How effective is thermal & night vision in deer control?

Professional deer stalkers Peter Jones & Jonty Drew cull 4 Sika Hinds in Dorset and a further Roe Doe on the River Test, where they scout out new Capreolus Club Syndicate grounds. All whilst trialling the latest thermal and night vision equipment from HIKMICRO.
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[@user-gr3uz6kr5o]

Great footage as always Peter, keep the videos coming

[@CountydeerstalkingCoUk]

Thanks so much for the vote of support!

[@earlydaysseaangling007]

Another great informative video Peter I use inifray thermal and day night scope I enjoy all your videos

[@CountydeerstalkingCoUk]

Appreciate the comment, thanks!

[@barryluckhurst1166]

Another great video....i save these ..and learn something every time... keep em coming..

[@CountydeerstalkingCoUk]

Thanks for kind words and thank you for watching!

[@opsoverseas]

Another good video PJ, well done deflecting the 'unproductive comment black holes' that plague CZcams....

[@CountydeerstalkingCoUk]

Thanks Simon

[@waldemarb.3108]

Great work.

[@theessexhunter1305]

Good stuff Peter well done.

[@CountydeerstalkingCoUk]

Appreciate the comment, thanks for watching!

[@alanarmer8069]

Great video 👍👍🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌👍👍

[@CountydeerstalkingCoUk]

Thanks for watching!

[@CountydeerstalkingCoUk]

Thanks for watching and as ever, please let us know your thoughts, we'll be pleased to hear from you!

[@tundzhaybayryamov1575]

Good stalking there. Is it Blaser’s own mounts and rings? If so what height of rings you use for Alpex?
Thanks.

[@dominicjohnson8427]

Hi Peter, I know you’re a big advocate of the sako 85 ! What’s the thinking behind using the blaser now instead of going for the sako 90 ? Just wondering as I’m considering increasing calibre size and potentially make of rifle also

[@yonmusak]

I wager they gave him a Blaser

[@CountydeerstalkingCoUk]

Hi Dominic. In fact, we are NOT sponsored by any rifle manufacturer, so I am completely independent and free to use whichever rifle I like. I certainly enjoy using the Blaser R8, but I also enjoy Sako and other rifles. Incidentally, I plan to get a couple of new rifles later this year. So watch this space.

[@samueltwaites5517]

You have any grounds in the North of England?

[@Brass-and-Bullets]

No recorded footage from the alpex?

[@CountydeerstalkingCoUk]

We were concentrating on the Binoculars on this occasion, next time, with a bit of luck, we hope to have more from the Alpex. But it's tough working with animals!

[@johnkelly9160]

It’s just gadgets gadgets gadgets. What ever happened to field craft with a standard 8x56 scope

[@philipevans9411]

Bit slow on taking the safety catch off fire! Level 2 failure!

[@brdeermanagement]

Incredibly poor shot reaction on the first two in my opinion and certainly shouldn't be accepted as 'common' as you state.
With an appropriate calibre and bullet combination (.308 Win or above) you should see very few runners breaking 10 yards, if they run at all. The perpetuation of this idea that all anyone needs is a small 6.5 or .243 is somewhat of a fallacy, driven by the desire to have increasingly light and softly recoiling rifles.
Proper recoil management with a moderate to heavy weight of rifle in a more suitable calibre will, with the correct bullet, allow the same or better accuracy, but with much increased terminal performance and effect.

[@kristiangustafson4130]

A 6.5 Swede is not a small calibre at all. Few of mine run at all.

[@brdeermanagement]

@@kristiangustafson4130 I've done extensive testing with 6.5x47L, .308 Win, 7mm Rem Mag and .300 WSM.
The average run distances decrease as you go up that list. The notable jump is from 6.5 to .308, where run distance on average nearly halves (only using data from chest shots where no contact has been made with spine).
Like it or not the 6.5s, be that creed, swede, X47, X55 etc are all much the same and are a small calibre as calibres go. The data backs up that they cannot compare to greater energy and frontal area.

[@yonmusak]

Especially on Sika. Those buggers can be rather stubborn.

[@marks1014]

Do you shoot many Sika? They react differently to all other deer. Tough as old boots!

[@brdeermanagement]

@@marks1014 I’m primarily on red, roe and some fallow. I have shot sika, although only with my .300 WSM, once again they all dropped on the spot, even when the range was ‘extended’.