Don Curton asked "Video clearly misses on several important topics, like choice of caliber, cleaning instructions, and recipe ideas."
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| Part of one night's haul for a professional shooter. Images from 24hourcampfire's Australia forum. |
Professional 'roo hunters (often a second "night" job) are hired by farmers with kill permits and the hunters get to keep the carcasses.
The caliber of choice for professional 'roo hunters is .223 Remington or 5.56X45mm NATO with a minimum of a 50 grain bullet. The LEGAL minimum is .222 Rem with a 50 grain bullet but .223 Rem is more available and less expensive.
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| The trailer of a "chiller" who buys 'roo carcasses |
The "chillers", i.e. the carcass buyers, will only buy 'roos that have been head-shot. A 'roo's skull is much more fragile than the skull of a goat, it doesn't take much to penetrate it.
Much of the hunting is done at night with artificial light or with IR night-vision. LINK
The 'roo's tail is the prime cut and is "fatty" like beef-brisket. Most of the rest of the carcass is lean and has been shipped to the US to add to "hamburger". There was a minor scandal when a major fast-food restaurant was found to be adding 'roo meat to the burgers in their "hoppy meals".
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Video of making
wallaby stew here.
Note: Wallaby are like smaller, less aerobic 'roos and feral populations exist in the U.K., New Zealand, France, and Austria. With a reproductive rate of about one-per-year-per-female, they are not tremendously fecund.
Don't forget the leather made from Kangaroo skin. It is extremely tear and abrasion resistant and it is favoured for motorcycle clothing and gloves in particular (for obvious reasons).
ReplyDeleteNot cheap but as I like to say "$1000 for a helmet isn't cheap either but check out the price of surgery and/or funerals".
Phil B
A really fun children's book is Wombat Stew.
ReplyDeleteSpoiler alert, it's Stone Soup with the Wombat not getting stewed.
The only reasons I want to go to Australia is to see an opera in that house, Ayers Rock and kangaroo steak.
I have a 'roo scrotum 'pouch', gift from an Aussie friend. The leather is quite thick and bears scars from previous injuries.
ReplyDeleteI wore soccer cleats made of kangaroo leather and still have my last pair. That stuff is astoundingly tough and provides a touch on the ball that nothing else matches. I’d happily eat kangaroo, too.
ReplyDeleteYou have a long memory! It was back in 1981that kangaroo meat, pet-food-grade product intentionally mislabeled as beef, was found to have been exported to the United States, and ended up at fast food chain "Jack in the Box" (Being more subtly humorous, as "Jack" is slang for a male kangaroo).
ReplyDeleteToday properly inspected 'roo intended for human consumption sells in the USA at a significant premium over beef.
Kanga-Bangas, a roo meat sausage, were in the meat section at Coles in my last few visits to Straya
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From my wife, about the time this happened.
Wow, talk about service!!
ReplyDeleteDelicate skulls, 5.56 and night vision. I would have guessed .303 Enfield and heart shot, but the head shots make more sense for varmint hunting. Hog hunters down here in Tx got the night vision thing going, but generally look for bigger caliber due to the general toughness of the hogs.
Now I got smoked Jack tail brisket on my to-do list.