DJI Matrice 4T Thermal RPAS

The DJI Matrice 4T — The Eyes In The Sky Your Next Hunt Has Been Waiting For

Picture the last big-property hunt you did. The drive in. The fuel bill. The hours walked. The country you covered with binoculars and the country you didn’t. The mob you found at 11am that had been bedded in the timber at 6am, six kilometres from where you were glassing. There is a better way to do this work — and it does not involve walking more or burning more diesel.

The DJI Matrice 4T Thermal RPAS is the answer. It flies. It sees through scrub. It finds warm-bodied animals from altitude. It marks their exact GPS position. And it gives you that intelligence before you have walked a step or burnt a litre of diesel — so when you do walk, and when you do drive, you are heading toward something you have already confirmed is there.

Here is the part that surprises most hunters who price it up: this kit is not as outrageous as it sounds. A flagship handheld thermal scope from HikMicro, Nocpix or Pulsar runs you $6,000 to $7,500 in Australia — for an optic you carry to where the animals already are. The M4T is $10,159 — only a thousand or two more — and it flies your thermal capability more than three kilometres out to find the animals first. You stop driving in hope. You start driving in confirmation.

Brand new, in stock at Gun Bar, $10,159. Supplied through our distribution partnership with C.R. Kennedy — the long-established Australian DJI distributor. CASA registration is required before flight and we will walk you through it. The diesel you save in your first season may well pay the difference.

Stop Walking. Start Flying.

About a thousand more than a flagship thermal scope — and it flies three kilometres past where you can see.

Start with the thermal optics market for a minute. The Pixfra Pegasus 2 Pro LRF, top of its line, sits at $4,990. A flagship HikMicro Stellar SQ50 is around $6,200. A Nocpix Ace H50 is around $6,000. A Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50 Pro around $6,500. These are excellent units, and Gun Bar sells most of them. They are also handheld — they show you what is in front of you, while you are standing where the animals are. If you have to walk to that spot first, you are walking blind.

The M4T at $10,159 is between $3,500 and $5,000 more than those flagship handhelds. Here is what that extra spend buys you: a thermal sensor that flies more than three kilometres. You stand at the gate of the property at 5am, launch the drone, and within fifteen minutes you know where every warm-bodied animal on the place is. You drive direct to that spot. You glass the country you actually need to glass. You walk the country you actually need to walk. Everything else gets crossed off the day before you waste an hour on it.

Now run the diesel maths. Rural fuel around $2 a litre. A ute on dirt burning 14 L/100km — that is roughly 28 cents a kilometre. A 100-kilometre cast around a property hoping the pigs are still where they were yesterday is $30 in fuel and half a day of your life, and you might come back with nothing for the effort. Do that three times in a season and you have burnt $90 in diesel finding what the drone would have shown you in twenty minutes from the gate. Do it across a serious year of hunting and the M4T is paying its own difference back on saved fuel alone. The game you actually find is the cream.

See What Your Eyes Simply Can’t

Uncooled vanadium oxide (VOx), ≤50mK sensitivity, 30Hz refresh — the heart of the airframe.

At 100 metres above the deck, a warm-bodied animal looks like a campfire to the M4T’s thermal sensor. It sees body heat through canopy, through scrub, through lignum and tea-tree — through the cover you cannot see into from the ground. The technical name for the sensor is an uncooled vanadium oxide (VOx) unit rated at ≤50mK sensitivity. The practical name for it is the find-it half of every flight.

In the field that translates to:

• Pigs in the lignum at 3am — they glow like a campfire. You will count every one of them.
• Deer bedded in thick tea-tree — the thermal sees the warm body through the canopy. No need to push the scrub and bump the mob.
• Post-shot recovery in failing light — a warm animal on the ground shows up immediately. No tracking dogs, no stumbling around in the dark.
• Goats scattered by a helicopter cull — thermal picks up every straggler hiding in the gully you did not check.
• Foxes and cats after dark — small-bodied nocturnal animals show clearly at 60–80 metres altitude. The most efficient pest survey tool there is.

The sensor records at 1,280×1,024 in Super Resolution mode at 30fps — double the native pixel count, ideal for post-flight review. Record to onboard microSD for later analysis, or stream live to the DJI RC Plus 2 controller’s 7-inch screen. Ten palette options let you dial in the right view for conditions: White Hot for most hunting use, Iron Red to make warm bodies leap off the screen, and Rainbow for maximum temperature differentiation across a mixed landscape.

Spot temperature measurement is built in — high-gain mode (-20°C to 150°C) for normal field use, low-gain (0°C to 550°C) for industrial and fire applications. Manufacturer-rated accuracy: ±2°C or ±2% (whichever is greater) in high gain.

Four Cameras On One Airframe — Because Context Matters

Thermal tells you something is there. The optical cameras tell you what.

Thermal finds the heat. The three optical cameras tell you what made it — and whether it is worth the stalk. The M4T carries three independent optical lenses alongside the thermal sensor, all switchable in real time or usable simultaneously.

With 112x hybrid zoom, you identify game and read the ground around them from distances that make the whole exercise non-intrusive. Thermal to find. Medium tele to assess. Telephoto to confirm. Then you make your move on the ground.

It Spots Targets So You Can Focus On The Hunt

Real-time detection. Zero lag. No mobile data required.

Here is what AI detection actually means in the field: the drone watches the screen so you don’t have to. The M4T runs target-recognition models directly on the aircraft and automatically flags warm-bodied animals, vehicles and people the moment they enter the frame — with identification boxes drawn on your display. No cloud processing, no streaming lag, no reliance on a mobile signal in the middle of the Flinders.

In the field that looks like this:

• Flying a grid over a 500-hectare block — the AI highlights every warm-bodied animal it detects and logs its position on the map automatically. You get a heat-map of activity at the end of the flight.
• Tracking a mob of pigs through scrubby country — activate Smart Track and the M4T locks onto a target and follows it autonomously while you plan your intercept on the ground.
• Setting a holding pattern over a wallow — the AI alerts you when something enters the area, so you are not staring at the screen the whole time.

The processing happens on the airframe. The detection is instant. The flight log records every alert, every target, every position fix. It is the difference between watching a video feed for an hour and actually getting work done.

Know Exactly Where Everything Is — 1,800m, GPS-Tagged

A pin on the map before you are back at the ute.

The integrated laser rangefinder measures to 1,800 metres at 20% reflectivity — it works on animals, vegetation, fences, terrain features, water and structures. Point it at anything on the live feed and the M4T returns three things instantly:

• Precise distance — accurate to ±(0.2 + 0.0015D) metres, better than most handheld rangefinders.
• GPS coordinates — tagged automatically and displayed on the DJI Pilot 2 map.
• Shareable waypoint — export via QR code to your phone, or share via DJI FlightHub 2 to anyone in your hunting party or operation.

Mark a waterhole, a crossing point, a fresh dig, a bedding area or a target animal from the air — and have a precise pin on the map and in everyone’s phone before the drone is back in the case.

How Australian Hunters Are Using The M4T Right Now

From pre-dawn pig recon to post-shot recovery — the real-world jobs the airframe does best.

Sorted — Day Or Dark

Feral pigs, foxes, cats and many deer species are most active between dusk and dawn. The M4T was built for exactly this window.

The thermal camera does not care what time it is — heat is heat, day or night. But the optical cameras step up after dark too. Night Scene Mode uses extreme ISO sensitivity — up to ISO 409,600 on the wide and medium lenses and ISO 819,200 on the telephoto — combined with advanced noise reduction to deliver full-colour night-vision footage. Not green-tinted NVG. Actual colour.

Pair that with the built-in NIR auxiliary light and the optional DJI AL1 Spotlight (illuminates clearly from 100 metres, constant or strobe mode) and the M4T works as effectively at midnight as at midday. Pigs, foxes, cats — the animals that move when nothing else does — the airframe is engineered for them.

DJI RC Plus 2 — Your Command Centre In The Field

A 7-inch sunlight-readable display, real control sticks, and DJI Pilot 2 built in. No phone required.

DJI Matrice 4T — Full Technical Specifications

The complete published specification of the M4T — aircraft, optical cameras, thermal camera, laser rangefinder, transmission and controller. Confirm anything critical to your operation with the Gun Bar team before purchase.

What’s In The Box — DJIM4T

The base kit ready to deploy — ask about multi-battery fly-more bundles when you order.

• DJI Matrice 4T aircraft (with all-weather propellers installed)
• DJI RC Plus 2 Enterprise Edition controller (7-inch · 1,400-nit display)
• Intelligent flight battery
• Battery charging hub
• 100W power adapter and cables
• Spare propeller sets (×3)
• Hard carry case
• Standard accessories kit

What You Need To Know Before You Fly

The M4T is over 250g. That comes with registration, and a few rules that matter.

Registration required. The DJI Matrice 4T exceeds 250g and must be registered with CASA before flight. Visit casa.gov.au to register. Commercial operators — professional culling, guided hunting outfits, property management businesses — will additionally require a Remote Operator’s Certificate (ReOC) for the operating business, plus a Remote Pilot Licence (RePL) for each pilot. Gun Bar can point you in the right direction.

Key operating requirements for Australian hunters and operators:

• Fly only in Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) unless you hold a specific CASA approval.
• Do not fly over populous areas, near aerodromes, or over uninvolved persons.
• Always check for Temporary Restricted Airspace (TRA) before flying — particularly relevant during the Australian fire season.
• Respect state-based restrictions on drone use in National Parks and state forests — these vary by jurisdiction. Check before you fly.
• Stay below the 120m AGL ceiling unless you hold appropriate approvals.

CASA’s rules are not designed to stop you flying productively. They are designed to stop you flying dangerously. Read the rules, register, and the M4T becomes a tool you can use across virtually any rural property in the country.

We’re Not Just Stockists — We’re Hunters Selling To Hunters

The people who’ll still be answering the phone after the sale.

DJI Matrice 4T — Common Questions

Quick answers to the questions we hear most. Anything not covered? Call the team on 1800 GUNBAR.