Jack's Game - Mink

[@technomickdocumentalist2495]

It's a crying shame that this type of documentary is not shown on TV anymore, good auld boys doing the real stuff.

[@cheshirebowman4465]

Turn it off then

[@technomickdocumentalist2495]

@@cheshirebowman4465 I was saying that it’s great to watch and that it’s a shame that they don’t have this type of stuff on regular tv anymore.

[@cheshirebowman4465]

@@technomickdocumentalist2495 didn't mean you bro. I put it in wrong section. I totally agree with your comment 👍

[@cheshirebowman4465]

@@technomickdocumentalist2495my apologies. I misread. Too right. More of it.

[@acorncs]

Everyone is saying how wonderful this is....but how many of you are out supporting your local pack of minkhounds? They are still there and still need your support

[@AndyVAUGHAN-zn9zp]

I love watching mountaineering videos dont mean i have to go and climb Everest

[@cheshirebowman4465]

None around here. South Cheshire. What do you want. 100 people to tramp around getting in the way. They don't want you there anyway. Stupid comment.

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

Thank You for posting this video. This is part of our English & Anglo-Saxon heritage that sadly today some are trying to erase or change.

[@stephenhowlett6345]

They would never show these brilliant programs on tv anymore, replaced with boring soaps and brain dead reality crap. Country life as we knew it is now sadly a thing of the past.

[@65FullMoon83]

So true. I couldn't have said it any better. I will say though it seems like people are really getting hungry for the old ways.

[@stephenhowlett6345]

J.L. Herington I agree that people yearn for the old ways but as much as we wish I think we all know we won’t ever see them again.

[@user-bh4rx8mf8g]

True enough you can’t see quality programmes like this on tele anymore, but minkhounds packs are still running- so you can get out for a day with them!

[@keithrose6931]

Like emmerdale country life with no animals and no reference to the countryside. Wasn't once apon time.

[@zola561]

All this country life living and hunting and you all probably live in council estates on the dole . Anyone who thinks killing any animal needs to seek mental health treatment .

[@a2brps]

Sad to hear of the passing of Big Jack. A great man in all respects, much admired. RIP Jack.

[@samuelwilliams5161]

Amen

[@mythai9593]

Loved watching these when I was a young lad. When I heard he'd died it wasn't his football videos I looked for it was Jack's Game. RIP big man.

[@samuelwilliams5161]

Brian Woodward same here but sadly the way the worlds turning the people would be disgusted if they gave him his well earned hunting tribute

[@oldskoolrc-m7k]

What a shame these type of shows aren’t on the popular telly channels these days... I think it would make a lot of difference to the next generation

[@Johnycum]

We have meat eaters on Netflix we have hundred of different hunting channels on KZbin I think we will be fine. you old people just like complaining things change ...

[@paulmarshall4468]

I agree. The fact these things are not on mainsteam TV these days says that we are no longer one nation with diverse interests who accept each other's pass times and views. It says we are relegated from being part of mainstream Britain to being an unpopular subculture who talk in an echo chamber occasionally visted by haters.

[@seatroutyt]

What a wonderful video, such a perfect understanding of the English countryside and nothing lazy or easy about this kind of hunting. great bit of history and informative as well as entertaining. Thanks Nick

[@zach_7ay]

There is most certainly beauty and art in this. History as well

[@michael_mouse]

... fantastic video! hounds and terriers doing what they were bred for and doing it well! Thanks for sharing

[@dangerous9straps703]

I just love looking at this great bit of English heritage and a fab day on the water besides!

[@masongreatwich]

What a tv show

[@williamsclive2900]

Brilliant.. brings back some great memories.

[@michaelbird6434]

Richard, thank you for uploading these programs. Mike

[@davidallen7540]

Top vid, i remember the series. A great man.

[@grahamsowerby1104]

Good old Jack gone but not forgotten

[@Wrestoktwella]

Of the two brothers. Jack will always be my favourite.. He was one of the lads and completely down to earth and genuine

[@woodnugget7513]

Fantastic keep em coming

[@mallenkennelsuk5854]

I just love how he knows all the dogs names and personalitys and witch dogs are good for what job

[@firripsz]

Why the whips?

[@mallenkennelsuk5854]

@@firripsz the dogs are scared of the noise they have whipper ins to stop the dogs from running amok

[@51WCDodge]

@@mallenkennelsuk5854 No the crack of the whip is s ound that carries. There is no fear it like the sound of the horn, the hounds know to go to it.

[@tracyanne3395]

He got a lot of flack from the anti's for making this series .. but like big jack gives a fig .. brilliant

[@peterwebb8732]

Wrong end of the world for Mink, but it’s lovely to see -and hear - the hounds working. Not to mention impeccably attired Englishmen up to their waists in water for the fun of it. “Mad dogs and Englishmen” are part of my ancestry if I go back far enough, so the comment is entirely in sympathy. We still have the ability to run hounds on fox and deer, and aim to keep it that way. May the sound of hounds never die.

[@charlieneilson1239]

Thanks for this. Brings back fond memories. Blimey, 35 yrs ago!!

[@MrWilliamlynch1984]

Brings back memories of when I was 15 and 16 good days.

[@stuartmacdonald9299]

Tanks jack loved your programs I'm still hunting 45 yrs now 👍❤👪

[@MrAbstraxsax]

Just watched this and thought I recognised it. It's not in the "West Country" as Jack says but in Worcestershire. That's the river Teme where I have fished for over 50 years. I remember meeting some of the members of the hunt on that bridge 30 odd years ago as I was about to start fishing. They had finished for the day and hoped they hadn't upset my fishing. There are still mink there today but not as many as there used to be. We've got otters now.

[@davedavids57]

Weirdly enough the otter population exploded after mink hunting was banned!!!

[@hetrodoxly1203]

@@davedavids57 Otters were reintroduced, it never saved the water voles that have been decimated by mink, the greatest crime committed to British wildlife was the anti's releasing mink.

[@davedavids57]

@@hetrodoxly1203 I studied water voles at university weirdly enough. American mink first established wild populations after escaping captivity and had a well established wild population in Devon in the 1940s (the first UK first farm was established in 1929). The first animal rights release wasn't until the 1980s when there was already an established mink population. Introduced mink populations also exist in Norway, Spain, Italy etc all places that didn't have mass animal rights releases. A good example is Japan were they now have a introduced wild mink population having never had animal rights activity. In fact Japan even banned the fur farming of mink in 2006 as there eradication efforts were failing due to the continued escapes from fur farms. On the water vole front I could write you an dissertation but basically the number one issue with water vole populations is river bank vegetation management. The number two is population. Then it's predation by other species, mink do have an effect on water vole populations, but mink aren't really that more effective than otters in that regard. Brown rats and even pikes can cause real issues as well.

[@hetrodoxly1203]

@@davedavids57 Escapese were in small numbers and didn't often breed, the real problem started after the antis released thousands all together in the wild, mink are small enough to follow voles down their tunnels, we've seen the result in real time of eradicating mink and the return of voles.

[@davedavids57]

@@hetrodoxly1203 It's hard to talk to people who just ignore the facts and go by their beliefs or feelings. But for other people who might read this in the future. Firstly escapees cause wild populations of mink. That's a fact. Evidence in the UK can clearly be seen in the media and the public record. For instance otters were declared a protected species in 1978. Most otter hunts saw the writing on the wall and switched to mink in the mid 1970s. Many hunts to as the Culmstock otter now Mink Hounds had been catching mink since the 1930s alongside otters (see there records). By the late 1980s when the first mink animal rights releases happened there were over 15 mink hunts already established and going out three times a week. Also look at Japan and Norway they have established wild American mink populations simply from escapees. This is in Japanese but with google translate you can read all about it. Japan even banned fur farming in 2006 due to this escapee problem (japan has never had animal rights activism) www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10190.html Taking data from Japanese studies it is clear that the gradual decline in mink population in the UK is greatly helped by the ban on fur farming and the fact that numbers aren't being added to be escapees.

[@lenhowl]

Great show, thanks for posting

[@davidriley8590]

Excellent as always.

[@michaellang5911]

Awsome footage

[@helentucker6407]

Lovely river. Great blast from the past. My jack Russell is jealous. Lol

[@malbig2344]

Do you really need to write "lol"?

[@keithrose6931]

Its great seeing terriers work .

[@zola561]

@@malbig2344 lack of schooling .

[@Igotknobblies]

We have mink here in the south east, but no packs of hounds to get rid with. It was anti's who released them from fur farms, just as they did rabbits infected with vhd. It's now countrywide and the rabbit population has suffered more than it did with myxomatosis. Where have all the water voles gone? Mink! Jack would be turning in his grave if he knew.... A great countryman and brilliant that this series is available to view here!

[@davedavids57]

This type of hunting is terrible for both otter and water vole populations. That's why the populations of both have actually increased markedly since the banning of this type of hunting. The first well established populations of mink were in the 1950s and 1960s as Jack said. The first mass release of mink wasn't until the 1980s. All countries that have or have had fur farming industries have wild North American mink populations, look at Japan. There has never been a mass release of mink at a fur farm there. However keeping mink in fur farms was banned due to the large number of escapees who were damaging the Japanese countryside. Google the Japanese Invasive Alien Species Act of 2006. Also mass rabbit releases causing wild Rabbit hemorrhagic disease? Ummm firstly are you suggesting there were lots of rabbit farms fulled with a disease in England? Also mass rabbit release isn't going to go very well is it. Rabbits aren't hares!!! As well how can you explain the fact that the whole of Europe has RHD now even places (like Lapland, Russia, Malta etc) that don't have a history of animal rights activism. RHD is spread in the same way foot and mouth is spread. Normally on dirty machinery.

[@chrismccartney8668]

Jack who went on as an Englishman to manage Irelands Football Team

[@andrewhoward7200]

I was lucky enough to see the mink hounds out on Dartmoor whilst working at Jordan nr. Widecombe. Another bit of England buggered up by soppy townies with no more idea of country life than flying-same sorts that released the mink from fur farms in the first place.

[@stephenasbridge878]

Bloody hell that must have been hard work for the camera crew....brilliant film.

[@Countrymouse123]

Great fun

[@philwoollin6470]

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WOKE COST US OUR HERATIGE

[@E6EES]

For example?

[@Wrestoktwella]

100%

[@philwoollin6470]

@@E6EES OPEN YOUR EYES

[@user-xn2hf9re8r]

cheerful - hilarious

[@jasonrussell3284]

Love all the old school hunting,it needs skill,Mink are a real nuisance,they kill everything.

[@a44489]

Steaming full greenery

[@philchapman9484]

Quality the best end for any mink

[@timbranton7950]

Wow. Last night I read an article on sea trout fishing by Ian Coghill (the huntsman) in this August's Field. RIP Jack

[@KENZIEthewildgooseman]

Lovely old film 1975 I was 10 years of age then…Gun safety in the Shoot footage leaves a lot to be desired tho….compared to whats practiced today , thank you for uploading 👍

[@davidnewman9244]

we need these hunts for mink and otter is the damage done to fish stock by both regular.

[@andyaim4764]

David Newman Agreed... The otter was hunted out, the fish population grew... We used to fish the Ouse at Newport Pagnell ten years ago... Caught some huge barbel and chub... We returned the next season to the same excellent swim.. 3 blanks in a row and not a single fish, then on the fourth trip I heard some splashing, shone the torch and there was an otter... Reintroduced by well meaning ppl but they have had a terrible effect on large fish populations.

[@davidjanson9900]

66 comment thanks jack for 66

[@a44489]

Big fat spliff is perfect for the surrounding

[@aileenlynch9893]

Good vid

[@wildfowleratheart]

Lovely to watch the hounds in full cry

[@zola561]

Pathetic excuse for a human being

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

The 14 thumbs down are from mink.😂

[@joekyrollos9550]

Great TV Series, just wish there was more like it on here. Rather than the Sab cr4p, that's allowed to be put up 😡😢

[@stuartbarrett4632]

700jpo is now on a merc

[@georgebarger1943]

With the latest study saying plants talk to each other when under duress, all the peta vegan types need to think about what they have done.

[@PibrochPonder]

Exactly they are all murders

[@mrs7978]

the vegans will be crying in there veg soup at the thought of killing a cuddly mink but they will and do kill for no reason.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

C'mon though, they're entitled to their views and beliefs just as much as anyone else.

[@zola561]

LETS HAVE IT STRAIGHT . They kill to eat not for barbaric blood sport

[@matthewtanner9823]

@@zola561 So, killing the mink to protect your fish stocks on a river you rely on to bring in your livelihood (fishing day tickets) is not the same thing?

[@zola561]

Matthew Tanner what is wrong with humanely killing them by gun etc . Why get dressed up as toffs to hear the barbaric ripping apart of an animal in agony suffering. The introduction of mink was brought about by the gentry for fur farming which the retards let out . Only ugly people wear fur off beautiful animals

[@therickpound]

The priority should be on protection of indigenous species first, if they directly compete with our own, there must be control. Too much self centered fantasy has us at odds with nearly all our traditional ways, such is the pity.

[@jsboyle3459]

Nice wee video👍🏻

[@richiethemage2646]

Brilliant. The old countryside ways ruined by do gooders.

[@royboy4743]

Great video jack knew about the countryside, and understood how it works.unlike the townies who try to tell you how they think it is

[@a44489]

Smell out the barn

[@raywhitehead730]

Over hunting

[@robertcorradi8573]

Brilliant....

[@southerneruk]

Traps are better to catch Mink a live, that way if an Otter is trap it can be release, its wasteful to use dogs to kill, the pelt is not good after dogs have rag it to death

[@Jonny906]

It was done for the sports of seeing the hounds work, not for economical reasons. It's now illegal, baned for emotional not logical reasons.

[@southerneruk]

@@Jonny906 Blood Sport

[@dangerous9straps703]

Unfortunate. outlawing these traditions are a sign of a culture in the grip of decay.

[@southerneruk]

@@dangerous9straps703 Or culture improving it self, native american indains had it right as we did when we was hunters and geathers, you don't kill for the sake of it, a kill is not to be wasted, you use every part that you can.

[@southerneruk]

I understand that the mink should be wipe out and are a pest, but there is no need to be cruel and wasteful about it, the pelts can be used, the meat can be use for food, what is left can be used to make glue. Blood Sport is not a Sport at all same as Fox hunts its cruelity for the sake of being cruel

[@keithrose6931]

Great seeing dogs work . Send in the terriers !

[@RicTic66]

@union310 There are lots of terriers Bedlingtons and Jack Russells ect.

[@kennethsmith2758]

Shame that wretched BBC country file never shows anything like this. I know its banned now but they could show a bit of fishing and shooting. My wife said that aint going to happen Ken. It's for arty farty townies who think the countryside is for them to admire and eff off home

[@nathanhowe5967]

RIP jack

[@fredonions2523]

The dogs flushed something at 17:19 ish. The hunt leader saw it but called the dog "Ranger" off it. What animal was that?

[@i_like_to_move_it_move_it]

Brown rat i would say. Off chance it was a stoat or juvenile otter hut unlikely. Nothing else that size that swims in british rivers.

[@brian280453]

Anyone know what the music was?.

[@zach_7ay]

I want to know too. Shazam couldn’t find anything

[@a44489]

Fukin dont know wat ya missing

[@bigbearfuzzums7027]

Minks a good ratter don't be too quick to snuff em leave a few

[@firripsz]

So are ferrets and terriers

[@mattgosling2657]

Yeah I want a mink for ratting

[@noelraymond5599]

super photage

[@vicmccall3901]

Yeh- go on, let’s see the hounds rip a small animal to pieces. Brilliant fun- such a way of life.

[@davemurphy2020]

I remember the otter hounds. They and their masters helped to wipe out the otters. Good luck with this lot.

[@RicTic66]

There are more otters now than ever and due to the demise of the eel they are decimating fish stocks on certain rivers. Combine them and the mink both which have no natural predators and it upsets the balance of nature. I love seeing the otters that live near me in Oxford but what with cormorants, herons, otters and mink it won't be long before the smaller rivers are devoid of fish.

[@josephking1947]

@@RicTic66 Mink are not indigenous and eat a lot more than fish they sadly decimate avian species I have no problem with indigenous species doing what they do, but Mink need eradicating due to idiots releasing them into the wild.

[@RicTic66]

@@josephking1947 Hi Joseph. I totally agree with you. I guess I should have made my post clearer 😊

[@josephking1947]

@@RicTic66 That's cool, I had a look at otter predation in the UK wolves would of been their natural predator, foxes kill otters if they get a chance on land, Domestic dogs kill a few apart from that they seem safe,maybe a big female buzzard would take a immature one, at least the Otters are killing the Mink, there numbers are down by 40%😀👍.. what's worse than any predators is the wind farms apart from destroying the landscape,they kill thousands of birds millions of insects and have annihilated numerous species of bats...keep well

[@zola561]

@@josephking1947 very misinformed and don’t know what you are talking about.

[@colh5910]

I'm no snowflake but hunting these and other animals in this way is just indefensible.

[@ronprince1478]

It’s the way nature intended it.

[@angusmcangus7914]

Pathetic. The dogs were doing what dogs just love to do. And ridding a river of a piece of non-indigenous vermin.

[@GodFears]

No offence this video pissed me off because I myself keep 2 mink and 6 ferrets and mink do know harm killing a fish or two its a way of living

[@bjorntoulouse7523]

Nathan _Dino No harm? They’ve nearly wiped out the population of water voles in the U.K.

[@jameshughes9234]

I'd do a bit of research first before you shoot your gob off. Make sure yours doesn't escape or.....

[@williamavery9185]

You are a complete moron it's people like you that help destroy our countryside. The mink is an invasive speaces

[@williamavery9185]

Sorry species, and by your attitude and 'gobby' manner you is ignorant as shit.

[@helendunn278]

back in the 60's when a bunch of anti;s released them from a farm near ringwood in the new forest they roamed for miles killing wild life fish and even small domestic pets, catch the odd fish ?? i dont think so !!

[@malbig2344]

Hunting down an animal with a pack of dogs, disgusting.

[@keithrose6931]

Yeah prefer poison them ?

[@zach_7ay]

Well, minks are pests, 16:34 you can see a mink killed a duck and a fish. So here’s an ethics question for you. Ought you hunt the mink in a fun and challenging manner or let the mink kill everything else comparable in size, bites their heads off and drink the blood from their bodies

[@malbig2344]

@@zach_7ay Mate, the people that take part in these blood sports are a bunch of ***** and you know it. Given the chance of putting a cornered "Pest" out of its misery, which do you think they choose? By shooting it or letting the hounds tear it apart, Look at how these people treat hunt sabs. And nowadays they are breaking the law but they still practice this barbaric "Sport".