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  1. 08-10-2016, 09:08 PM #1
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    Sunny afternoon wallaby.

    Yesterday I managed to grab an hour spare to take out my .222 for a shot near Twizel. Found this fella-first kill with the rifle (even though I have had it for a while) and quite satisfying.

    Name: Wallaby + Tikka m55 .222.jpg Views: 1017 Size: 814.9 KB

    Rifle is a Tikka m55. I have never experienced any other rifle to feel as this one does in hand or shoulder.

    Cheers Jem.
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  3. 08-10-2016, 09:16 PM #2
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    Nice
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  4. 09-10-2016, 05:22 PM #3
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    Fine rifle
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    great stuff mate, nice looking rig, must get over the hill as I ve never shot one of those little kangaroo's yet, looks like fun.
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  6. 09-10-2016, 07:13 PM #5
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    Nice shooting , those South Island Wallabies are a lot bigger than our North Island cousins.
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  7. 09-10-2016, 07:36 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by viper View Post
    great stuff mate, nice looking rig, must get over the hill as I ve never shot one of those little kangaroo's yet, looks like fun.
    Just wait until next year @viper . They're coming down to see you
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  8. 09-10-2016, 08:14 PM #7
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    Thanks @jakewire, its a bit of a favourite of mine.
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    Are they the same variety, I know there's different ones, did the Rotorua ones originate from original liberation on Kawau Is?
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  10. 12-10-2016, 10:50 AM #9
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    The south ones are bennets wallaby which is one of the bigger ones,
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    Kawaus ones were a different species and much smaller. When i was growing up our neighbors brother managed motatapu island for lands and survey, there were wallaby there for a while too. The ultimate irony is that they repatriated some of the kawau ones as they were endangered in oz.
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    Did you eat it?
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    I'm told wallaby tastes pretty good. Can anyone confirm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    I'm told wallaby tastes pretty good. Can anyone confirm
    Yep I enjoyed mine... that was in Aussie though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    I'm told wallaby tastes pretty good. Can anyone confirm
    @Tommy

    I can confirm this statement is incorrect.

    Wallaby does not taste pretty good............. The fact is it's bloody delicious.

    Especially the back steaks and tail meat.

    Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by Feral View Post
    Yep I enjoyed mine... that was in Aussie though.

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    I wonder if the meat varies much between the various subspecies. Only one way to find out: BBQ science.
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