Is animal culling a job?

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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by HereSkip » 14 Oct 2018, 7:28 pm

Bloody hell guy's, to say i'm overwhelmed at the information you have all thrown at me would be an understatement.

It's actually made me sad to hear about all this, I was under the impression roo shootin was a thriving business due to so many of the bloody things bounding around everywhere but I was wrong.

I will try and look into the Tasmanian side of the house and see where that takes me, if it doesnt pan out im happy shooting on ssaa farmer assist and helping mates out

thanks all for the input
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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by duncan61 » 14 Oct 2018, 9:45 pm

You opened a good topic.go do it anyway
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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by Member-Deleted » 14 Oct 2018, 10:06 pm

Yeah Here Skip it's not about the amount of roos hopping around it's about it being worth while to do it
Roo shooting and professional shooting I've been told are 2 of the most heavily regulated industries around
mainly because the powers don't want everybody popping out and doing their own thing
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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by Blr243 » 16 Oct 2018, 4:37 pm

I was once supplied rifle and ammunition to thin Roos when they were in plague numbers Fun at thirst but by the end of each night I could not wait to run out of ammo so I could just drive home and go to bed After shooting hundreds the noise of the rifle and all the blood and death was getting to me. I would absolutely hate to cull for a job. I think it would ruin the outback adventure that rec hunting is for us
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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by marksman » 16 Oct 2018, 6:41 pm

it really does become a job after a while :thumbsdown:
working with a pro shooter on public land is a hell of a lot more money than $2 a kg
but you dont work every night, its a side line
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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by Gaznazdiak » 20 Oct 2018, 7:37 am

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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by duncan61 » 20 Oct 2018, 3:30 pm

Beckham shut down half the industry when he found out that soccer boots were made from kangaroo leather and refused to wear them
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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by zobster » 20 Oct 2018, 3:45 pm

duncan61 wrote:Beckham shut down half the industry when he found out that soccer boots were made from kangaroo leather and refused to wear them

FOR REAL?!?!
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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by duncan61 » 20 Oct 2018, 4:38 pm

yes It was posh spice that got all weird about it.The other reason was South American Beef was cleared by AQIS for import and the market was flooded with skins.In its heyday the skin paid for the animal and the meat was free now the skin price is at an all time low its not viable to buy Kangaroos even for pet food.King river were a huge exporter off human consumption kangaroo to the Eastern block countries but now they can get beef for half the price.I was in king river office when the boss was trying to explain to a customer on the phone that he only had 3 seatainers of packeged meat and this Russian client wanted 10.VIP stopped using kangaroo in their pet food and use chicken as the meat coming from the bush was going off too soon.Unless I move 400 Km south to Albany or 358Km north to Geraldton I have no where to sell Kangaroos
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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by Bruiser64 » 27 Oct 2018, 10:37 am

duncan61 wrote:yes It was posh spice that got all weird about it.The other reason was South American Beef was cleared by AQIS for import and the market was flooded with skins.In its heyday the skin paid for the animal and the meat was free now the skin price is at an all time low its not viable to buy Kangaroos even for pet food.King river were a huge exporter off human consumption kangaroo to the Eastern block countries but now they can get beef for half the price.I was in king river office when the boss was trying to explain to a customer on the phone that he only had 3 seatainers of packeged meat and this Russian client wanted 10.VIP stopped using kangaroo in their pet food and use chicken as the meat coming from the bush was going off too soon.Unless I move 400 Km south to Albany or 358Km north to Geraldton I have no where to sell Kangaroos


As a person familiar with Albany, I can confirm that the number of pro shooters has declined significantly because there is insufficient money to be made. Anecdotally the roo numbers in the south coastal/ great southern areas are increasing as they are not being culled by the pros. You can have as much product as you like, but you have to be able to sell it at a reasonable profit. That is not the situation at the moment.

I think your point about South American beef is an interesting one. Clearly roo products have to compete with other meat and leather products from across the world. As Roos are harvested not farmed means you can’t really get economies of scale like you can with an industrial cattle farming enterprise. Then on top of that you have all your transportation costs from paddock to plate. Clearly it seems likely that roo products will remain a niche product. When you consider that Australian dairy farmers are being shafted by the retailers, I don’t hold out much hope for financial largesse being directed at a roo shooter.

I have done a superficial preliminary examination of the viability of becoming a licensed pro shooter. It was clear pretty quickly the numbers didn’t stack up. Even with a preponderance of Roos in my area.
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Re: Is animal culling a job?

Post by duncan61 » 27 Oct 2018, 11:42 am

We missed the heyday.20 years ago Albany was paying $1/kg
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