NitroX
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| 12/09/08 01:51 PM |
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Re: A feral donkey hunt with the .416 Rigby...
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I've never weighed one, but I would guess that the bigger one, the Jack, would weigh maybe 250kg. How does that sound, John?
No idea but the last time I picked one up I could only carry two at a time to the truck!
Sorry no idea. Small in body but appear solid. Similar to a zebra, maybe smaller, though I haven't seen them lying side by side. I imagine the same as donkeys in the USA.
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The quantity of animals that require shooting, combined with the heat and distance, usually dictates that we leave carcasses laying out in the bush. These disappear very rappidly, filling birds of prey, goannas, feral pigs, and dingoes (feral or native depending on which state or territory you're in).
One day they will be under control so we should enjoy our free shooting while we can.
As for leaving meat in the Top End to rot, the local blacks get most of their food from grocery stores, these guys get lots of government pensions, handouts etc. They might hunt as well and use some bush meat etc but it is not meat hungry Africa. Long distances, high humidity part of the year, high temperatures all year, the meat spoils quickly if not refrigerated and electricity and transport is expensive.
Plus dingos have to eat too.
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All animals can be eaten, but we tend to favour young goats, young buffalo, young scrub cattle or deer if we want to fill a freezer (these animals are not all in the same part of Australia).
Some guys eat donkey.
Why eat old and tough when an extra one can be shot young and tender!
PS Most deer shot are eaten, certainly in the Southern States, including stags. Make great venison mincemeat if nothing else. Deer are not as common nor in pest numbers like many outback species.
