The Poacher. "The Other Side Of The Hedge" An Original 1987 Tv Documentary {obviously,not HD).

A snapshot in time. A 1987 Tv Documentary, about the still thriving art of poaching in Norfolk, much to the irritation of the game keeper. This wonderful old film first aired 36 years ago on channel four.
Due to its age this is obviously not High Definition, it is what it is quality wise but, its a cracking little documentary all the same.

[@pinkfoothunter1]

This was filmed around where I live, I grew up around all those old bois, and still see some of those that are still alive now, "Jakey" David Jacobs isn't here any more, he was a top drawer keeper, Percy is still alive and I see him from time to time, proper old country characters, always had a smile on their face and a funny tale to tell, watching this brought back some memories👍

[@bidenhasdementia8657]

And to think their grandchildren will be replaced in their own homeland

[@pauldavies9489]

I remember this , brilliant back in its day….. and now, is the main gent ( The Poacher ) still with us ?

[@killintime8431]

Really well I was actually in this film at 18:50 that’s me years ago I really in joyed making this thanks for watching

[@waynesmith4612]

@@killintime8431 At 18.50, really? This was filmed in the early 1980s though, you must be well over 100 years old by now ole lad.

[@killintime8431]

@@waynesmith4612 ya I’m getting up there but this really brings back memories

[@adamdavidson2858]

Completely forgot about this film until it popped up I must of watched this a dozen times years ago so many happy memories watching it again thank you

[@teddy1066]

I come from a Romanichal gypsy line that goes back to 18th century Suffolk. My grandfather was a poacher from long old line of poachers, harkin round Hopton and Blo’ Norton way. He’d take one good jook that rarely barked, set out cross the poove into the wesh, and set his snares. Keepers and gavvers never got bracelets on him tho they were plenty tight on ye back them days. He’d take mandi along usually to scrump pobbles and ankas and such (ripe and picked out by day) for supper and pudding! Cushti old times them.

[@K2shadowfax]

Please explain the meaning of...poove / wesh / pobbles / ankas? TYVM

[@JPLamoureuxsTravels]

Bloody ell, long time since ive seen this! I've had lurchers for 45 years and ferrets too, this is a gem well done for getting it out there again x JP

[@brianeaton3734]

Love it when you post these old videos….thanks.

[@albertaboy74]

Thank you Scott. History can be beautiful and ugly at the same time!

[@sextwister]

I wish I had a time machine to see England in the mid 20th century. But documentaries like this are the next best thing.

[@byronholmes2496]

I Love your channel because, I love to cook. The sourcing and preserving food (historical) is how we move forward.

[@john-k6k6w]

Brings Back Memory's

[@niff7124]

Spent the late 80s n 90s with my ferrets n lurchers filling mums freezer

[@ShadowyFigure83]

The first time I tried poached rabbit I puked.

[@ShadowyFigure83]

would use it as cat food.

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Only in U.K. will you see a guy tramping through the woods in a suit! 😂

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Whistling up your birds for feeding reminds me of slopping hogs and hollering "Soowie!" to get them running to the trough.

[@richardlove4287]

I’ve been on a few shoots at my friends estates in east Lothian….great fun was had by all.

[@Rexxyann258]

Back in the good old days a couple of rabbits for the pot some veg from the allotment and a feast was had fast forward to 2023 well what can I say ☹️

[@henryloveridge3824]

That's good old days mate

[@TheYeti308]

A good game keep has learned their craft from poachers .

[@jamesnekechuk7830]

What is the name of the intro song?

[@mrwright5699]

Everything tastes better when its free 😉

[@patrickwalsh7719]

Very good

[@fenwelder2474]

19:14 I knew Martins brother Dick. Lovely bloke. Always good to have around.

[@jurjendeboer4009]

Dick Tickler; what a name that is. I'd have that changed right away if that was my name 😁

[@maureendrennan9328]

I lived rurally and walked every day. I lifted more roadkill birds than you would believe and cooked them up for my dogs and family.....

[@paulkerridge6001]

I’m in Suffolk. That’s not far from me.

[@craigdutton6072]

Poaching down under happens every day 😂

[@O-beefie]

BIN CHICKEN?

[@peterwebb8732]

Yeah…. Piggers cutting fences and leaving gates open. Nothing nice and romantic about that. Just bad-actors who can’t be bothered getting permission and end up making things stink for all of us.

[@maureendrennan9328]

Don't know why he's shooting as could probably reach and grab them quite easily.

[@realest-12]

Better times

[@timhooper1557]

tight gits only paid the beater £20 in 90's maybe a few beers at lunch! lol 100% right about a good day out! and if a few birds fell into the bag... perk of the job! lol

[@octagon12011]

Blimey. One of the shoots I beat on still only pays £20. And perhaps 1 beer at dinner time and about enough sloe gin to cover the bottom of the glass. (In Bedfordshire, you know who you are).😂

[@timhooper1557]

@@octagon12011 lol 😂

[@bwxbwx6453]

I’ve had it alright 30 quid a bit of lunch and take some birds afterwards not awful

[@Chassealarc]

All I can say is God Bless America😊

[@AA-69]

REALLY 🤣😂...Good luck with that one 😏

[@Chassealarc]

I merely meant we in America are blessed because we have public land to hunt. Landowners do not own the animals. You are not aloud to trespass, but we have a lot of opportunity and seasons to harvest a variety of game….so yes, we are in luck

[@Cookinoutdoors]

@@Chassealarcnot sure about the god bless America part but you defo have more relaxed fishing and hunting rights although we have free health care 😂

[@joehowart7364]

Thank god i live in usa what a shit show it is in uk

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

@@joehowart7364 We have dear that can be hunted 12 months of the year with no limit on the amount you take, most people hunt rabbit in season but you can hunt them all year.

[@bradk8702]

Sorry mate. Video and audio quality so poor, can’t understand it.

[@TheScottReaproject]

It's from 1987 Brad. No HD I'm afraid. The quality is what it is but, it does get better

[@klawockkidd3426]

I turned on the subtitles and listened with earphones. I'm a Texan so the British accent is difficult for me.

[@muwuny]

City slicker detected

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

I'm half British (mom was from Middlesex), and 1/4 Ledbetter, 1/4 Moses (hillbilly royalty). My Nan spent the last 16 years of her life down the road from us so the accent is pretty easy for me to understand.

[@pussypostlethwaitsaeronaut8503]

@@klawockkidd3426 You confuse English with British; these are not synonyms. Britain is not England. I'm an Englishwoman, and my friend is a Scotswoman; we are also both British but sound totally different with no similarity in our accents whatsoever. The island of Britain has three countries, and the UK has four. Therefore British accents are English, Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish; but they each sound completely different, so to say someone has a 'British accent' is a misnomer and makes no sense. For example, Mr Scott from Star Trek has a 'British accent', so does King Charles. Do they sound the same to you? Which 'British accent' do you think they have? Would the 'British accent' be English, Welsh, Scottish, or Northern Irish? Moreover the variation among these accents is huge. Also, is the British person English, Welsh, Scottish, or Northern Irish? Then there are working class regional accents, as well as English Received Pronunciation (standard and upper). English = belonging to or relating to England, or its people: Englishwoman, Englishman. British = belonging to or relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or to its people (English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish) or its culture. Englishwoman = me, because I'm specifically an old English girl from England. England = a country within the island of Great Britain; England shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north and is part of the United Kingdom. Britain, or Great Britain = large geographical island in the British Isles comprising three small countries: England, Scotland, and Wales. The fuller name 'Great Britain' has been in use since the Middle English period, originally to distinguish the island from Brittany, which was then also called Britain. British isles = a geographically named group of islands, including Britain, Ireland (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), the Isle of Man, the Hebrides, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands, the Isles of Scilly, and the Channel Islands, lying off the coast of north-western Europe, from which they are separated by the North Sea and the English Channel. United Kingdom = sovereign country and kingdom consisting of four smaller countries: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Full name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Moreover, the Union Flag (or Jack) does not represent England. St George's Cross is the flag that represents England: it's a red cross on a white background. The Union Flag (or Jack) is not a symbol or flag of England or Great Britain: it's the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, being a composite design composed of St George's Cross (England), Saint Andrew's Cross (Scotland), and Saint Patrick's Cross (Ireland, now with Northern Ireland remaining). Wales had been annexed to the Kingdom of England before the Union, and therefore its flag does not form part of the composite design of the Union Flag. Hope this is of interest and helps to elucidate the particularities of the United Kingdom. ❤xx

[@joehowart7364]

That isnt hunting that is crazy. Might as well hunt ur chickens

[@BertramG-oz4nu]

Poaching with a 410 no fucking way . 22 thats the kiddie with a silencer never get heard

[@tiernanwearen8096]

"No matter how much you feed him, he will keep looking at the forest." Old Russian proverb

[@Bigrignohio]

I grew up in a VERY rural and poor farming community in the 70's (United States). Let's just say while my family never had to go that route I knew of more than one family that would hunt off-season. It was that or go hungry. And in all fairness the local game wardens would look the other way as long as the animals were taken for food.

[@psychoskin3797]

I thought poaching was cooking in water😂👍👀 Greetings Scotty boy……… From a sunny Warwick ale house 👍

[@paulmurray750]

My Dad told me tales of digging his ferrets out of burrows in the 50s in Donegal, now I just go to Tesco. Them were the days.

[@dvrn86]

Had me a hairy lurcher like that and he was the best dog I ever had. Mild mannered, great on the foxes and real gentle picking up rabbits.

[@teddy1066]

Damn good jooks lurchers. Perfect poaching companion and can train em not to bark!

[@billycrotty4102]

I watched this the other day it's good. My mate who I run Lurchers with knew him, the gamekeeper's killed his dog after this and he actually ended up a gamekeeper himself in the end. Nothing wrong with a bit of poaching as long as you aren't too greedy no one even notices.

[@tiernanwearen8096]

Yes I know the type. Knocked around with a few over the years. And I can tell you this. To them The crime was too get caught!

[@goosemcduck420]

The upper crust deciding the rules. Poach away i say

[@muwuny]

Remember what they took from you

[@dvrn86]

Aye you're right pal. The poacher helped many a family living on the breadline.

[@Baltihunter]

I bet the Romanians have taken poaching up a level here in uk

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

This is the difference between hunting and "sporting",...... hunting is for eating (which we all MUST do) and who has the right to say you cant eat? SPORTING is for entertainment/ recreation and one can be charged for that.

[@Baltihunter]

Imagine your dog bringing you a couple of tasty rabbits on your walkies. I’ve often thought the city equivalent would be owning an ex drug detecting dog😊

[@mathewburns4477]

Thanks for posting this it brings back happy memories

[@jeffward1106]

Thanks for the post. I'll watch all of it when I get home from work ☺️

[@matthewdickson7838]

Superb video ❤

[@robdavis1176]

Nice film. Thanks for sharing with us Scott.

[@neilsoper549]

Brilliant viewing 👍🏻

[@garynicholls72]

Hi Scott I just want to know do you have a video on how to make Savoury Duck or Haslet please as I would be Very interested

[@ShadowyFigure83]

Poaching for food, man has to eat, he has to eat. But things like hare Coursing, purely for sport..nah man.

[@tonymiller4630]

Brilliant to watch again watched way back in the day on channel 4 pleased it's onhere

[@klawockkidd3426]

Very enjoyable. Thank you for sharing.

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Biblical story where the disciple Paul(?) was starving and God made animals of all sorts fall from the sky and told him to "kill and eat, for nothing I have created is unclean". Did i miss the part where so-called authorities said "but first you must pay us for it"?

[@peterwebb8732]

Firstly, it was Peter, not Paul. Secondly, the animals were lowered to him in a sheet. When God lowers animals to you in a sheet, I have zero problem with you killing and eating them. Trespassing on my land and stealing my critters is another matter entirely. The same Bible has plenty to say about not stealing and respecting boundaries.

[@bwghall1]

@@peterwebb8732 the Rabbit and wild fish belongs to the one that catches said.

[@peterwebb8732]

@@bwghall1 1. No. When the title to land includes the animals on it, they are PROPERTY and taking them without permission is theft. “Thou shalt not steal”. 2. Trespassing is a crime. One of the Rights that go with ownership, is that of exclusive use. There is no right to trespass. There is no right to steal.

[@michaellewell5905]

£10.00 a bird must be £30.00+ now plus vat not worth poaching pheasant now they ain't worth nothing allot of shoots can't give em away I fill my freezer every season beating even if the go for ferret food I'll always use em

[@BertramG-oz4nu]

I only poached to put grub on the table and only took what I needed and I'm a east end boy

[@36ydna]

Poachers are thieves, end of argument. Poachers no longer poach to support their families, it's all about money.

[@BertramG-oz4nu]

Yeah nowadays but when I was kid poaching was to put gub on the kayn a able

[@peterwebb8732]

Nothing more common than criminals inventing excuses for ignoring the rights of others. Anybody who wants to criticise landowners should not do so with his mouth full, because it’s modern farming by private landowners that keeps the world fed. It sounds nice and romantic to claim that the land and the game on it should belong to everyone, but the bootwould be on the other foot if I started grazing my sheep in your garden.

[@tiernanwearen8096]

I understand the sentiment. I have been on both sides of the hedge. And from 15 onwards I was working for farmers. But still there's nothing like being on a stubble field hearing the vixen scream wind whistling and moonlight shining with you and your dog.

[@peterwebb8732]

@@tiernanwearen8096 And I understand the attractions. I have my own dogs, light, fields and arrangements with my neighbours. Point is…. I asked them. Our land is our personal space. It is our home. There are many fine places to be, but there is none in the world like mine.

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Why dont you blokes just put them in a box and spring them up for the shooters? You know like trap shooting. About the same damn thing. Is it typical that the shooters clean their catch, or does that fall on someone else?

[@ianjohnson3675]

Hi when is your next butchering video?

[@MrWillcarr]

have you see the moon and the sledgehammer ?

[@jonathanmacdonald3322]

20:45 tune anyone?

[@andywhf8249]

Cracking video

[@joehowart7364]

Dont u have public land in the uk for hunting? Thats how we do it in the usa if u dont own land.

[@YassaviShayiskhunn]

nope, no such thing as public land here. All land is owned by farmers or conservation authorities. We all should have a right to land but sadly thats not the case, we have lost our land to ever expanding farms or authorities buying land to set laws on. Just about the only "public" land we have is to walk on. anything else your breaking the law in some way shape or form. sad.

[@derktromp1495]

💯👍👍

[@sheilam4964]

Why aren't the locals raising chickens or are they not allowed to?

[@hetrodoxly1203]

They do raise chickens but why wouldn't they be allowed?

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Have never seen pheasants roosting in the trees here in the States.

[@joehowart7364]

All the time