There are thousands of feral and wild boar roaming the British countryside’s darker woods, and shooting them has become an established sport. We review the state of British wild boar in Britain today – in Kent’s Ashdown Forest and in the Galloway Forest in Scotland, where one boar gets a bit too close for comfort! […]
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How to get close to the big wild boar of the Sologne region of France? Tim Pilbeam has packed his rucksack and rifle, and is out with French stalker JP Bourgneuf of Wildboar-Hunting-France.com. They get close – but it’s hard to tell what sex the animals are. At last, they find a big one and […]
Read moreStandby for fast-action boar hunting as the world’s sporting journalists convene at Laubach Castle for the annual Zeiss Media Hunt. Paul Childerley is there from the UK, shooting a Merkel Helix with Zeiss V6 scope and using Hornady plastic-tipped ELD-X ammunition. See how he gets on… For the Zeiss V6, visit Zeiss.co.uk/sports-optics/en_gb/hunting/riflescopes/conquest-riflescopes/conquest-v6/conquest-v6-1-1-6×24.html For more about […]
Read moreHunting on tap in a holiday resort? Charlie Jacoby goes to the Mediterranean Island of Corsica to visit an estate that’s alive with pheasant, partridge and some of the fastest wild boar in Europe. To go hunting in l’Ortolu valley in Corsica, visit www.murtoli.com It is also listed in www.magicsafarilodges.com This item appears on YouTube […]
Read moreTim Pilbeam stalks wild boar in the Sologne, one of the great hunting regions of France. He is out with JP Bourgneuf and Désirée Lantz. To go hunting with JP and Désirée, visit www.wildboar-hunting-france.com Contact Tim Pilbeam at tim@rucksackandrifle.co.uk For more about Steyr’s rifles, go to www.steyr-mannlicher.com For the Zeiss binos Tim is using, go […]
Read moreTim’s gaucho Carlos looks grimly at the little pile of bones in front of him, writes Alex Howell. “Between last month and this month we lost about 20 sheep. It is predominately lambs, but for the farmer it is a big loss,” he says. Carlos has a problem. He has to control what is rapidly […]
Read moreHere’s hunting so-fast-so-furious: Tim Pilbeam is chasing down wild boar on horseback in Argentina, where they lassoo them and shoot them. He calls it the most exciting hunt he has been on. It is the latest in his Rucksack & Rifle series. To go hunting boar on horseback + doves, water buffalo and axis deer, […]
Read moreTim Pilbeam is in Argentina after lamb-killers. But these are not foxes or coyotes. These are wild boar. The pigs released in South America have developed a taste for lamb, and the only way to control them in the thick brush is to ride after them with horses and dogs, and shoot them at close […]
Read moreThe Swedish work their elkhounds on a variety of big game. Tim Pilbeam is out to shoot wild boar flushed by an elkhound in Sweden. For Sauer rifles, go to www.sauer.de For Harkila clothing, go to www.harkila.com For more about Mamima Jakt, go to www.mamimajakt.se This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 373 […]
Read moreWe’ve gone 360! Immerse yourself in a driven big game hunt in Germany. Join Charlie in the stand for the highs and lows of a driven hunting day, in the Zeiss Media Hunt 2016. For more about the Victory V8 scope and SF binos, visit www.zeiss.com/sports-optics For the new Sauer 404 Synchro, go to www.sauer.de/en/products/bolt-action-rifles/sauer-404/sauer-404-synchro-xt […]
Read moreIt is driven hunting at its finest. Paul Childerley is on the Zeiss Media Hunt on the Laubach estate in Hesse, Germany. he tries out the new Zeiss Victory SF binoculars and the Zeiss Victory V8 scope. If you are thinking of buying binos like Paul’s, we found these prices for the Zeiss Victory SF […]
Read moreTim Pilbeam is learning about charging boar, running boar and high seat boar. In his new outing in the Rucksack & Rifle series, he goes to Mamima Jakt in Sweden on a boarshooting course, and then puts his new skills into action for real. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter www.fieldsportschannel.tv/register
Read moreRoy Lupton goes to Sweden to find out about the Aimpoint rifle site, how it is the choice of both boar shooters and Norman Schwarzkopf’s personal security, how it works and how to sue it on shotguns. Visit www.aimpoint.com For the computer training sytem, go to www.marksman.se For the pop-up targets www.mrtargets.se For the Swedish […]
Read moreTim Pilbeam is out after boar in Sweden. Find out how he uses dogs to bring them down. For more about Mamima Jakt, go to www.mamimajakt.se For Sauer rifles, go to ww.sauer.de For Harkila clothing, go to www.harkila.com This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 354 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain354 Sign up for our weekly email […]
Read moreA Benjamin Marauder fited with Nitesite night vision does the business for Terry Tate Texas. The hog goes straight down. For more about the night vision we used, go to NiteSite.com This item appears in AirHeads, episode 51. To watch the show on YouTube, go to Bit.ly/airheads51 Sign up for the AirHeads newsletter. Go to […]
Read moreTop game cook Cai ap Bryn is in Hungary to track down a superb recipe for wild boar stew. Find out how he cooks it here. Ingredients 500 grams of wild boar diced steak 1 large onion 3 cloves of garlic 1 green pepper 1 yellow pepper 12 small vine tomatoes 2 tbsp mixed spice […]
Read moreCrossbows just might save hunting in the USA. That’s what Larry Large of Hunting East Texas says. We are out with Larry and his friend Terry Tate of Big Bore Airguns after one of the millions of hogs that have reached plague proportions in Texas. And we are using the latest night vision from Nitesite. […]
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Cai Ap Bryn is in the hunting paradise that is Hungary, finding out how to manage wild boar and mouflon. It is the latest in his Hunt & Cook series. This item is sponsored by Shooterking clothing www.shooterking.com and Sauer rifles www.sauer.de Cai went to Hungary with Wonderhart Safaris www.wonderhart.co.uk Sign up for our weekly […]
Read moreWe are shooting wild boar and testing the Ford Thunder pick-up. Editor of Sporting Shooter magazine Dom Holtam is also ex editor of Performance Car magazine and also a deer warden in Sussex. We attend a roadside casualty before going onto Dom’s high seat to feed in the boar with apple pulp. We return later […]
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