06-29-2013, 07:48 AM
stokesrj Wrote:Hi adamjp,The 'Code' was arrived at by a bunch of animal huggers and government scientists. A couple of shooters were involved, but literally a couple.
I was just reading your regulations for shooting Kangaroo's today, and all I can say is wow, you guys have some tough regulators. They even tell you exactly where you have to shoot them and when, how you have to sight your gun in and require that it be shot before each days hunt on an inanimate target, then go on to say what you have to do if you shoot a female with little ones and that you must kill them and how, precisely. You are not really free, firearms or hunting wise. Why do you put up with that? Or, is it okay with you guys?
Bob
As the Kangaroos are normally harvested for the meat industry, anything other than a head shot makes the carcass unacceptable at the processing plant. So whilst the 'Code' ends up condemning a small number of animals to a very painful death (jaw shot away, nose shot off, etc.) the vast majority are very much 'lights out'.
A recent cull in my area accounted for 5000 animals in the space of 2 weeks!
The key thing to inform your fellow Americans of is that not all species are tagged for culling, only those that have a substantial, diverse population. Kangaroos are to Australia, what Deer are to North America, except we have hundreds of distinct species.