o sung wu,

In posting in response to your story I was supporting the point you were making. Which I took as being that laws do not prevent the feral intent on offending and we shouldn't judge everyone else by his offence.

If anyone was spotted shooting larger animals with a .22 he would be certain of being reported to police by any farmers and any licensed shooter. The legal, legitimate folk give them no leeway at all.

However Paul1405 has hijacked this thread long enough and it would respectful of me to leave it there so discussion can return to the original post.

Hi o sung wu, a little disappointed you lumped Kangaroo's, who incidentally can trace their ancestry back 40 million years on this continent, in with vermin and feral animals introduced by Europeans over the last 228 years. I'm sure it was just an error on your part. As we know kangaroos's are not feral, and I don't consider them to be vermin in the class of rats etc, far from it, a rather noble creature, which incidentally features on our coat of arms.
I do appreciate the way you understand that the slaughter of, be it humans or animals, always involves a degree of credulity, not understood by some on this forum.

Hi Is Mise, given your detestable attitude towards kangaroos, can I ask, do you think they are Muslims? Beach will be along soon to tell us they are in fact feminine, fabian, fruits, not worthy to coexists on the same planet with you and him, and the rest of the good ol' boys.

Hi Banjo, you have shown your ignorance 3252 times on the forum so far. Why should you be given a monopoly on showing ignorance? Most unfair.

Hi (again) ONTHEBEACH...

I absolutely agree with your second paragraph OTB; Hunting larger game, must surely be with a F/A, and a calibre together with a sighting system that's appropriate to that particular species. Furthermore the F/A's calibre must be capable of reaching those ranges (distances) that will ensure a clean, fatal shot. Anything less, could be determined both as inappropriate, bordering on 'culpable cruelty' (to my knowledge no such citation exists)?

Hi there PAUL1405...

Sorry, of course our Kangaroo is not feral, and as you've said, they've been around for squillions of years. I've always been a great fan of our noble, iconic 'Roo, myself, and could never bring myself to shoot one. Still as a city bloke I probably don't appreciate the level of damage they do in rural settings.

Incidentally, I've struck two 'roos in separate road accidents, one the other side of Moree, and the other on the New England Hwy just before reaching Tamworth. Fortunately (actually, unfortunately as it happened) both in police vehicles. I was tapping the Olivetti until my fingers were a mere half inch long, such was the bloody paperwork demanded by the Inspector! A heap of damage to both Vehicles. And the two 'roos, regrettable deceased.

For some weird reason, the boss reckons the second accident I had, I was clearly in the wrong, asserting my excessive speed was a contributory factor? What was the silly ol' bastard going to do, take a statement from the deceased 'roo?

'evening to you IS MISE...

You couldn't just turn-up and say you wished to join the Squad. As you rightly say, most of them were bushies first and coppers second. They could blend in at a bloodstock sale as well as any cocky. They could walk the walk and talk the talk, and understood some of the finer points of good breeding cattle, and sheep.

From my limited exposure with them, branding or marking was the go in those days, most 'tea leaves' were very adapt at altering 'branding', in fact one of their arrests was the bloke that 'fixed up' 'Fine Cotton' the disguised flat racer! You may recall the scandal associated with Fine Cotton? Apparently one of the heavies involved was going to have this bloke shot for lagging, some of the other players involved in Fine Cotton? Anyway it was none of my concern, I was only the relieving sergeant doing normal GD work.

Must admit I liked doing relief work as it was a way of determining whether a posting to the bush was an option - sort of 'try before you buy' thingo? My wife wasn't too sure, being a city girl and all?

Had quite a bit to do with blacks, and learned a lot from them, which gave me a great deal of insight into their culture and behaviour. Many of them have had it really tough, with no assistance from anybody in the towns where I was relieving. As a consequence, I've maintained an enormous respect for our indigenous blacks, ever since I started doing my country stints. Their biggest and worst problems, are but two? Alcohol & Drugs, & perhaps Alcohol again! The scourge of our indigenous folk!

Paul,

"....a rather noble creature, which incidentally features on our coat of arms"

You really must do some research before you put digit to key; there are no kangaroos on our Coat of Arms, the creatures on the Arms are two lions, a piping shrike and a black swan.

I've got two lions rampant, argent, supporting a Red Hand, couped at the wrist, on my coat of arms above a black eight oared boat.

Regarding 'roos, I rather like them, especially the legs, left to tenderize for a few days (depending on the weather), slashed to the bone about every inch and a half, left in a red wine and Worcestershire sauce marinade overnight then into a moderate oven for a few hours.

Better than venison, emu or swan any day.

//You really must do some research before you put digit to key; there are no kangaroos on our Coat of Arms, the creatures on the Arms are two lions, a piping shrike and a black swan.//

Pedant.

The arms are supported by a kangaroo and an emu.

Interestingly, the creature representing S.A. - the 'Australian Piping Shrike' - doesn't exist.