By James Rush PUBLISHED: 11:04 EST, 3 September 2013 | UPDATED: 02:22 EST, 4 September 2013 Survival expert and television presenter Ray Mears has broken a three-year silence to speak about the role he played in the hunt for gunman Raoul Moat. The bush tracker has revealed how he managed to get within 20ft of the former doorman after eight hours of moving stealthily though dense forest during the 'real life hunt'. Mears joined a Tornado fighter jet and scores of armed police officers in the £1 million-plus search. They were called in after Moat and his accomplices went to ground in woodland surrounding Rothbury, Northumberland, in July 2010.
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Survival expert Ray Mears has spoken of his involvement in 2010 hunt
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He got within 20ft of Raoul Moat after eight hours of moving through forest
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He became involved after offering assistance to police search adviser
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Officers drafted him in after discovering abandoned campsite
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