I find the reactions to my post above interesting - as a youth, I stole four legged food from the landowning classes with wool and a wire (you have to take them up, along with your catch before dawn to avoid getting caught). Later, I stole similar with a bright torch and a very fast dog.
Even when I was shepherding, living on a big farm (3000 ac), the 'keeper (who was your literal poacher turned 'keeper) not only turned a blind eye as long as I was sensible, he'd actively shoot things the landowner didn't want shot (hares, muntjac) and leave them for me in my shed when I had a young family, both out of a sense of helping me out and also to spite the landed.
I have long wondered about how the left falls over itself to retain the "hammer" but cares little for the "sickle" (possibly because less than 3% of the population is now employed in ag) and it is (possibly) to its detriment.
Edited to add a photo of my "very fast dog" and a banana skin she fearlessly caught.