Katie Hargeaves used to stick to a plant-based diet. Then she discovered venison – wild, sustainable, low food miles, and she is entirely in charge of her meat’s welfare in its last few minutes of life. She is out with pro deerstalker Paul Childerley, looking for a cull Chinese water deer with Paul’s Sako S20, as he assesses her stalking techniques for her DSC2 deerstalking qualification. And Paul talks through the new range of thermal from Hikmicro, including the Thunder and Gryphon models.
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How gamekeepers use thermal
Keeping their birds alive and well is every gamekeeper’s priority – and the biggest threat to their pheasants, ducks and partridges is foxes. Thermal technology
British Open .410 Championship 2023
youtu.be/6CFe3U7d4Zw It’s Battle of the Gamekeepers at the 2023 .410 British Open Championship. Geoff Garrod from Essex goes up against his squad mate Paul Childerley
Aerial roebuck reaction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhzcGoTOXGM What does a roebuck reaction to the call look like from the sky? Incredibly, we filmed one of four bucks we shoot on this
How to shoot deer when the crops are high
Paul Childerley has a date with a deer which can’t be missed. He booked in to join top game chef and senior lecturer at Westminster
Ultimate .410 cartridge for pigeons, game and clays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5eCvlQiAI Paul Childerley loves a .410 shotgun. Whether it is on a game day or clay shoot, he enjoys the challenge of the smaller calibre,
Long-range Spanish ibex hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WVe0d3yb6s Just as the ibex season is about to close, Paul Childerley heads to southern Spain to hunt the smallest of the Spanish ibex subspecies,
Sako 90 launch: first hunt, first moose
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmT9zleGbUY Paul Childerley thinks he has been invited across to Sako’s HQ in Finland to hunt moose and whitetail, but there’s a surprise in store.
Majestic capercaillie hunt on skis at -30°C
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXAzdPYn7zM It’s one of the most dramatic landscapes we have hunted. Paul Childerley is after Capercaillie in winter, with snow deep on the ground and
Shooting foxes off a carp pond
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPKCqaf2jo0 Foxes eat all manner of wildlife and rubbish. This is the first time that Paul Childerley has found them devouring koi carp from a
Warthog shopping + hanging out for a hyena
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxx_1iPK940 HIKMicro donates one of its thermal units to an anti-poaching patrol in Mozambique. Paul Chdilerley is there to make the handover, plus he learns
Hunting for the pot with catapults and bare hands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjBJ-_9xmlI When Wayne Martin has a catapult in his hands, no small pest or game is safe. He joins Paul Childerley for a mooch around
Injured buffalo charges hunter
Explosive action as British big game hunter Paul Childerley hunts buffalo in the Mozambique bush. He finds out about poaching, poisoning and just how dangerous
