Wild boar – Fieldsports Channel

High-speed driven deer hunt with shotguns

December 25, 2019

How good is the Aimpoint Micro H-2? Let’s find out on a driven hunt, using shotguns…

Andy Crow Blaser Holland & Holland Hornady Recent short films Rifles Wild boar

Driven wild boar: a beginner’s guide

December 4, 2019

Andy Crow shows what an amazing sport driven wild boar shooting is. He is not a…

Paul Childerley Recent short films Rifles Sako Shooterking Wild boar Zeiss

Nightshooting wild boar with thermal

October 30, 2019

Paul Childerley is in Hungary using thermal imaging kit to track down wild boar at night.…

Aimpoint Rifles Roy Lupton Wild boar

Wild Boar Island

March 6, 2019

Roy Lupton is on a major wild boar cull in marshes off a Swedish island where…

Charlie Jacoby Rifles Wild boar

Giant Turkish Wild Boar Hunt

December 26, 2018

Boar in Turkey are truly enormous and cause colossal damage to crops including rice. The locals…

Harkila Hornady Paul Childerley Rifles Sauer Wild boar Zeiss

YouTubers go Wild Boar Hunting

December 12, 2018

Lots of well-known hunting YouTubers get together in a German forest for a driven hunt. Paul…

Jason Doyle Wild boar

Speedy French wild boar

October 27, 2018

For years, Jason Doyle has been looking for good-value, good-quality driven boarshooting in Europe. He reckons…

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Hunting British wild boar

May 31, 2018

There are thousands of feral and wild boar roaming the British countryside’s darker woods, and shooting…

Harkila Rifles Steyr Tim Pilbeam Wild boar Zeiss

Big French Boar

March 14, 2018

How to get close to the big wild boar of the Sologne region of France? Tim…

Hornady Paul Childerley Rifles Shooterking Wild boar Zeiss

Wild boar driven hunt

December 27, 2017

Standby for fast-action boar hunting as the world’s sporting journalists convene at Laubach Castle for the…

Charlie Jacoby Rifles Wild boar

Hunting speedy wild boar in Corsica

December 13, 2017

Hunting on tap in a holiday resort? Charlie Jacoby goes to the Mediterranean Island of Corsica…

Harkila Rifles Steyr Tim Pilbeam Wild boar Zeiss

Boar Hunting in the Sologne

November 29, 2017

Tim Pilbeam stalks wild boar in the Sologne, one of the great hunting regions of France.…

Fieldsports News Wild boar

Wild Boar: global problem and solution

October 11, 2017

Tim’s gaucho Carlos looks grimly at the little pile of bones in front of him, writes…

Aimpoint Harkila Rifles Steyr Tim Pilbeam Wild boar

Running Boar Hunt

October 11, 2017

Here’s hunting so-fast-so-furious: Tim Pilbeam is chasing down wild boar on horseback in Argentina, where they…

Aimpoint Rifles Steyr Tim Pilbeam Wild boar

Hunting the boar that hunt sheep

August 23, 2017

Tim Pilbeam is in Argentina after lamb-killers. But these are not foxes or coyotes. These are…

Harkila Rifles Sauer Tim Pilbeam Wild boar

Elkhound at Work

January 18, 2017

The Swedish work their elkhounds on a variety of big game. Tim Pilbeam is out to…

Charlie Jacoby Rifles Sauer Wild boar Zeiss

Charlie’s Driven Hunt 360

December 14, 2016

We’ve gone 360! Immerse yourself in a driven big game hunt in Germany. Join Charlie in…

Paul Childerley Rifles Sauer Wild boar Zeiss

Fast Action Wild Boar

December 14, 2016

It is driven hunting at its finest. Paul Childerley is on the Zeiss Media Hunt on…

Harkila Rifles Sauer Tim Pilbeam Wild boar Zeiss

Wild Boar Shoot Training

November 10, 2016

Tim Pilbeam is learning about charging boar, running boar and high seat boar. In his new…

Aimpoint Rifles Roy Lupton Wild boar

How the Aimpoint Sight Works

October 12, 2016

Roy Lupton goes to Sweden to find out about the Aimpoint rifle site, how it is…

Harkila Rifles Sauer Tim Pilbeam Wild boar

How to Hunt Boar

September 22, 2016

Tim Pilbeam is out after boar in Sweden. Find out how he uses dogs to bring…

Airguns Lamping and night vision Wild boar

Feral Pig Cull

February 25, 2016

A Benjamin Marauder fited with Nitesite night vision does the business for Terry Tate Texas. The…

Cai Ap Bryn Game cookery Home Wild boar

Wild boar stew recipe

January 20, 2016

Top game cook Cai ap Bryn is in Hungary to track down a superb recipe for…

Big game Bowhunting Wild boar

Hunting Boar with a Crossbow

January 20, 2016

Crossbows just might save hunting in the USA. That’s what Larry Large of Hunting East Texas…

Cai Ap Bryn Game cookery Wild boar

Wild Boar Management

November 18, 2015

Cai Ap Bryn is in the hunting paradise that is Hungary, finding out how to manage…

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UK Hog Hunting

January 14, 2015

What is the future for British wild boar? Should we see them as a countryside asset…

Bowhunting Roy Lupton Wild boar

Can you kill a pig with an arrow?

December 10, 2014

It’s the bow slow motion penetration test. Roy Lupton is a keen bowhunter – but he…

Bowhunting Roy Lupton Wild boar

Driven Wild Boar

December 3, 2014

It’s boar hunting on a budget. Will Roy finally connect with the big pig that has…

Bowhunting Roy Lupton Wild boar

Boar Bow Practice

November 26, 2014

Roy Lupton is about to go bowhunting in France. Time to get some practice in. He…

Dom Holtam Wild boar

Stalking wild boar in your underwear

October 16, 2013

Wild boar expert and journalist Max Götzfried is showing us that taking your trousers and shoes…

Foxes George Digweed Rifles Wild boar

Boar and fox shooting in Britain

April 24, 2013

This story starts in September. A few days before the start of the shooting season, George…

George Digweed Lamping and night vision Rifles Wild boar

George Digweed’s wild boar hunt

April 21, 2013

George Digweed’s boar problem started last autumn but the shooting season put a stop to any…

Foxes George Digweed Wild boar

George Digweed: driven British boar hunting and fox

April 7, 2013

It’s just before the start of the 2012 pheasant shooting season and George’s cover crops are…

George Digweed Wild boar

Wild boar management hunt in England with George Digweed

April 7, 2013

With the pheasant shooting season now over, world champion clay pigeon shot George Digweed is again…

Dom Holtam Wild boar World of sport Zeiss

A guide to driven game hunting in Germany

February 26, 2013

Boar, mouflon, red deer, roe and foxes are all on offer. As guests of Carl Zeiss…

Dom Holtam Rifles Wild boar

Shooting British wild boar in the snow + Ford Ranger test

September 16, 2011

We are shooting wild boar and testing the Ford Thunder pick-up. Editor of Sporting Shooter magazine…

New launch: Merkel K5 break-barrel rifle

December 5, 2019 1:00 am

by Charlie Jacoby Generally, I like the sleek, new single-shot break-barrel rifle from Merkel. The company lent it to me for a week of red hind stalking in Argyllshire (my film is at the bottom of this review). It is designed as a ‘mountain’ rifle: lightweight and with the break-barrel rifle’s reputation for greater accuracy than the bolt-action. It is Merkel’s go at matching the Blaser K95. I prefer the K95 (disclosure: Blaser sponsors films on Fieldsports Channel, Merkel does not). The K5 grew out of the K120, the rifle Merkel produced for its 120th anniversary. Compared the the K3 and the K4, the stock shape makes it look prettier. Here is Sebastian von Stauffenberg from Merkel to talk through the rifle: It is a hogback stock with a Bavarian cheek piece. The stock has a double fold. This is both goodlooking (as Sebastian says in his film) and an important consideration. You are probably going to put a scope on it. Check this stock shape works for you and your chosen scope. The stock on this rifle is in wood and has ebony finishes, which gives it a sense of contrast. Merkel has now changed the ebony to palisander wood for the finishes on the fore-end, pistol grip and the release. The trigger system is adjustable longways and sideways. It is also wider than usual Merkel triggers, which I like. Merkel has developed a silent new handcocking system for this rifle. Decocking is simple and easy and is more secure than a simple safety-catch. The gun simply can’t fired with cocking it. It has a jaeger tilted block breech which locks steel on steel. One feature is that the block is removable. You simply take off the fore-end, take out the barrel, you push back the breech, click a …
Swarovski Z8i

November 23, 2019 6:00 pm

by Charlie Jacoby This is one of the big three: the Z8i is the scope to have if you don’t want the Zeiss V8 or the Leica Magnus. With an 8x magnification, this scope takes your target from 1.7x to 13.3x. It is aimed at both short range driven hunting scope and for long ranges around 400m. Lightweight, it has a ballistic turret with a personalised ring. You take the ballistics of your bullet – the calibre, muzzle velocity and ballistic coefficient (all of these available on your box of ammo plus you can check them yourself on a range) – feed this info into the Swarovski website, pay your money, and a week later a special ring turns up for your ballistic turret in yards or metres that you can click to match the range of your target. So your zero is spot on at 100m, you rangefind your deer at 300m, you click the turret round to 300m, and the scope will hold the zero. The luminous dot is pre-set in two positions for day and night. You can dim it or increased in brightness via pushbuttons on the scope. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain the scope: Want to see the Swarovski Z8i in action? We take it on a hind cull in Scotland: Thinking of buying a £2000+ riflescope? Have a look at our price and capability comparison here:
Swarovski EL and ELO Range binoculars

November 23, 2019 5:58 pm

by Charlie Jacoby Swarovski EL and ELO Range binoculars are designed to combine Swarovski quality with a range finding capability. They come in the standard deerstalking sizes of 8×42 and 10×42 and include an easy-to-use rangefinder. Simply point them at your target, click the button on top of the binos, release, after a couple of seconds, you get the range in metres. The ELO – the ‘O’ stands for ‘orange’ – are that colour so if you put them down on the hill you will easily be able to find them again. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain them: Buy it on Amazon: Want to see these Swarovski binos in action? We take them on a hind cull in Scotland:
Swarovski modular ATX spotting scope

November 23, 2019 5:53 pm

by Charlie Jacoby For the big game hunter who likes to see their distant game up close, this is the Swarovski spotting scope to choose. Zoom is from 30x to 70x. This one has the 95mm objective lens. Modular means you can take the headpiece off and replace it. As you would expect from Swaro, the light transmission is outstanding. The resolution you get out of it is terrific, not only for spotting when I go hunting but also to take pictures. Swarovski sells a special adaptor for your phone that attaches it to the scope. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain them: Buy it on Amazon:
Merkel HLX suppressor

November 23, 2019 3:04 pm

Merkel has gone into partnership with military moderator manufacturer B&T to make a moderator for the hunting market. 200mm long, it has steel baffles, which allows up to 30 consecutive shots without waiting for it to cool. It fits on every barrel with a M15x1 muzzle thread. Merkel claims its moderators reduce sound by more than 30dB. For cleaning, just soak the moderator in soapy water, rinse it out and dry it with a compressor (if you have one) or leave for 24 hours on a warm radiator. Here’s what Merkel says. Want to see the Merkel HLX in action? We take it on a hind cull in Scotland: