Sako factory tour and driven hunt

Paul Childerley and Dom Holtam go to Finland to see how Sako makes its rifles - and they go on a traditional Finnish driven hunt. They are after whitetail deer (Finland has had whitetail since the 1930s) and elk, and it's a chance to use new Sako rifles and ammunition.
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Why shoot deer?
There are more than two million red, roe, fallow, sika, muntjac and Chinese water deer in Britain’s countryside and semi-urban areas, the highest level for 1,000 years. Numbers have doubled since 1999, according to the Deer Initiative, the UK government’s deer agency.
Deer are an attractive and an important part of our wildlife. However, they have no natural predator in the UK so numbers must be sensibly and strategically managed to keep them in balance with their habitat and to prevent damage to crops, trees, woodland flora, gardens and other wildlife.
Deer cause £4.5 million-worth (Forestry Commission Scotland) of damage to plantations and other commercial woodlands in Scotland. Crop damage is estimated at £4.3m a year according to DEFRA, with the greatest damage on cereal crops in east and south-west England.
More than 8,000 hectares (Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology) of woodland with SSI status is currently in ‘unfavourable’ or ‘recovering’ condition due to deer impacts such as browsing and fraying. Deer can also influence the variety of wildlife in woodlands and other habitats by altering structural and plant species diversity. According to the University of East Anglia’s Dr Paul Dolman, that has resulted in a 50% decline in woodland bird numbers where deer are present, impacting particularly on nightingales, blackcaps, chiffchaffs and warblers.
Deer are susceptible to Bovine TB and may be responsible for the transmission of TB to cattle. They are also the likely driver behind the UK’s increasing tick population (Scharlemann et al 2008).
Happily, venison is a delicious meat. It is wild, natural and free range, and - almost fat-free - it is one of the healthiest meats available today. Results from research commissioned by the Game-to-Eat campaign (Leatherhead Food International Research 2006) suggest that there are real health benefits to eating game. Venison is high in protein, low in saturated fatty acids and contains higher levels of iron than any other red meat.

[@tacticplanner7188]

In my option Sako makes the finest bolt production rifles in the world, I love this manufacturer. Once you shoot one you will not want anything else. The only negative is aftermarket parts but the quality speaks for itself.

[@forresthedrick3224]

Pre 1962 SAKO Finn Barr in .30-06. Finest firearm I've ever fired. Inherited it from my dad. Action is still smooth as glass. Next one is going to be in .375 or .416 in the Safari model.

[@TheREALLibertyOrDeath]

Wow this is really cool of sako to put on!

[@MrPh30]

.404 is quite a versatile cartridge, it dont ruin much and 7t gives a good effect on drives and allround use. It likes 350 grain or 300 mono for lighter use. But depending on terrain the old load 400 grain at 2150 fps is something to look at.

[@bennyjetsaroundtheworld9047]

I wanna buy from companies as proud of their product as sake everytime I spend a dime

[@zajagter2888]

Autocorrect is a b#tch

[@zerppiss]

I remember shooting arrows to the SAKO factory wall with a toy bow as a kid. God damn we were stupid.

[@marksmith4977]

That's funny stuff

[@jtc4033]

I love how you acknowledge that you have been mispronouncing the name and then just continue to do it... lol

[@PKPK-rr3rs]

Waidmannsheil 👍🏻

[@dimtsis]

I thought SEIKO made watches.. Oh wait, its SAAAKO?

[@gregdelasavoie2105]

good clip but what is the caliber imployed please

[@EdAb]

.308 Winchester on the featured moose.

[@oliverheartt]

What kind of boots were they, with the light on them?

[@srvsrv1530]

Отличные выстрелы!

[@Kosarkid]

A .404 Jeff for moose🙄Moose are thin skinned, they are not elephant... The majority of moose in Canada are taken with .270/.308/ & 30-06...... with today’s bullets, cartridge is even less important. There really is no need to ever go beyond 30-06. It’s just marketing

[@EdAb]

Totally correct. I've seen a bull moose which was hit twice at 50m, drop quickly and cleanly with a .308. I've also seen three well placed shots from a .375 Ruger take twice as long to topple a big male. One bull I saw, "casually" meandered a good 50m after taking two prime hits from a .300 Win Mag. I have thoroughly come to the conclusion that moose are just tough animals, regardless of what you throw at them. Aimed well, with a tough bullet, out to 200m, .308 Winchester is a fine moose cartridge.

[@AndreasNikanor]

I've shot 12 moose with my .30-06 (an old Tikka with Oryx 180grains), mostly bulls. And none of them have made it more then 50-60m. And they have been shot from as Close at 80m to a range of 180m. I love my rifle, but I have bought a 375 h&h (Sako) to try out the comming season. Not to replace my .30-06 but to have a option for even go bigger game then Moose some day.

[@zajagter2888]

If someone wants to hunt it with a larger cartridge than what is on your comfort zone let them be. They're willing to take stout recoil to end the life of a moose quicker.

[@McSlobo]

Maybe it helps against some random twigs you'll always have between you and something else in Finland even if it's a clear line of sight in between.

[@blaynemacpherson8519]

Was the moose antlers Red? Is that the natural colours of them?

[@saldot79]

The natural colour is brown. Guess the camera changed the colours due to the low light and with fire/torch as the lightsource..

[@zajagter2888]

I believe their skin falls of in certain season, I think so

[@Nick-wn1xw]

So they told you how Sako is pronounced yet you insist on mispronouncing it. Why?

[@mchughcb]

Always a great video. But a 404J on a moose? Seriously LMAO!

[@DharmaRaj-kj7mo]

mchughcb 7

[@zajagter2888]

Nothing wrong with it, rather use a big caliber on a big animal, more room for error. If you think an animals deserves to suffer because of your own error then your opinion doesn't really matter anyways

[@Ch0pj0b]

I've eaten venison. But what does moose taste like.

[@trumpjongun8831]

It tastes good :) Especially calf meat. I eat moose meat every month. But i have never tried venison, so i can't compare these 2.

[@EdAb]

In Canada, many of us prefer moose over white tail.

[@damainkerek810]

Wachtelhunds??

[@vademecum8184]

Apparently yes.

[@leit1700]

Unlucky that the carbon fibre has huge ("ondulation" as its said in german). They have to idea how to use Carbon Fibre but the rest of their guns is good...

[@MrZanderLi]

Baiting... that's not hunting lol

[@horatio8764]

The dead deer as your KZbin header is really not the best look guys. Bad choice . My opinion , and I'm a shooter.

[@gregrauscher4524]

That is not hunting. It is simply shooting. Personally I could not just stand there and wait for the animal to be driven to me. In Canada we HUNT....I call and stalk as necessary and that is HUNTING. I guess they have different game laws there so they invite you to a shooting session.

[@vademecum8184]

It's both hunting and shooting and furthermore fieldcraft. They just didn't show what the dog handlers were doing. This is how the hunting is mostly done in the southern parts of the country. Up in the north the hunting is more like in Canada or Alaska. By the way, do you consider sitting in a tree stand hunting? ;)

[@marksmith4977]

Are you allowed to shot across a roadway? not here in the U.S.

[@jokelius1]

Yes, fuck other people and their traditions which are different to mine, am I right?

[@zajagter2888]

@@jokelius1 perfectly said

[@McSlobo]

You know those hunters don't want to spend months in forests playing stupid Rambo-games because some thinks it's not real hunting. They have to shoot over 100000 moose and deer (combined) in a short period to keep the population stable. It's about having a community that brings meat to the table for the winter, not about some live action role playing game a tourist might want to play.