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Software for private hunting ranches.

Thermal drones and ranch software, built by two hunters. We're taking on development partners now: ranches that put it to work first and help shape how it runs.

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What we build

Run cattle too? Cattle ranches have their own page, with their own demos.

See the cattle page

Who we are

Arches Labs is Parker DeYoung and Parker Piombo. We hunt big game and waterfowl, and most ranch software we've seen was built by people who've never sat in a blind. We'd rather build it with you.

  • Parker DeYoung standing in a marsh at first light, holding a duck with decoys on the water around him.

    Parker DeYoung

    Built computer-vision systems for U.S. Air Force drones and secure, locally hosted AI. Published at EMNLP, a leading AI conference, on benchmarking AI agents and making them more reliable. Hunts waterfowl and hikes.

  • Parker Piombo in a blaze-orange jacket and cap, holding a shotgun on a wooden footbridge above tall dry grass.

    Parker Piombo

    Grew up hunting and working on a ranch in Northern California, so he knows how hard the work is. Competes in sporting clays, studies business, and brings experience from Deloitte. A lifelong hunter with a love of land management.

A large herd grazing an irrigated green pasture below a juniper-and-sandstone ridge under an overcast sky.

Aerial surveys and herd tracking

A helicopter gives you one count on one day. Thermal drone flights could give you a running count by age class, so you see ratios slide before harvest does.

The trail cameras you already run feed the same count.

Illustrated map of a ranch survey. A drone takes off from the barn before first light and flies evenly spaced lines back and forth over 640 acres. Its thermal camera finds and marks each animal: 22 mule deer, 14 elk, and 7 pronghorn, plus one bedded in the timber that it flags for review. Beside the map, a live dashboard shows the ground covered, the count by species and age class, and how the herd's ratios compare with last fall. SURVEY AREA · 640 ACRES BARN ? SCANNING THERMAL
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  1. 1 Mark the ground

    Outline the pastures. Flight lines are spaced so nothing is missed or counted twice.

  2. 2 Up before first light

    It launches while the ground is cold, when warm animals stand out best.

  3. 3 Fly the lines

    Back and forth at a steady height, reading body heat in the open and along timber.

  4. 4 Count and sort

    Each animal is mapped by species and age class. Unclear ones are flagged, not guessed.

  5. 5 Your herd, updated

    Each count is saved next to last season's, so you spot a decline early.

How do you count your herd now, and how much do you trust the number?

Book a call about surveys or send us a note

Ranch security and poaching patrol

Poachers work fence lines at night, when nobody's watching. The survey drone could stand watch too.

Illustrated night map of a ranch. Someone crosses the east fence, a drone launches from the barn, finds the person with its thermal camera among a group of mule deer, tags them, and follows them off the property before flying back to the barn. COUNTY RD GEOFENCE BARN MULE DEER ×6 · IGNORED PERSON · TAGGED LIVE · THERMAL
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  1. 1 Something crosses the line

    A trail camera, gate sensor, or your geofence catches movement where nobody's expected. Patrols can also fly at random after dark.

  2. 2 The drone leaves the barn

    It launches from a dock and flies straight there. Nobody drives out with the headlights on.

  3. 3 A thermal sweep finds them

    Thermal sees what a spotlight won't, and tells people apart from bedded deer and elk.

  4. 4 The poacher is tagged

    Anyone not on your guest or staff list is marked and tracked. Your own guides never trip it.

  5. 5 You get the alert

    Location, live view, and photos on your phone. Call the warden, send someone, or dismiss it.

  6. 6 It follows, then heads home

    It keeps its distance until they're off your ground, then docks. Video and GPS track are saved for the warden.

How we'd keep your land safe

  • You draw the boundary

    Property lines, feeders, gates, and backroads.

  • It watches, it doesn't confront

    It holds back and records. The next move is yours.

  • A record, not a hunch

    Time, place, photos, and video a warden can act on.

  • Your herd map stays private

    Where your best animals bed is what poachers want. It's your data, never sold.

How do trespassers get onto your place, and what do you do about it now? Your insight shapes what we build.

Share how you patrol or send us a note

Fence line checks

Your fence protects years of investment in your herd. After every storm, a drone check finds the breaks and pins them for you, so your crew's time goes to fixing, not searching.

Illustrated map of a ranch fence check. After a windy night, a drone leaves the barn and follows 11.6 miles of perimeter fence. On the east line its camera finds about 40 feet of wire down under a fallen tree, and at the creek crossing on the south line it finds a washout under the bottom wire. Each spot is pinned on the map with a photo, and the rancher's phone gets an alert with directions. Once the downed section is repaired, it's marked fixed. WIRE DOWN GAP UNDER WIRE 11.6 MILES OF FENCE BARN WIRE DOWN WASHOUT CAMERA · EAST LINE · 7:13 AM CAMERA · CREEK CROSSING · 7:19 AM
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  1. 1 Fly the fence line

    After a storm or on a schedule, it follows your fence all the way around.

  2. 2 Spot the break

    Wire down, a tree on the line, a leaning post, a washout, an open gate.

  3. 3 Know where to go

    A photo and a pin on your phone, so you know what to bring and where to drive.

  4. 4 Close it out

    Mark it fixed. The next check confirms it held.

How do you find out a fence is down today?

Talk fences with us or send us a note
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Herd records and inventory

Every animal's sightings, age, scores, harvest, and state paperwork, kept in one place.

  1. 1 A new photo comes in

    It's matched to an animal you already know. You confirm it.

  2. 2 His record fills in

    Sightings, age, and score build up season over season.

  3. 3 Harvest closes it out

    The herd count updates and the state report is started for you.

Which records matter on your place, and which would you never open?

Tell us what you track or send us a note
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Hospitality and guest operations

Bookings, guides, cabins, and returning clients on one board, so nothing gets double-booked and no regular gets forgotten.

  1. 1 A booking comes in

    Dates, party, and species land in one place.

  2. 2 It finds a guide and a bed

    Only the guides and cabins that are free light up. No double-booking.

  3. 3 It remembers them

    Last trip, last guide, and what they like, before they pull in.

A whitetail buck with a tall, wide rack standing in a sunlit clearing at golden hour, looking at the camera, with more deer in the shade behind him.

Hunts built on how your animals move

The flights and cameras that count your herd also show how it moves. That could help plan each guest's hunt around what your animals are really doing.

  • Learn their patterns

    Where they feed at first light, bed, and water, and how weather and pressure move them.

  • Plan the hunt around them

    The right stand, the right wind, the right hours. Your guide heads out with a plan, not a guess.

  • A real hunt, not a sure thing

    Patterns put your guest in the right place. They still have to close the distance and make the shot.

How do your guides scout for a guest today?

Walk us through your season or send us a note
A red-and-white cow standing on a bright green hillside above a wooded valley, with mountains and clouds behind.

Run cattle too?

Head counts, temperature checks, calving checks, fence and water, and herding. Cattle ranches have their own page, with demos built for them.

See it for cattle ranches

What would save you the most time with your cattle?

Show us how you run cattle or send us a note

Contact

We're looking for development partners. It starts with 30 minutes on how your place runs.

Call or text 720-498-7552

Email phdeyoung@gmail.com

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