1,000+ value. Winner drawn December 1.

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30,000+
Acres Analyzed
Author, published in
North American Whitetail ↗
100%
Virginia-Owned & Operated
Who's behind this

Virginia's leading name in thermal drone deer recovery and herd analysis.

Captured Media is the drone team hunters and landowners across Virginia call when the trail runs out or the questions matter. Wounded buck lost after dark. A property you've never truly counted. A lease you're trying to build a real herd strategy around. That's our lane.

30,000+
Acres surveyed
100s
Deer recovered
1
Jarvis, our thermal drone

Meet Jarvis — our drone. Thermal camera, wide-angle, 200x zoom, and a spotlight bright enough to turn night into day. He's the difference between “we searched everywhere” and “we found him.”

Written by our founder, Eyes in the Sky: Thermal Drones for Deer Recovery → in North American Whitetail.

Thermal drone deer recovery (night flights, wounded deer tracking)
Full-property herd analysis (buck-to-doe ratio, density, movement)
Bedding, food, and travel mapping (thermal + LiDAR)
Landowner reports you can hunt off all season
Founder
Justin “Jut” Updyke
Captured Media · New Kent, VA
“If your trail runs out, ours starts. Thermal doesn't lie — it either finds him or proves he made it.”
The Prize

A professional thermal drone survey of your property

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Real herd count

Thermal drone identifies every deer on your land — not a guess from trail cam gaps, an actual count.

02

Buck-to-doe ratio + density

Actual numbers for your property. Know what you're managing before the season, not after.

03

Bedding + travel intelligence

Where they live, where they move, and when. Mapped from real flight data, not assumptions.

Every finding lands as a full report and a property map you can import straight into Captured Hunt. Use the data all season.
Put It To Work

What you can do with it

Food and habitat improvements

Target plots and cover work where the deer already are.

Bedding and access route planning

Get in and out without blowing up the property you're trying to hunt.

Stand and trail-cam placement

Put glass and cameras on confirmed travel, not hopeful corners.

Realistic harvest goals

Set targets off your actual buck-to-doe ratio, not a hunch.

Off-season property management

Plan next year's work with a real baseline instead of starting from zero.

Enter The Giveaway

Takes about a minute. One entry per email — bonus entries stack.

First name is required.
Last name is required.
Enter a valid email address.
Enter a valid Virginia ZIP (22xxx–24xxx).
Enter acreage between 1 and 500.
You must confirm property availability to enter.
Bonus entries (all optional)
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Have a free Captured Hunt account? You automatically get +3 entries — just use the same email above.
Your entries: 1

You're in!

We'll email the winner December 1.

Total entries: 1
+3 BONUS ENTRIES

Get 3 more entries — free

Create your free Captured Hunt account with the same email and we'll add 3 bonus entries automatically. Plus you get 7 days free of the full app: your property mapped, AI scouting, wind-scored stands, buck profiles.

CLAIM +3 ENTRIES → EXPLORE CAPTURED HUNT

Same email = auto-linked. No card required for trial.

Official Rules

OFFICIAL RULES — Captured Media Deer Herd Analysis Giveaway NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. SPONSOR: Captured Media LLC, New Kent, Virginia. ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. You must own the property entered, OR have documented written permission from the landowner to allow a Captured Media drone flight and to receive the resulting analysis. The property must be located in Virginia, must be 500 acres or less, and must be available for a scheduled on-site drone flight between December 1, 2026 and March 15, 2027. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of Captured Media LLC and their immediate families are not eligible. ENTRY PERIOD: The giveaway begins Friday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time and ends Sunday, November 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (the "Entry Period"). Entries received before or after this window will be void. HOW TO ENTER: 1. Primary entry (1 entry, required): Submit the entry form at capturedhunt.com/win with your name, email, Virginia ZIP code, estimated acreage, and property availability confirmation. 2. Bonus entry — Captured Hunt account (+3 entries): Create a free Captured Hunt account at capturedhunt.com using the same email address as your entry. Verification is automatic. 3. Bonus entry — Instagram follow (+2 entries): Follow @capturedhunt on Instagram and enter your handle on the form. 4. Bonus entry — Facebook follow (+2 entries): Follow Captured Media on Facebook and check the confirmation box on the form. 5. Bonus entry — Social comment (+1 entry per week, up to 3): Leave a comment on any Captured Hunt or Captured Media giveaway post on Instagram or Facebook during the Entry Period. MAXIMUM ENTRIES: Each entrant is limited to a maximum of 10 total entries over the course of the Entry Period. ALTERNATE FREE METHOD OF ENTRY: To enter free without the online form, hand-print your name, email address, and Virginia ZIP code on a 3x5 card and mail it to Captured Media LLC, New Kent, VA. Mail-in entries must be received by November 30, 2026 and count as one (1) entry. Limit one mail-in entry per envelope. PRIZE: One (1) Captured Media Deer Herd Analysis, consisting of a professional thermal drone survey of the winner's Virginia property (up to 500 acres), a written analysis report covering herd inventory, buck-to-doe ratio, estimated density, bedding activity, and property-in-context assessment, and a property map file compatible with Captured Hunt. Approximate retail value: $1,000. The prize is non-transferable and no cash equivalent will be offered. Any applicable federal, state, or local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. WINNER SELECTION: One winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries on December 1, 2026. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. WINNER NOTIFICATION: The winner will be notified via the email address provided with their entry within 48 hours of the drawing. Winner must respond within seven (7) days to claim the prize. If the winner cannot be reached, does not respond within seven days, or is found to be ineligible, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be drawn. PUBLICITY RELEASE: By entering, entrants grant Captured Media LLC the right to use their name, likeness, hometown, and any drone footage or imagery gathered as part of the analysis in marketing materials, on social media, and on capturedhunt.com without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. DATA USE: Entry data (name, email, ZIP, acreage) will be stored securely and used to administer the giveaway and to send occasional marketing communications from Captured Media and Captured Hunt. Entrants may opt out of marketing communications at any time. RELEASE OF LIABILITY: By entering, participants release Captured Media LLC, its owners, employees, and partners from any liability arising from participation in the giveaway or acceptance and use of the prize. Captured Media LLC is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, or incomplete entries, or for technical failures of any kind. GOVERNING LAW: This giveaway is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. All disputes shall be resolved in the state or federal courts located in New Kent County, Virginia. DISCLAIMER: This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram, Facebook, or Meta Platforms Inc. WINNER'S LIST: To request the name of the winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Captured Media LLC, New Kent, VA, marked "Winner's List" — requests must be received by January 31, 2027.