Now, I`ve seen some kangaroos in my tenure. All kinds, all over. Seen them in plague proportions.
At work, there aren`t that many around. I put it down to the incredible dingo population we have ( saw 5 this afternoon feeding on a calf carcass. It`d died of snake bite I think )
Anyway, I was unable to go to work on saturday due to flash flooding, so I went out on sunday to check out any damage that might have occurred. ( there was some, I did some fast repairs, a silt pond had burst it`s bank, fish and eels everywhere :P )
As I drove in, I saw this big guy and his missus in the trees.
There is him, and one or two other big males, and quite a large female eastern grey kangaroo.
I put it down to the dog predation, and it seems to weed out all the runts.
There is no big crops around, just pasture and foothills, maybe that keeps them fit, eaither way, these are the biggest greys I`ve seen. REALLY tall.. Check out his hands and claws. I left the main pic big to show detail, I have a shot with less zoom that really shows how tall he is. Wouldn`t wanna hit one that big in the car with no bar.
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dude that thing is HUGE JR. I wouldnt hit him with my truck (ford excursion) with out a cow catcher. then again I'd probably cap him with my garand first :^)
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It`s not an easy question to answer. He`s on our coat of arms, so he`s not strictly vermin, they can`t really be hunted though they are commercially harvested.
Very rich meat, bit like deer I`d reckon.
I watched 3 wild dogs ( dingoes ) chase a roo about his size. He did what they do, he headed for water. See, he can stand in water thats too deep for a dog to get purchase of the bottom and still breath and the advantage is to the roo.
He`ll push the dog under water, or just feed them combinations like Oscar De la Hoya.
I have seen thousands of grey roo's well over 6 feet tall back down home in NSW but only 1 or 2 since i have been up here in QLD. And have seen reds that would easily be bigger than that.
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Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter
That critter not only looks HUGE !!! It looks like it could give you a serious Ass Whooping LOL !!
I'd hate for that thang to get after me LOL...A.H
Hey AH, all it would take is 1 solid kick with his middle toe on his back legs, and he would easily spill your insides onto your boots.
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I have seen thousands of grey roo's well over 6 feet tall back down home in NSW but only 1 or 2 since i have been up here in QLD. And have seen reds that would easily be bigger than that.
Hey AH, all it would take is 1 solid kick with his middle toe on his back legs, and he would easily spill your insides onto your boots.
Its true that is a big fella,i have had a bit to do with roos.Have seen many greys that are over 7 foot.Im 6 foot and they towered over me.They are pretty tuff critters,like nathan said if you get kicked you will loose part of you.But if you grab them by the tail they are buggered.I have grabbed big roos by the tail before and its pretty scarey.But if you hold on they cant do a thing.Then they are safely dispatched.Hunting roos is illegal,unless you are culling with the appropriate tags,or commercial harvesting for human consumption or pet food industry.I have shot a lot of roos,under cull conditions.If the property owner/farmer has a problem with too many roos,he contacts the government department incharge in his state.Then they ask how many roos are there,farmer says 200.The govt man says ok we will issue 80 tags.That are sent to the farmer,or picked up.Sometimes the govt man will come to inspect the numbers first.The farmer can cull the roos him/her self,or shooters can be called in to do the job.There is a minimum required calibre for roo destruction and all must be headshot.The calibre is 222 and a minimum of a 50gn projectile at a certain power factor.The rifle must be scoped.A lot of illegal shooting is going on.And it would be near imposible to stop.The number of roos has grown so large since the white man settled in this country and opened up a lot of timber country.There is so many places to feed now.Numbers shot in australia by commercial shooters masses into the millions.I think it was near 15 million last year.We will never run out.Its a natural resourse that should be used.
Pretty interesting account of the Roo situation Murphy. They seem like pretty interesting creatures. Culling them sounds like it could be a challenge depending on how used to people they are.
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and sent 3 dogs packing.
