One of the most relaxing and informative things i have ever watched, the poacher is as important as the animals and the countryside itself. The old one for the pot poacher. Just holds a romantic long held memory for some of us.

Rule of the poacher is only take what you need to feed your self or to sell or swap, never be wasteful and never kill what can not be used

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. Ghillies 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 (picked out by divvus) for supper and pudding! Cushti times them.

Your words and sentiments are so true. Thankyou for this atmospheric documentary.

Grew up poaching lochs and rivers all round SW Scotland, some of the best nights of my youth was a lamp connected to a car battery in a rucksack and away up the local burns catching salmon with a gaff or net. Salmon were plentiful back in the 90s though i haven't done it for 20 odd years now. Catch them with a rod and release them now

Love this document! I still poach today and I’m young. my pass family was poachers around ww1 time also decades before that! I work really hard & still struggle to live today. I love the tradition side of it. But also get a treat for myself and animals..

One man wants to own it. Another man wants to eat it. It was put here to eat.

Something for the pot is a tradition in the countryside. And to be clear they are not taking game for profit they are eating what they kill.

Been a keeper and a poacher it's the luv off the English country that make it a very special place and I still eat like a lord!

Poaching comes from within your either got it in your blood or you haven't..this fella knows the score..I once got caught at 12.and got done for pursuit of Coney on a Sunday under the 1865 act .back in 1980..three old bill. To arrest a 12year old.only made me worse..

As a boy my grandad took me out at night with the gun and told me to look for tennis rackets in the big hawthorn hedges which he shot and i clmbed up and got them down.Loved it.

True words from a gentleman

I read the last of the English poachers when I was in jail, great book

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

A catapult was my poaching choice as a boy,,,,,,,,,

Been looking for this for ages. Good shout.

Great film thanks.

Brilliant film thanks for putting it up

Great to watch it was worth it back then, today they dig holes and Bury them must cost around 30 pounds to put a bird over a gun today I remember when they used a lofting pole with a snare on and a torch didn't need a gun how things have changed

I’ve hopped a few hedges in the past 😉 But poaching now? Don’t bother, go to the local shoots get paid £30/ £40 for a days beating more often than not you will get dinner thrown in as well 👍 and walk away at the end of the day with free pheasants as well. Game keepers are high tech now they have camera traps, night vision, thermal imaging equipment just not worth it. Local shoot caught two guys with lurchers, the keeper was watching them with night vision and filming them 😳 the cops turned up, confiscated their car, they spent most of the night in the police station and when they were released had to pay for the train to get home , convicted and fined as it was a open and shut case (every thing on film).

I met some poachers a time this song the only words The rest of the evening they spoke in bird song .

I have watched this loads of times and couldn't agree more with the poacher ,I have some permission but also have a root were I shouldn't but never go near the bird pens they get law . The ones who kill for killing sake I cant abide ,,why kill it an throw it under the hedge,,,eat it ,you can't beat game on your plate I prefer it to asda Tesco even your local butcher ,by dog or by gun it tastes that bit better an your not gonna get more natural than what you catch out in the fields.

Any idea who the vocalist is in the opening song (I think the song is "Bad Squire")?

In front of life, you can care it or, you can kill it. That’s make you a kind tipe of person or not. Only you, chooses!.

And the King stole the land of the people

Don’t get pheasant poachers no more.Last season couldn’t get 50p a brace from the game dealer for shot birds.

40 years ago we done poaching llads of fun.

Maxwells were cattle rustlers

The royal family should be ashamed

My mates fatha still gans poaching hes 84! Lol

love it, great video sir, what's the opening song called ?

Sound is bloody terrible.

a sponge and a desert is right

Are this documental justifies to poachers ??.. bcos criminal it’s a criminal. No doubts.