Trapping Dogs and Hogs. July 18

As we prepare our new season clips for release, here are a few "oldies" that have been caught in my crazy system !! This one is of my niece Jessie and I trapping near Charters Towers in 2018.
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[@davemcnamee2298]

Minnesota Rancher. Love seeing and getting some info on the native birds and animals. For us foreigners, it adds to the depth and appeal of your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

Thank you Dave. Will include more as I go. Intend to put another clip up each Friday now to show more historic capture work, buffalo, bulls, stags, crocs etc so watch for the clips and please share. 👍

[@donlaroque8028]

Hello from Montana, watching an expert trapper from another country is great and I thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.

[@theabsurd54]

That .223 howled like a beast compared to the usual .22. Great content mate. I used to go hunting all around St George and watching your videos is a hit of nostalgia.

[@rodgeorge7244]

I remember seeing dingoes of that Black and Tan colouration over 50 years ago up in the New England Ranges near Stanthorpe and you're leg waving with the Emus was classic we use to bring them in by throwing a bright coloured jacket up in the air in the grain paddocks the bloody things did a fair bit of damage in Wheat and Barley crops back in the 70s so we had to thin em out a bit

[@Blood2BrokenHeart]

Great vid mate, the explanation and show of the setting is great - seems like there is more to it than just shooting trapped dogs! Good labelling of the sites and wildlife too.

[@bladerunner9646]

Jessie's smile and wave was great! I enjoyed this video

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

She is a one-in-a-million lass, so proud of her

[@lopin890]

Hey Clark... another good view of what the cattle and ranchers face in that vast countryside of yours..it's mighty big land to negotiate and figure out what will work on the dogs. (Too bad for them you're so damned good at trapping!!) Appreciate the ride along...always good to see Jessie's interest in learning the needed skills. Safe travels, friend❣️Sending Love & Blessings to you, Judy, Jessie and your beautiful collies. Stay FROSTY... Keep your powder dry and your head on a swivel... 🇺🇸🇦🇮WWG1WGA🇺🇸🇦🇮NCSWIC🇺🇸🇦🇮

[@jeffatkins6890]

Waited all week for the programme , great views of the country and people of Australia ,thanks from Wales

[@mchaelparisi8253]

Love watching ever episode you make great work you do for the land holders keep it up , look forward to every weeks show

[@alfadoofus]

I like the dog and pig trapping/hunting I love when you show the native species

[@Barnagh1]

“Willie and Waylon”…. I love it.

[@seantreacy6000]

Another great video Clark.I love your attitude and professionalism.👍👍👍

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

Thanks 👍

[@daviddeuter1871]

Love your video's and the good work that you do Clark. Please keep it up! 👍👍👍

[@davidquirk9711]

Hello Jessie...perfect..!!!.another good vid mate..👍.

[@normanhoman7133]

Clark another excellent video highly informative, please keep up the good work.

[@davidstirling1767]

Lol give the birds respect by saying how you going hahaha im sure they understood.

[@thorout8377]

Nice work, I have also seen that colour dingo. When I was a jackaroo on Mobela Station

[@emilio5636]

Another awesome video mate! Love all your content

[@simonspooner2482]

Thanks for making my Tuesday clark.

[@thegoodlookers3590]

Any man your age who can still touch his toes has done something right with his life.

[@gpero8680]

Great names for you dogs!

[@brucelonsdale8422]

Awesome , great work.

[@brucemackinnon6707]

How on earth do you remember all the spots you put 'em? I'd lose some every day.

[@lionelwilliams9155]

Was wondering when more videos would be out keep them coming love your videos

[@cathybenson5119]

Hi mate. I lived in the Towers for 2-3 years n now I'm back in my home town of Townsville. I hope you have a great hunt. Get as many dogs as you can mate. Good hunting. 👍👍👍🇦🇺

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

Thanks Cathy, love that area

[@selwynellison8504]

Love your videos

[@rickbaker4043]

You make it look so easy I caught more coyote using the drag set it makes it fun at the same time I make spare change bringing my dog helps to for sent thanks mate 🐶🐶🇱🇷🇱🇷

[@roberthughes3861]

We have bird like the blue ones in Florida they're are called scrub Jay's. They'll land on your shoulder and eat out of your hand to. But they're a protected species too.

[@waylandforge8704]

I love your work but you've got me wonder, you were lying on your back in the dust with one leg in the air and you thought the emu's were dumb 😂🤣 Keep up the good work it's both educational and entertaining 🍺

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

If I didn't do crazy well, I would simply go mad 🤣

[@kionsplace3869]

Thanks!

[@donaldleegrim9756]

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY YOU ARE SO LUCKY DR.DONALD LEE GRIM

[@JohnLee-vj9lh]

Great video mate nice country

[@1mmickk]

Apostle bird will eat from your hand on first meeting. But be warned, you may not want them as friends as they are extremely noisy and dont take no for an answer.

[@sautoter411]

Great vid as usual!!clark

[@omnomshibob]

Love seeing the natives, nice reminder why the ferals need controlling.

[@wazzazone]

Get them mongrel dogs!

[@maniachill3069]

Could you please tell how you can use your bare hands to set those traps? (Sorry if you have and I missed it) I have trapped many a fox/coyote/raccoon, but I always used gloved that were boiled with my traps to remove scent. I don't understand how they don't smell you on the trap.

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

I work on the belief that scent comes from our entire body, wafts down from our breath, armpits, sweat, farts, boots, clothes, everything. Watching a dog/deer/fox, some hundreds of yards away, turn inside out when it hits your scent line from hours before proves that to me. So I avoid chemicals on my hands, ground them in dirt and ash before every set to remove the oils from my skin and boil/stain and earth my traps beforehand. Then I use my scent in a way that entices the predator to want to see what I was doing. Seems to work!

[@1956wm]

I like your dogs names ...

[@backintwoweeks3375]

Sad to see our native apex predictors being killed and likely heading the way of the Tasmanian Tiger. In USA reintroduction of wolves has had great environmental impacts, including more fish in the rivers. You'd think by now we'd have a better respect of this great country Australia, where we have the highest extinction rate of mammals in the world, with the introduction of cats, foxes and rabbits. Dingos help keep the numbers of the feral pests down and have been here for thousands of years. It'd be nice to see the farmers working with the natural environment rather than just killing anything that doesn't suit their short term goals. Here's a video of a smart farmer working with the dingos on his farm: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6K9hnSXd6eKsLc

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

In the areas of BC that my son and I work, the wolves have almost caused the local species of caribou to become extinct. Management is the key, Man is both the problem and the answer

[@alanturner2653]

👍

[@jimfarris9671]

Tell me more about the Australian kelpie dog

[@1mmickk]

Theres a video on the YT somewhere that has a Kelpie fetching a hundred different objects by name. They are as intelligent as you can make a dog. They can be trained to do anything, from fetch you a particular brand of beer from the fridge, to steer a car through an obstacle course. One even lost a leg to a train and carried the severed leg home to its owner as it wanted it stuck back on. Theres no smarter Dog than a Kelpie. They look at life from our perspective. They understand things. They watch what you do and know a leads to b leads to c. Its all done to make you happy, they love doing a job of work because they know if they do well, they make you happy. Tremendously loyal dogs, very very protective of kids. No one with ill will in their soul can fool a Kelpie. One working dog sold not long ago down here, 35 grand, a new record. They do the work of 3-5 men on motorbikes, go all day. When they work livestock, they get the Kelpie stare, 100% absolute focus on the job, its almost as though they go into a trance, such is their focus. Throwing a ball or a stick to a pet Kelpie is their only downside. After one toss, the return trigger can be pulled and at 3am, when you are in bed a ball or stick may well be dropped on your head. Then you are doomed. The working Kelpies here, wouldnt weigh more than 45-50 pounds. They will run 20 miles a day in 110 degree heat if need be. Run until they die they will, so they eat, run and sleep. Usually kept in a Kennel not inside the house. The Farmer sees the working dogs as employees not pets. Because they will work all day, if they are not in a Kennel they will be on a chain so they dont do any overtime. Just relax after work. They seem to genuinely enjoy herding, they even dream about it. When they are young, they will herd birds for the fun of it. Even the older ones will do so given the chance, Its so well bred into them they are born to do it. People in the Suburbs buy them and most go insane through boredom. Takes about two weeks before your house and yard are destroyed. However if theres always someone with them, they are fine, best dog in the world for a Family. When a Kelpie is left alone, all day, it drives them insane. They are not a lap dog.

[@gleamtarrest6310]

Love The Content! BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!.. What is the strangest or rarest animal you have seen on your adventures?

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

Thank you. Hard to say but there is (in only one area) a very strange "dog", with a different pad structure on its paws. Will not trap there but one day will get back with trail cams etc.

[@gleamtarrest6310]

@@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry could it be Tasmanian Tiger?

[@jimmywipf6493]

How big are them dogs weight wise in pounds?

[@1mmickk]

They run pretty lean, in your money, 50-70 pound range wild dog. However in Far East Gippsland, where Deer Hunting Dogs and pets are often lost and breed, ive shot 100 pound dogs. His dogs in the video are probably closer to 55 pounds give or take.

[@tablet9076]

14 Lousey Jaks...😀

[@stringbean1010]

What the heck was that at the 2min 58sec mark ?????

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

One of our Black Cockatoos flying past 🤣

[@frediefarmer]

👍🏽🇺🇸👍🏽

[@digzydoogan4932]

She’s dry out there..

[@jimmunro4649]

Dingo been there thousands yeas now he pest

[@sonicboom66678]

What’s your opinion on foot & mouth ? I think from living in the nt that the government took their time to do something about it… love your vids bro…

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

Thanks mate. Being a realist, I think it is "when" not "if" it gets here, either by accident or by someone wishing to cripple this country. Even a single outbreak will then be used as the opportunity to remove all feral species through the LPA and JBAS systems, comply or don't compete.

[@1mmickk]

@@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry We should start with Rabbits, Cats, Dogs and foxes as a group. Could have them all gone in 20-30 years with sensible gun laws and incentives and sterility programs. Then move onto deer, horses and camels for the livestock trade to make billions from. The same can be said for goats and pigs. Then round up a the Buffalo for live export. We could make everyone happy within 100 years if we start tomorrow. Australians we can do anything if we get stuck into it. No ones got the guts to do anything anymore. Politicians dont serve the people, havent done since the last of the WW2 generation who went into Politics died. So we sit and do nothing for fear of offending someone, somewhere and so we are overrun with introduced pests. Cant exterminate one species, because everyones got an excuse not to. Poor Fella my Country.

[@ryansandoval8119]

Do your borders ever eat boar meat?

[@kinchegayowie6167]

Wild dogs are not Dingoes , its the town mutts that the bastards throw away in the bush , a true Dingo will only breed when times are good and they "recruit" (have pups) but only the Alpha bitch will breed. Yes , I have been in dingo country , on 1,500,000 acre station near Cameron's corner and they never interfered with the stock, only the sick and dying and aged , never a thrill kill. I bred Dingo's for 20 years and they are the most loving animals , faithful and just a little stubborn

[@jimmunro4649]

Because man farming on land not fit for farming

[@bunk9991]

There are some of us who subscribe to everything you do except calling our president names. We, in the U.S. are facing conditions that may affect your country in the future i.e. a loss of democracy. I am personally turned off and wont be a subscriber any more. thank you

[@ClarkMcGhiesWildCountry]

I'm glad you are proud of your president. Wish he had called our Aussie Sappers to retrieve all the toys he left in the sand-pit, would have given us a top class military again. Goodbye.

[@paulreilly3904]

Can't take a joke