I don't know anything about hunting.

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I was thinking that if a Deer produces roughly 20-30kg of meat and I used it every few meals, it’d feed us for 3ish months.

But yeah fuel costs and time spent might cause it to barely break even. Though it does sound like a good time.

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As far as I know pest roos are legal to shoot on private property, so I’d gather eating them is fine too.

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Coles sell wild harvested Venison and Roo if you want to try without hunting.Rabbits are available at Vic market.
Something like a 270 BSA can be bought for under $500 with a 70s or 80s scope fitted.

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Thing about hunting rifles, you probably want to pay attention to weight, more so than anything else. Every gram adds up after a while.

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They have roo and wabbit at mine, but they are pricey mate :fearful:

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Yep JS, I certainly notice the difference between my synthetic stock .300wm and the wood stock .300wm a mate has and my wood stock .458wm gets pretty bloody heavy by the end of the day…

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You should get well more than 30 kg from a decent size deer. I think I was close to 200kg on one I shot a few years ago.

To kill a roo even on private property you must get a permit to cull from DWELP and be a registered primary producer I think. If you get one of those you can keep the meet for your own consumption or pet food. They dont want them left in the paddocks.

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Funnily enough the law states exactly the opposite here in SA. They want you to leave the carcasses in situ so they can make sure you don’t kill more than your permit allows…

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Far out that’s heaps, how long did it last you?

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  • 6.5 in your chassis with big scope for target.
  • CZ 452/Brno Model 2 for plinking and rabbits.
  • .308 short barreled poly stock for going on those long wet slippery dark rainy muddy hunts for the big antlers and on the back of dusty quad bikes hooning after pork. Think Howa 1500 with the hogue stock.

Add a 30" 12 gauge for wing shooting. Spend too long listening to @juststarting and you’ll be Cat H in no time.
All meat is delicious. Period.

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Leave in situ was/still is the case for many of the states. Mind you, there might be 10,000 kangaroos on your acreage and the department will give you a permit for 500 with a wink hehe.

“We may come and check”. :roll_eyes:

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Thanks Jizz that’s about what I was thinking,

6.5 CM XRS 1500 for targets and down the track perhaps a Tikka T3 Poly Stock on a 22" barrel .308 to get into hunting. I think I’ve seen them for the $1500 mark.

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Try and get something around 16-18" for hunting. Plenty of barrel for a 2-7x scope to keep it light and fast handling.

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And will deafen the crap out of you…

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What? SAY AGAIN?

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So it’s just me who likes to hunt with as-issued milsurps then?

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Just you.

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No, its not just you. There’s a few of us around. Not my absolute “go to” for a hunting trip, but its nice to mix it up a little.

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I would take out a milsurp hunting if I was assured that the game being hunted were plentiful and one miss would not ruin a whole days hunting. Also only if the expected range was well within 200 yrds pref closer. Otherwise I choose a rifle that I know where it is going to hit and I have plenty of recent experience with.

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200 yards is where the stalk begins :wink:

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