Wallaby Hunting (NZ)

[the kid 3]

Hi, wasn't sure where to put this since wallaby aren't big game and there doesn't seem to be a varmint section. Please feel free to move it if it's in the wrong place.

 

This is a video a friend and I made of us wallaby shooting in Southern Canterbury. Red-necked wallabies were introduced to South Canterbury in the late 1800s and are considered a pest. Their numbers must be controlled. Rifles used were a AR-15 carbine and a custom Sako in 6.5x47 Lapua.

 

FILM 1: Hunter Hills

 

 

 

Next episode will be Tahr hunting.

[tb25 4,627]

add like to put one of then on the bbq...

[hillbilly boy 109]

They are very tasty had kangaroo steaks when I was in Australia last year

[ArchieHood 3,692]

 

[Tyla 3,179]

ouY lads dont know how luckyyou are! Great post, looking forward to the next one!

[martin 332]

Do you eat them

[the kid 3]

Yes. They taste alright, they're like a big hare but not as nice. Back steaks are nice pan fried.

 

Here is a pair of legs I braised in '09

 

[hillbilly boy 109]

They look quality mate done on the camp fire lol

[j j m 6,539]

Very good mate

[Giro 2,648]

Are they very flightly animals can you not get closer to them ??

 

Be fit lads if you get a few in a day..

[blackfox 9]

Good Video, Looks like some great shooting in a fantastic country, do you offer any guided trips?

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

In a country full of introduced critters,im interested to know what makes the wallaby stand out as a pest .For a small country youve certainly f****d up your ecosystem.Good vid though .

[TOMO 26,175]

In a country full of introduced critters,im interested to know what makes the wallaby stand out as a pest .For a small country youve certainly f****d up your ecosystem.Good vid though .

 

Ain't that the truth,,, until man landed on N.Z a few hundred years ago,,, there were no mammals at all..

 

Question for the kiwi lads,,, are white European settlers responsible for all the mammals,, or did the moiries intruduce any when they landed a thousand years ago ?

[beast 1,884]

tomo i thi nk the maoris brought dogs pigs and rats and maybe goats but i stand to be corrected. not sure if there were no mammals at all before man came...........might have been bats. sorry just being an arse!!

[the kid 3]

In a country full of introduced critters,im interested to know what makes the wallaby stand out as a pest .For a small country youve certainly f****d up your ecosystem.Good vid though .

 

Ain't that the truth,,, until man landed on N.Z a few hundred years ago,,, there were no mammals at all..

 

Question for the kiwi lads,,, are white European settlers responsible for all the mammals,, or did the moiries intruduce any when they landed a thousand years ago ?

 

The only native mammals in NZ are two species of bat and a seal.

 

The acclimatation societies in the 1800s introduced deer and various other species here. Chamois, for example, were a gift from Franz Joseph I. Wallabies are considered a pest because they eat native plants and farmers' pasture. To be fair the damage done by introduced game species pales in comparison to the damage done by sheep and cattle.