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I think you will find that in most states that is the case, subject to exemptions for some cases. I can't say I agree entirely with it, with roos in plague proportions at the moment; unless we get a lot more rain very soon, a lot of them are going to die anyway. And I can assure you that any venomous snakes near the house when the kids are here is going to have an accident!Quote:
Originally Posted by Redback
John
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Originally Posted by Redback
I do agree with you Barry.....I don't like shooting for the sake of shooting but at the same time although its not nice I also understand the need for a mass cull when numbers get that high that they are destroying whats around them and there is not enough food for all.
They have to do this I think by yearly in the uk with the Dear.....I really really love dear as I think they are majestic animals but I understand why it needs to be done. rather 100's of healthy dear than 1000's of starving ones.
Oh my dear, your idea on deer is funny:pQuote:
Originally Posted by dullbird
Yum, yum, Kangaroo, Deer.........this thread is making me hungry:)
I believe that NSW legislation has now been amended to allow the carriage of firearms through NPs (for hunters travelling to/from a legal hunting area), but obvioulsy not permitting the use of such firerams in NPs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shonky
:eek:You ever eaten Roo? They taste a bit game for me;) That smell they seem to have is right through the meat:confused: The dogs don't mind it at all though:angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by rovercare
The taste kinda reminds me of liver. Not too bad, if you get a younger one.
Like all Game it depends on what they have been feeding on and how much water they have access to. Like don’t take a duck from the mudflats, or a pig from the fern or a goose from the blackberry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rangier Rover
Having worked as a culler in both NZ and aussie (quite a few years ago) I am not so much concerned about over population and the having animals stave as to the damage they do to the environment, which happens way before plague numbers are achieved.
Camels will walk in a line, (Foot on Foot) creating damaged tracks that the wind and water can easily cut away but worse is there ability to eat a bush from top to bottom thus killing it. Camels are making the desert more of a desert. You can see a camel trail and then return next year to see a wadi in the same place following the same path.
Goats can feed higher than sheep but both eat or pull out the roots of grasses, exposing more soil to the weather.
cattle don’t feed as low as sheep and goats and are not as hard on the environment.
Roos are the best adapted to Australia, they don’t feed to low and they don’t damage the ground with there feet. roos and Australian bush have evolved to be able to coexist, even when roos are in plague numbers not all the plant life will be striped.
These namby pamby don’t kill Skippy types need to be dragged away from the coffee moca decaff in a glass and Kesh, striped of there Kaftans and taken off the seal and shown what is really happening the real damage to the environment.
but then this thread is about National parks, and we need National parks to be a bastion of Australia ( or any country for that matter) apart from eradication if introduced species by professionals the place should be left alone
There was a Doco on yellow stone national park, where they now let the place burn, and its a better place for it. I thought that was interesting.
Of course that would depend on whether the fire was started naturally or not. :D:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by clean32
Martyn
Like any meat you can hang it for a few days and the gamey taste deminishes
Hang till goes green, then stick it in a pot with an old leather boot,Quote:
Originally Posted by slug_burner
boil it for 12 hrs, throw the meat away and eat the boot:p