How Many Roos ?

[Gwion]

Can't say for sure about the difference between eastern and western greys but the biggest eastern gre I have seen (a lot of them where I grew up) was significantly smaller than the big reds I saw up through SA/NT outback.

[deadkitty]

....starts taking notes....save tail.....marinade first........backstrips seared in hot pan......stop it!, you're making me hungry!

Should a 'greenie' be heard to talk about enjoying the thought of eating our national faunal symbol .... a protected species ?

If it has been legally obtained, and speaking as a confirmed carnivore, yes! Unless you think all greenies are all dreadlocked vegans living of tofu Cheers

[brett1868]

....starts taking notes....save tail.....marinade first........backstrips seared in hot pan......stop it!, you're making me hungry!

Should a 'greenie' be heard to talk about enjoying the thought of eating our national faunal symbol .... a protected species ?

If it has been legally obtained, and speaking as a confirmed carnivore, yes! Unless you think all greenies are all dreadlocked vegans living of tofu Cheers

He be gone DK

[deadkitty]

....starts taking notes....save tail.....marinade first........backstrips seared in hot pan......stop it!, you're making me hungry!

Should a 'greenie' be heard to talk about enjoying the thought of eating our national faunal symbol .... a protected species ?

If it has been legally obtained, and speaking as a confirmed carnivore, yes! Unless you think all greenies are all dreadlocked vegans living of tofu Cheers

He be gone DK

Cheers

[<<Genesis93>>]

....starts taking notes....save tail.....marinade first........backstrips seared in hot pan......stop it!, you're making me hungry!

Should a 'greenie' be heard to talk about enjoying the thought of eating our national faunal symbol .... a protected species ?

If it has been legally obtained, and speaking as a confirmed carnivore, yes! Unless you think all greenies are all dreadlocked vegans living of tofu Cheers

He be gone DK

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
What?
Noooooooooooo

Oh
YAY

[<<Genesis93>>]

hang on....
so deceased feline is still around?

oh.

[<<Genesis93>>]

My picture is a large western grey.you can see how furry and muscular they are.One that size would not cook up real well.My largest weighed in was 68Kg dressed.My biggest red was 43Kg.Up north you struggle to get large roos but down south they are deceptively heavy.I nearly passed up a doe last year but at 20 feet away and in front of a tree I took it and it went 22Kg.You lose 1/3 of the live weight when done for pet food and 1/4 when done for human consumption so that big buck was about 102Kg standing when I dropped it.They get bigger as you go further south and most shooters down south have a hydraulic crane set up on there utes.

Seriously? 102kg? Holllllly far out..
We have a mob of Eastern Grays that have moved in, we had Swamp Wallabies that seem to have been displaced by the roos.... wish I could drop of few...I'm not reallt happy with them getting the confidence of moving so close to the house (40 - 80m)...

[happyhunter]

Yeah, they get big.

[happyhunter]

My picture is a large western grey.you can see how furry and muscular they are.One that size would not cook up real well.My largest weighed in was 68Kg dressed.My biggest red was 43Kg.Up north you struggle to get large roos but down south they are deceptively heavy.I nearly passed up a doe last year but at 20 feet away and in front of a tree I took it and it went 22Kg.You lose 1/3 of the live weight when done for pet food and 1/4 when done for human consumption so that big buck was about 102Kg standing when I dropped it.They get bigger as you go further south and most shooters down south have a hydraulic crane set up on there utes.

Seriously? 102kg? Holllllly far out..
We have a mob of Eastern Grays that have moved in, we had Swamp Wallabies that seem to have been displaced by the roos.... wish I could drop of few...I'm not reallt happy with them getting the confidence of moving so close to the house (40 - 80m)...

We've had a couple incidents over the years in town. Both times it was elderly folk that were beaten up. I wouldn't worry too much about it, but keep an eye on any kids or elderly when the mobs hanging around.

[duncan61]

That red is a lot bigger than 43 Kg

[Gwion]

What they'll is that Buck doing carrying a bucket around!???!

[deadkitty]

What they'll is that Buck doing carrying a bucket around!???!

Probably cleaning up after messy campers...... ..sorry couldn't resist

[Gwion]

What they'll is that Buck doing carrying a bucket around!???!

Probably cleaning up after messy campers...... ..sorry couldn't resist

That's usually me.

Mostly head out with more rubbish than I generate and a few spare tent pegs.

Some people just treat the bush as their tip!
There is a spot near by here where that is exactly what tightarsed local do!

Anyway, back to skippy...

[Wylie27]

last time i was up the farm, about 2 months ago every day in the middle of the day we would see mobs of roos and they were active, They were just everywhere. Even stood there while we were bunny shooting.

[happyhunter]

What they'll is that Buck doing carrying a bucket around!???!

He crushed that bucket to make a point. I'll try find that story and post a link.

[happyhunter]

What they'll is that Buck doing carrying a bucket around!???!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinati ... aroo-Roger

[Gwion]

Cool!
I pinched the pic for the 'no dumping' thread!

[<<Genesis93>>]

My picture is a large western grey.you can see how furry and muscular they are.One that size would not cook up real well.My largest weighed in was 68Kg dressed.My biggest red was 43Kg.Up north you struggle to get large roos but down south they are deceptively heavy.I nearly passed up a doe last year but at 20 feet away and in front of a tree I took it and it went 22Kg.You lose 1/3 of the live weight when done for pet food and 1/4 when done for human consumption so that big buck was about 102Kg standing when I dropped it.They get bigger as you go further south and most shooters down south have a hydraulic crane set up on there utes.

Seriously? 102kg? Holllllly far out..
We have a mob of Eastern Grays that have moved in, we had Swamp Wallabies that seem to have been displaced by the roos.... wish I could drop of few...I'm not reallt happy with them getting the confidence of moving so close to the house (40 - 80m)...

We've had a couple incidents over the years in town. Both times it was elderly folk that were beaten up. I wouldn't worry too much about it, but keep an eye on any kids or elderly when the mobs hanging around.

Not that I'm concerned about the safety, more so about our 'human' domain becoming a de facto native animal conserve...

[brett1868]

Got this big grey last year on a cull, around 5'6" and maybe 50-60kg. One of the biggest I've seen in years of shooting up there.

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[Gwion]

Good back scratcher, Brett.

There are s few students at LaTrobe (Uni) that have a run in each year. Usually internationals (or maybe vegans who think all wild life are their pets).

[Deco]

Bugger me.

Forget kicking you, you wouldn't want a slap from that fella.

[on_one_wheel]

What they'll is that Buck doing carrying a bucket around!???!

I read a story about that roo somewhere.
It's "owner" gives him buckets to take his frustration out on. He literally crushes em like beer cans.

I've shot a few BIG boomers lately with paws every bit as big as my own and heavy enough that they can't be dragged by hand

EDIT ; Found a story on him ..
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&sour ... 47Msg8x0dQ

[on_one_wheel]

Poor old Roger
Yes he's lookin' kind of jaded
And his sight is not the best
And the hair around his muzzle's turnin' grey ....

Ripped Roger the kangaroo is now an old man suffering arthritis - Yahoo7 - News
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&sour ... X2vkPHxXOw

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