Tim’s thermal deerstalking journey
1 April 2026
Tim Pilbeam heads out with the ThermTec Oryx thermal scope to see how it performs outside of its typical night-time role. Guided by experienced local
Tom Davies is trying out a new copper round on roebucks. He has a farm to clear of deer using the ammunition that manufacturer Wapiti has sent him. It works, twice – giving him the opportunity to try out a new gralloching knife too.
For more about Tom’s venison business, go to DartmoorDeerServices.com
For Wapiti Ammunition, visit Wapiti.co.uk
For the Rushbrooke knife film, visit YouTube
To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 766, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain766
Tim Pilbeam heads out with the ThermTec Oryx thermal scope to see how it performs outside of its typical night-time role. Guided by experienced local
Kevin Copeland needs to reduce the fallow deer population on his patch of East Sussex, and especially a mutant strain that is throwing up murder
Roy Lupton and cameraman David are limping along trying to reduce muntjac numbers to protect habitat and wildlife. Roy needs all his calling and tracking
Deer manager Paul Symons gets an unusual request: there’s a deer in distress at a Plymouth police station, and please can he come and deal
Professional deer manager Niall Rowantree has shot more deer than most people have had hot dinners – In this interview during the red hind cull
Helen Tinner is cooking dinner, and she needs a deer for her freezer. She is out near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, with stalking guide