giant varmints in Australia

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18 December 2005, 10:18

duggaboybuff

giant varmints in Australia

In australia we have varmint of huge proportions, when hunted under licience....Roo's

18 December 2005, 13:16

seafire/B17G

Dugga:

Sorry for a dumb question.. but what exactly do kangaroos do that make them such varmints.. minus that there seem to be millions of them in the outback?

cheers
seafire

18 December 2005, 14:33

D99

We would have to check with an Aussie, but the biggest problem with roos, is they have no natural preditor on the sheep side of the dingo fence.

18 December 2005, 15:26

duggaboybuff

Australia is a very dry continent, not a lot of feed and not a lot of water, our farmers livestock has to compete with over 20 million Kangaroos in almost each state, almost 100 million of them, culling 5-10 million a year for pet food and human consumption, does not even put a dint in the population as they are very prolific breeders.
The Green movement would have the rest of the world believe that they are almost extinct. LOL

18 December 2005, 17:46

Bushchook

There are apparently a lot more roos here than when white man first arrived a couple of hundred years ago . More man- made water points and feed (crops) . They knock down more crop than they eat .
Can actually be quite challenging to hunt on foot if they've been shot at before .

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18 December 2005, 19:17

bartsche

You mentioned human consumption? What do they taste like? Any good?

roger

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18 December 2005, 23:23

Buster

Aren't there wild camels and donkeys too? Seems like I read an article about culling them...

19 December 2005, 07:35

nelsonted1

Bartsche, they taste like chicken.

It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance

19 December 2005, 08:11

Bushchook

[quote]Bartsche, they taste like chicken.

That would be an emu . They look like 6 foot high , 150lb chooks . Kangaroos look like big dogs with long tails and oversized back legs .They hop around the streets of all our capital cities and crap on the steps of the Sydney opera house ! lol

Yes we do have feral camels , donkeys and I shot a tiger recently . See "Big cat shot in W.A." on the Aussie / NZ forum .

19 December 2005, 10:55

jb747

quote:
Originally posted by bartsche:
You mentioned human consumption? What do they taste like? Any good? roger

Excellent. It's a fine red meat. Low fat. Widely available in the supermarkets and butchers, though I'd guess that most people haven't tried it.

I'll be having some tomorrow night.

19 December 2005, 21:44

bartsche

quote:
Originally posted by jb747:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by bartsche:
I'll be having some tomorrow night.

Thank you! I kinda like the idea that I can eat what I shoot.

roger

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