I like how in every new video, Phil starts becoming more mental over children's toys. I love it.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

didn’t realize this was a theme, need to find a therapist

@joshuaschmidt5986

2 жыл бұрын

KZread is your therapist

Get someone who treats you like Phil treats his jackrabbit?! So wholesome right before the horror 😂

At the turn of the century "going clubbing" meant something very different than it does now lol Thanks for the the vids Phil! (Also I may be out of line here but bring back the mustache!)

Well this was really educational and it’s addressed a mystery that’s been floating around for years. I have a photograph of my father and one of my uncles with lots of dead jackrabbits. Couldn’t figure out what the hell was going on there. The family homesteaded in North Dakota and until the dust bowl drove them away. Mystery solved!

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Whoa crazy! That’s really cool it solved a mystery!!!

I'm in my 30s, and "bunny bashing" was a thing growing up in rural Nevada. I had no idea it had a long history.

Hooked right from the get go. These videos are getting more and more insane and I can't tell you how much I look up to you as a content creator.

😂 👏 the rabbit “has he been here the whole timeeeee??”

Freakonomics x Phil is a crossover we need

I really want to know more. My family is from western Kansas. My grandparents made western Kansas their home for 80 plus years of their lives. In the 1930s my grandfather's family was hit hard by the droughts and great Depression. Western Kansas doesn't look like much to outsiders but there is a very deep history of survival and thriving cultures of farmers/ranchers who knew how to work the land. After watching this video, I wonder if my grandparents participated in these events.

I lived in eastern Colorado for several years. I had old timers that had participated in these tell about it. It really was the desperate, dirty 30s. One story told of huge scallops of an acre or more taken out of standing wheat by jack rabbits overnight.

Never knew this was a thing... You are a master of excavating the obscure.

@sheeperskipps

2 жыл бұрын

There are some good books on the dustbowl that describe this side of the crisis

It’s always a treat to enjoy a new Phil Edwards video. Somehow you’re meticulous research, and straight forward but fun presentation makes my drab lunch breaks so much more whimsical and I appreciate you, sir.

@PhilEdwardsInc

Жыл бұрын

haha thanks a lot! cheers to your next lunch break

I would love a longer video by you that deep-dives into any topic you find interesting. There's nothing wrong at all with your current format, and it's up to you of course, but I love your content and would love more!

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Yeah time constraints are tough right now, but I’ll keep trying to figure it out.

A whole episode on the problems of too many rabbits and you didn't mention the rabbit-proof fence of Australia? Wow! In other news, a coworker and I had to go to Sacramento for work several years ago. On the drive to downtown, he was astonished to see jackrabbits on the airport grounds. I yawned since I'm a California native. PS Thanks for not bringing up Elmer Fudd and his nemesis.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

I know! That should be my sequel.

Rural school districts in Pennsylvania close for the first day of deer season because so many students just aren't going to show up. Every so often the state doubles or even triples how many tags are available. A few years ago there were so many deer harvested that butchers that process them couldn't keep up and the carcasses sat too long and had to be disposed of. And that wasn't in the middle of nowhere Potter County, that was in Berks and Lehigh where there's a lot of traffic. And that wasn't one guy with nice set of knives, they have a small processing plant. Millions of dollars in crash damage are caused every year by deer in Pennsylvania. And in 2019, over 1000 people were injured and 7 were killed. Being that wolves were wiped out before the Civil War in PA, there are no natural predators to keep their population in check. According to one article from a few years ago, there is a 1 in 63 chance of hitting a deer in PA, almost a third of the national rate, and 10% of all deer strikes occur in PA.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

You’d like that Freakonomics episode - basically the dynamic you’re describing, but in wisconsin.

"social capacity" is the term for human/species interactions. The hare/Jack rabbit are a good example (along with bear, wolf, big cat, etc) where we consider it good to either make them locally extinct or reduce the numbers to an "exceptable level", where other species humans like to hunt for sports and/or food have artificial high population numbers e.g. pheasant and other game bird, deer, etc. You should read into the "emu war" in Australia.

@andyhoughton5520

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting hypothesis, but. Do you have any proof to back up your claims?🤨

@olavsantiago

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyhoughton5520 yes

@olavsantiago

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyhoughton5520 I'm an ecologist, here is an example estimated the total number of bears in Finland to be between 2,250 and 2,400, human population is 5.5 million and area of 338,455 km2 (130,678 sq mi). Bear (and other "undesirable species") populations are kept low due to fear, but the last person killed was in the 19th century. Compare that Romania’s 6,000 bears (population is high due to a previous dictator who liked them), 19,186,201 population, and 238,397 km2 (92,046 sq mi) area. There is often debate in the conservation/ecology sector as "cute and fluffy" gets the money while "ugly and scary" doesn't.

In spite of his name, Bugs Bunny was actually a hare.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

woah

@WanJae42

2 жыл бұрын

"I'm a HARE-plane!"

8:50 - I knew I could count on you to rescue the rabbit.

This video is an emotional rolercoaster in so many ways. It makes a sense why the people of the 1930s were doing rabbit drives, but as a rabbit owner for most of my life, it's sad. Also if you have a hare-based soap-opera, is it a shampoo-opera?

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed on all points. And I think you’re right about the shampoo opera, as long as the plot is also hare-raising.

I guess that “whacking day” episode in The Simpsons wasn’t just a weird one-off joke

When he took the jack rabbit out to the woods, I was half expecting him to beat it with a club lol

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

i did google the final monologue from of mice and men but opted for good taste

I’m in Nebraska… I have heard Dust Bowl stories of people using rabbit carcasses in catfish traps on the Missouri River.

Really loved the skit in this. Love this channel more and more!

If it makes anyone feel better, every one of those people probably went home with Fleas.

it really is shocking that anyone could find joy in clubbing dozens of rabbits. some people completely lack empathy and sympathy. if there were more wolves and coyotes back then, this might not have been such an issue. at the very least they acted as food for a starving population.

I used to bullseye jack rabbits in my T-16 back home.

Cheers Phil, your videos are always fascinating

Fantastic video Phil, great job making quality videos for us :)

Nice video! 100% learned something new!

I appreciate your commitment to the plush jackrabbit bit

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

bit????

Hey Phil, long time watcher, first time commenter. Saw your short about the stamp on the postcard - well I asked my father who is a stamp collector if he recognized it. The 1 cent green Franklin is probably one of the most common stamps from back then but there's a chance you might have a super rare Scott 594 stamp on your hands. Its impossible to tell without examining in person but in good condition with a value of about $10,500, it might be worth looking into! Otherwise, the stamp is still interesting - they printed them using waste paper salvaged from other stamp runs and are known as the Washington-Franklin Issues. Love your videos and keep them coming!

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

wow now i have a mystery to solve with my magnifying glass!

It's interesting looking at this as an early form of pest control. It also may have been a way for the people who participated in the drives, as they could get back at the jackrabbits that had been destroying their crops and land, at a time when they heavily depended on them to live.

@ljphoenix4341

2 жыл бұрын

To rephrase part of my comment, as I don't want to lose the heart that I was gifted by Phil; "for the people who participated in the drives to get back at the jackrabbits"

So this is what Weird Al's Weasel Stomping day was parodying.

I would love to see more architecture videos

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

In the works!

Great video!

Rabbits are creepy with their blank soulless stares. I've never understood why people keep them as pets. They're also incredibly stupid. A lot live on my property, and whenever I'm walking around, they feel the need to suddenly dart out of greenery in front of me in order to "get away" even though I'd never have even known they were there is they'd just freaking chilled out. My dislike of rabbits aside, having to club a bunch to death would be awful. You've got to be a little twisted to enjoy such an event.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

haha this is a very fair and balanced comment actually. i approve.

Jackrabbits become Jackalopes when they grow up. They do much damage to automobiles!

That was an interesting thing I didn't know before. At the end of the video, I expected that the lights go out for a second and the rabbit appears in the background again with spooky music etc. :D

Another great video. Never knew about these rabbit drives. Thanks Phil!

My horror is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Buy a cookie? I hear ya.

Next up: the Australian Emu War.

Almost surprised that parrallels weren't drawn to the 50 wild hogs meme from a year or so ago

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

That is def. a good reference!

This is the most modern example I've yet seen of what an actual, communal hunt looks like. The kinds of hunts only comparable in scale to total war. The kinds of hunts which sustained hunter-gatherers, in populations of tens of thousands of people. Where the goal wasn't to kill a few animals, but to encircle, trap, and eat the entire herd, and every other living thing in the circle besides.

We take our lives today for granted. These people weren doing what they had to do to survive and feed their children. Rip the rabbits though 😞

No wonder Monty Python feared rabbits.

"Hey, we suck at agriculture. What should we do?" "Kill the rabbits."

Thanks for the story, love your humor too! It always makes me wonder why people think that people in the past were cruel and barbaric. I'm quite convinced that about the same portion of the past population enjoyed killing things as now. It's just that most of us may live a comfortable life without killing in the modern world. It's hard to imagine a resource-scarce world where killing for survival wasn't a thing, and at that point it's not really a choice.

We need more content that speaks across state lines about the history of the intersection of American culture and public policy. This is good. 👍👍👍

I mean yeah, we have culls to this day. It's barbaric but it's a thing. Every once and a while for the past three years or so there have been sea lions showing up shot on beaches around where I live, because there was brief speculation about their effect on the salmon population. The fisheries department has come out and said not to shoot marine life (duh) but I guess people find it fun. Meanwhile I ring in fish every single day at my work. We're the problem, really.

This literally reminds me of the snake beating day episode in the Simpsons.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

I assumed the snake beating was a riff on this, but I looked it up, and it was just based on real snake beating days.

My grandfather talked about how the jackrabbits screamed horribly. Still had to be done, though.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Haha wow.

I'm pretty sure Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup is still a thing. It's like a carnival.

its wabbit season, but very good video

"Oh Whacking Day, oh Whacking Day/Our hallowed bun-skull cracking day!"

I really thought he was going to end up clubbing that jackrabbit to death before the end. I guess that probably marks me out as a new viewer. 😅

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

lol that would have been an acceptable ending

This pest status of Jack Rabbits still persisted in peoples minds the 1980s long after the truth of it had changed. It has been said that extreme predator control had eliminated many of the Jacks natural enemies. A young Jack is easy prey for hawks, eagles, coyotes, and fox. Ive personally observed from the seat of a Case tractor hawks taking Jacks.

First 2 minutes had me hugging my cat

Youre definitely not a "content farm" massive insult to yourself there

I appreciate that hunters aren't made out to be evil in this. They are truly one of the most efficient methods of animal conservation "in terms of removal AND fundraising"

@PhilEdwardsInc

10 ай бұрын

yeah that really comes from some reporting i did at my day job - i feel like when you research this stuff you very quickly realize how essential hunting is in conservation (at least in the us)

your video algorithm and the way you portray any subject is truly a work of art. i don’t know what the formula is but it sure is working

Bunny Bash, every weekend for several months at Mud Lake, winter of '81/82. There were some attempts to stop it. The State Supreme Court did not side with the bunnies.

I've heard about the rabbit proof fence in Australia, I'm kind of surprised that something like that wasn't tried here. Part of my family is from Southwest Nebraska, and I've never heard of this. I'm going to have to ask our neighbors who are from Western Kansas to see if they've heard of these.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

It seems to have gone on through at least the 80s!

Is that still the basement you're recording at ? Looks beautiful !

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

ty it’s a process!

Poachers are another issue. Overfishing and overhunting still happens. Also some try to do illegal pet trade or other what is illegal with killing off animals any how besides laws. That bothers me more than regulated hunting and fishing.

Beautifull classical music.

Now I know what inspired the Simpsons “Whacking Day” episode 😂. Looking nice and sharp with a clean shave too. 😁

This is pretty weird but interesting. Idk why I imagine this is something that should be in a Zombie series “JackZombie drives” lol

It’s so heartbreaking. 😢

I'm actually surprised I haven't heard this, I was born in Kansas, my schools never mentioned this to me, Kansas has a few interesting things in it, there's the Invention of the Icee, Pizza Hut, BTK, and Nuclear Silos (some of which have been abandoned, sold, and turned into homes).

Interesting, this kind of makes me think of Simpsons ep from Ssn 4 called Whacking Day (but the town was going after snakes)…thx for sharing and hope ur Jackrabbit is running free and happy 😂

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

He sent me a postcard - he’s terrorizing very slow farmers as we speak!

🎵Oh, Whacking Day, Oh, Whacking Day... 🎵

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

definitely watched this while making this

Jesus.... Australia just used myxomatosis

Why do I keep thinking that this piece of history was an inspiration for the Bugs Bunny episode Super Rabbit?

I love all you pal. YES!

600,000 dollars back then would be about 17,000,000 dollars now. Ouch

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Dannggggg!!!

No mention of the famous Kansas Jackalope?

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

an omission!

Whats the title of the song?

Hey Phil, your recently-crowned best friend here(Joe took the demotion poorly btw). Just wanted to see if that is in fact the mustard yellow Casio F91w that you’re wearing there? Oh, and swell hare content bud. Choice.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Oh you know it. I always adorn myself with the finer things, and my Casio pallette is just beginning to show its many beautiful colors.

@TheNewBorkTimes

2 жыл бұрын

@@PhilEdwardsInc I know you were joking about the "finer things" but unless you live in the UK, that watch is WELL over fifty US dollars now! So, uh, to Casio nerds at least, you're a man of exquisite horological taste.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNewBorkTimes Oh I'm not joking. I am dedicated to one goal: the universal recognition of the Casio F91W as a work of art.

Whats the song??

algorithmic punch!

wait, is that why Bugs Bunny has long ears? wasn't he created around this time? hmmmmm..... great video, definitely food for thought 🤔👍

@PhilEdwardsInc

Жыл бұрын

hopefully not literal food

I only now notice the white-blue-white background. Nice!

Great video Phil. For me, You did capture the weirdness of it all and tied it to our collectively "more-acceptable" modern take on it. The only change I would do is more focus on how it was a practice well before people were so desperate during the depression. Back for 100's of years the human mentality was "humans are the masters, we will bend nature to our will" / "humans first, nature far second"

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

That’s actually a really good point - I did kinda make it seem like it was only borne of necessity, but you’re totally right that there was a lot else at play.

In a similar vain have you looked at the Aussie Emu wars?

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

I have definitely read about em!

Some of the movie parts have been very pixelated ?!? On purpose or just bad quality?

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the original quality is just super small, but I felt it was still worth showing despite the fuzz.

Fun facts jackrabbits are actually hairs

In Florida they used guns and crocodiles

What? We really suck don’t. So full of ourselves. This makes me sad.

Should have just built a fence

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

the rabbit proof fence would be a good sequel!

Something interesting; Where I live we make a point not to shoot hare's (or jackrabbits), as they aren't a pest here. However, rabbits are. They are the absolute worst and despite efforts over the years, (shoots, poison drops, etc), they still continue to be a pest and an all around annoyance to this day.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

where are ya?

@aerokas4817

2 жыл бұрын

@@PhilEdwardsInc I'm in New Zealand, central south island

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

@@aerokas4817 very interesting!

@dubistverrueckt

Жыл бұрын

@@aerokas4817 rabbits and hares are introduced species to that land. Not in North America, though. We have many species of native hares and native rabbits different from European rabbits and hares. If introduced rabbits really cause severe problems in New Zealand , I can see trying to control them , but these attacks on our native wildlife are both cruel and unjustifiable.

Newfoundlander here. There's plenty of forests, barrens and wild habitat here, so I don't believe that they're as big of a pest here. Just like we don't have such an issue with rats as big cities do. We still do hunt and consume rabbits in our culture. I commonly call cute rabbits I see on my walks 'Stewie' because that's how they are eaten...in stew. Personally, I don't hunt nor do I prefer rabbit meat, but if I was physically hungry, I'd have no issue with killing and eating rabbits. So, luckily for all the Stewies I see around, I'm not hungry enough to kill them, and I can admire how cute they are from a distance.

Huh, I really expected Jack the Hare to come back despite the distance to the woods. Then it would’ve been a rule of 3 on suddenly appearing! I’m not THAT shocked given farmers shoot rabbits and hares in the UK and do often still eat them and use their fur and hide for stuff. Admittedly the scale of it is quite a lot - but then the USA has always done animal rearing and hunting bigger than the UK. I didn’t realise that jackrabbit is just the American name for hare, nor that they bred faster in dry conditions. I suppose with climate change that’ll become more and more relevant in the UK - they’ve otherwise always lived in meadows and plains with plenty of predators here. I have always actually found hares prettier than rabbits, though maybe not conventionally _cuter._ Good point about hunting limits too, I’ve never actually looked at how the rules get set here regarding where you’re allowed to fish, shoot deer, etc. I do know they’re encouraging more deer hunting and eating since they’ve proliferated since we killed all the wolves and lynx a millennium ago, but I don’t know if it’s through catch limits or special hunting zones or what.

Basically just whacking day from the Simpsons

I really thought the twist of current day relevance you were going to connect to is the ongoing drought in the West and the potential for a jackrabbit population explosion.

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

that’s a good question!

That’s bunnicide. 😧

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

🐇🏏😢

PHHHHHIIIIILLLL

@NSingerProductions

2 жыл бұрын

PHHHHHIIIIILLLL LIIIIKKEEED MY COMMMMMMMMENTTTTTT!!! Love your videos my dude thanks for such great content

Wow

Is this what Weird Al's Weasel Stomping Day is based on??

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

couldn’t find conclusive evidence but wouldn’t be surprised - he is a california guy

@PhilEdwardsInc

2 жыл бұрын

couldn’t find conclusive evidence but wouldn’t be surprised - he is a california guy

weasel stomping day

This is some Watership Down shit.

@PhilEdwardsInc

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the scary watch/read through your fingers-over-your-eyes part.