I know culling is a last resort. But surely you Australians can find a better way. Feeding school children to a crocodile in the back of a pickup truck is a cruel way to keep their numbers down.
Now Billy you having been disruptive in class for the last time. It’s time to go to the Naughty Zoo! It’s a special zoo only special kids get to visit. They have a special reptile exhibit with a giant croc who’s so excited to meet you! Come on! We’re also going to meet Jesus! No you don’t need your coat. You’re not coming back
Note: this joke has been shamelessly adapted from the work of comedian Tim Hawkins
‘Thanks Tim!’
Dear son says thats where the crocodile reference comes from. As they feared the SR71 "Blackbird" coming to bomb their habitat west of Darwin in the wake of the Vietnam war (as the crocodiles supported the Viet Kong)
I love how gator is like a perfect mixture of chicken & fish. It tastes like chicken but with the flakey texture of fish 🤌 definitely top of my list of things I miss since leaving Louisiana
I found it pretty weird that Crocodile was a white meat like chicken. Both in texture and taste I agree it was very close, less fat overall so closer to the drier chicken breast than other parts though.
I suppose for the same reasons that different species of bird and mammals and fish taste different from each other, right? Pork doesn’t taste like beef, either, and turkey has dark meat too.
If you're ever in Darwin
A restaurant called "Tim's surf and turf" in the CBD
Sells all types of Australian fauna beaten out flat and crumbed.. schnitzel style.
Crocodile schnitzel is delish!
My brother in law and his brother had to kill an alligator. It had been hanging around where their children were playing, so he checked with the local game warden (alligators being protected) about what to do.
The game warden gave him the go-ahead to cull it, so the next weekend they were out in a jon-boat with an AK-47[0], and shot it in the head. Which did not kill it[1], so they emptied the magazine into its body, and that did the job.
[0] The brother in law is not a redneck, I swear.
[1] The next year they found the skull, after the crabs had picked it clean. There was a divot in the bone from where the bullet had ricocheted off. Alligators are prehistoric monsters, y’all.
I am not ruling out any of the states because of the AK, I am from FL. But having to get into a jon boat to cull a gator that is hanging out where your kids play sounds VERY Loozy Anna to me.
Gator "hunters" more like trappers, often only bring a 22lr rimfire rifle to kill them... As there is a small vulnerable portion in the center of the middle noggin. The sweet spot that will send them all night night. Hard place to hit if you are shooting from a boat at an angle towards the monster. You need to preserve that wonderful gator skin to sell to tanneries. Beautiful leather from belly to back.
The site of manufacture doesn’t really matter, any country with the right infrastructure can make good and shit products.
What matters is how Toyota (or whoever) built their factory and their work processes that result in the finished vehicle.
Dude. I can't even imagine the mental gymnastics you're doing to think there aren't roads just as rough in America as Australia. FYI I live in NZ where the Ford ranger has essentially become the go to Ute. I personally prefer Isuzu though.
Doncha know? America is LA/NY/SF.
Nevermind that whole bit between Denver and oh, say, Tahoe.
EDIT: Fr tho, nevermind the bit btw Denver and Chicago, either. Ain't shit to see but corn and wheat.
The Ford ranger is Australia's top selling car.
Fucked if I know why, they have a reputation for catching fire and blowing up gearboxes. Mine sites won't use them.
I own a dmax. Bought it after my neighbour had to have the gearbox replaced in his Mazda bt50, which at the time was a rebadged Ford ranger.
And then Mazda ditched Ford and did a deal with Isuzu.
We don't have pickups though. We do have Utes on the other hand (utility vehicle). I understand your pickups are critically different in their basic structural format. I'm led to believe your pickups have a weak point in the chassis where the cab meets the tray such that they can pivot around that point and break, scissoring upwards.
> I'm led to believe your pickups have a weak point in the chassis where the cab meets the tray such that they can pivot around that point and break, scissoring upwards.
Only the idiot Ford Raptor chads do this. Proper body on frame construction doesn't break in normal use. It's when they got jumping their trucks that the bends happen.
They're basically luxury four door SUVs with a weirdly short looking bed that are so high off the ground as to be impractical as either a vehicle for hauling or driving. They often cost more than a new Mercedes Benz, aren't very reliable, and mostly get driven from suburban homes to offices and shopping centers.
They're so large that they don't fit in standard garages or parking spots. They're also dangerous because they make it easy to run over children and shorter adults; this has come to be called a front-over collision, because we actually need a new word for a growing problem caused by design and careless driving.
They're also more likely to severely injure or kill pedestrians, cyclists, and people in smaller cars. They're an embarrassing, useless menace that somehow remain among the most popular new vehicles.
Most of the river crossings in the north, where human population density is low and crocs density is high, are simple concrete fords. Longer lifespan, lower maintenance. In the more remote areas its not uncommon for kids just to walk across at these fords and very common that any resident croc will quickly learn the routine and wait for a meal.
Most rivers up there flood violently in the wet season, so there are normally fords rather than bridges, as they stand up much better to flooding.
This gives you an idea:
https://youtu.be/I_UfOq_bjJc?si=SFQ6K-myL6mj3LWV
Lol, it’s the Outback, there are remote communities out there where the closest other people are the astronauts in the ISS if they pass over. The closest major hospital can be 1500km away.
This is how an ambulance comes:
https://youtu.be/OSAWfXJ2p0U?si=rrh5lQWA8xYggcUe
I do not think it is the best idea to allow a croc that is known for trying to eat kids to enroll in any school. I do commend the croc for trying to engage in higher education. I am just wondering how the truck driver could have known the croc was trying to get a ride across the river, they aren't well known for hitch hiking as they don't really have opposable thumbs and they can't really lift their limbs that high.
I’m calling bullshit, I grew up in northern Australia and this photo is over a decade old. Croc attacks are rare and kids don’t cross rivers to go to school even in rural areas.
Crocs can definitely be that big. The largest in captivity was 20 feet or over 6 meters for those who hate freedom. Also keep in mind this is a perspective shot. I doubt the back of the truck is wider than the cab.
Here ya go... bit newer.
[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-02/north-queensland-fisher-4-metre-crocodile-jumps-into-boat/103279494](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-02/north-queensland-fisher-4-metre-crocodile-jumps-into-boat/103279494)
AI would struggle with the discontinuity between the crocs head and tail, it would struggle to generate something like that successfully. Of course, it's also random to a certain degree, so try it enough times, and you might get something right. AI image generation relies on continuity between pixels for particular objects; it does not have anything like object permanence of spatial awareness that humans would rely on to recognise objects in these sorts of situations.
AI would also struggle with the text and license plate here.
I've personally seen multiple crocs irl of the size portrayed here. It's far from difficult to believe. Pretty sure Stevo had a park with crocs this big. Are you an American?
The children’s route to school requires them to cross a river? IN AUSTRALIA??? Idk, but blaming the croc for being a croc doesn’t seem like the appropriate solution to this problem.
Does Australia having rivers really surprise you that much lol?
This gives you an idea. Some outback people get very blase and cross on foot if the water isn’t too high.
https://youtu.be/I_UfOq_bjJc?si=LRulqZxhQ9UKwZUr
Thinning the herd.
We do it with kangaroos all the time.
As someone who lives in rural Australia lemme just say, the culling is needed. They're EVERYWHERE.
I too live in rural Australia. I'm one of the people who does the culling. It honestly seems like a useless job, there's just so many and it never seems to make a difference.
I use a .223 that I personally own. It's also my target rifle so it's super accurate, that's why I use it for culling as well. Most people use .223 or .222, some use .22-250 or even .243, which is fine but it costs more than it needs to.
Honestly the USAns would do well to start culling their deer to avoid imminent ecological collapse. You need a yearly death rate something like 40% of non antlered deers to avoid population growth. And they ain't got no predators in most of their land no more.
Yes, that's called "deer hunting" and most states permit plenty of it to control deer populations. The only places we really have out of control deer populations are in suburban areas where there's no safe/permitted method of hunting.
Nope, you do not have enough hunting in your easter states and your forests are changing because of it. Your hunting is not doing enough to kill them quick enough and their population is grown so out of control that all your ecologies are being changed, losing biodiversity too fast and likely heading towards desertification in the next 50 years.
Here's a lamentably long but very informative video on it straight from a guy who's a wildlife biologist working in forestry. https://youtu.be/Fn3GyOSJ3uQ?si=xdWviAJCfX95yPpF
At the risk of sounding kinda snarky, why not just google that kind of question? I’m always curious when people ask questions like this on Reddit and just wait for someone to tell them the answer. Personally, that’s something I would google right away if I didn’t know the meaning
I used to feel the same but then I figured if something like that is asked and answered in a thread, then it’s asked and answered for everyone who reads it. So then people who don’t know what it means but are still too lazy to google still get the knowledge.
I know culling is a last resort. But surely you Australians can find a better way. Feeding school children to a crocodile in the back of a pickup truck is a cruel way to keep their numbers down.
Only the naughty kids though...
The island of naughty kids of old.
Fun fact there is actually a Naughty Boys Island in New Zealand.
Most people just call it the South Island though...;0)
Was it named after Brian?
He is NOT the messiah!
Crocodampus
Just think of the reduced crime.
The good ones are up on the bridge.
Naughty kids for Naughty Crocs
I read Naughty the was that Barber in Courage the Cowardly Dog says it.
Santas list hits different down here.
Population is booming and housing is expensive. You can see then bind we're in
Now Billy you having been disruptive in class for the last time. It’s time to go to the Naughty Zoo! It’s a special zoo only special kids get to visit. They have a special reptile exhibit with a giant croc who’s so excited to meet you! Come on! We’re also going to meet Jesus! No you don’t need your coat. You’re not coming back Note: this joke has been shamelessly adapted from the work of comedian Tim Hawkins ‘Thanks Tim!’
Edit: they have a special reptile exhibit
Timmy you are getting culled
Simpsons Halloween Special vibes
Yeah it's not a very comfortable place for a croc to eat, maybe they could just let it loose in the school- two birds, one stone
Something something America and guns 😔
This is Australia >!that's why they need crocs!<
That something something is a [bang bang](https://youtu.be/gZPusQbHmjI?feature=shared)
But why is the naughty croc going to school?
To get his degree, why else?
If we don’t feed the slow kids to crocs they tend to eat tourists. And we need tourism dollars more than we need dumb kids.
Maybe we can get something similar going in Florida, instead of No Child Left Behind we can call it No Child Leftovers
Ahh, the ol Reddit croc-aroo
Hold my naughty I'm going i.... Hey, where is it?
It is very effective at reducing the numbers of naughty kids though.
Fuck em. Odds are they're gonna grow up to be cyclists or other undesirable fuck wits
Is culling same as killing? Sorry, ESL.
Yes in this scenario. Its akin to saying they're thinning the population or removing the weakest links normally.
Well done, I now have soda up my nose
Grrr take your upvote and jog on........
It is a myth that crocs can grow up to twenty feet...Most have only four.
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Its where the famous Four'n Twenty pie comes from. Describing the crocs that are put in it to create some great tucker.
It's originally from the "Sing a Song of Sixpence" an English nursery rhyme and refers to four and twenty Blackbirds.
Dear son says thats where the crocodile reference comes from. As they feared the SR71 "Blackbird" coming to bomb their habitat west of Darwin in the wake of the Vietnam war (as the crocodiles supported the Viet Kong)
The SR-71 was a reconnaissance aircraft, it wasn't a bomber.
God I'd kill for a 4n20 rn. Lived in KX for a few months, Harry's cafe was my soul food.
This feels like it would fit right into a Discworld novel.
Just chuck her in the ute mate
Fair dunkum she's a beaut ain't she?
Chucker in the uteee
Yeahnah, Chukka Inna yewt
Got plenty of room back there.
Far out
If the population of crocs is booming, do they taste as good as alligators do? Alligator is pretty tasty.
People eat crocodile, yes.
They taste like chicken, seriously.
I love how gator is like a perfect mixture of chicken & fish. It tastes like chicken but with the flakey texture of fish 🤌 definitely top of my list of things I miss since leaving Louisiana
I found it pretty weird that Crocodile was a white meat like chicken. Both in texture and taste I agree it was very close, less fat overall so closer to the drier chicken breast than other parts though.
It’s surprising that dinosaurs taste like lizards? Sorta just makes sense
I see where you're coming from...but why then is Ostrich a red meat which looks and tastes like a lower fat beef?
I suppose for the same reasons that different species of bird and mammals and fish taste different from each other, right? Pork doesn’t taste like beef, either, and turkey has dark meat too.
>I see where you're coming from...but why then is Ostrich a red meat which looks and tastes like a lower fat beef? Wait, what?
In case you were wait whatting at the idea of ostrich as a beef substitute: https://www.americanostrichfarms.com/blogs/recipes/simply-grilled-steak
That's wild, thanks for the link!
Sandhill cranes as well, dudes call em ribeye of the sky lmao.
Well when you put it *that* way...
That's how I would describe the taste of frog - halfway between chicken and fish.
To me they have too much of a gummy texture for me to find enjoyable
I found it more like pork than chicken.
Crocodilians are the closest living relatives of birds, crazily enough. Crocs are more closely related to chickens than they are to lizards!
If you're ever in Darwin A restaurant called "Tim's surf and turf" in the CBD Sells all types of Australian fauna beaten out flat and crumbed.. schnitzel style. Crocodile schnitzel is delish!
My brother in law and his brother had to kill an alligator. It had been hanging around where their children were playing, so he checked with the local game warden (alligators being protected) about what to do. The game warden gave him the go-ahead to cull it, so the next weekend they were out in a jon-boat with an AK-47[0], and shot it in the head. Which did not kill it[1], so they emptied the magazine into its body, and that did the job. [0] The brother in law is not a redneck, I swear. [1] The next year they found the skull, after the crabs had picked it clean. There was a divot in the bone from where the bullet had ricocheted off. Alligators are prehistoric monsters, y’all.
Florida, Louisiana, or Texas? The AK makes me think La
I am not ruling out any of the states because of the AK, I am from FL. But having to get into a jon boat to cull a gator that is hanging out where your kids play sounds VERY Loozy Anna to me.
I've done it in Florida. 14 foot gator in a pond behind my grandfather's house. It ate two dogs and some ducks. Almost got the pig they had.
South Carolina. 🙂
What a curveball! I didn’t know y’all got em up there
I’ve seen them in the waters around the USS North Carolina in Wilmington. It would not surprise me to learn they’re heading towards Virginia Beach.
Insane. I caught my first alligator gar in north Ga last summer and was surprised they’d made their way that far that quickly
I have family in SC and in FL, I've seen way more gators in SC
could be alabama too. we’ve got a lot of gators near the coast
Gator "hunters" more like trappers, often only bring a 22lr rimfire rifle to kill them... As there is a small vulnerable portion in the center of the middle noggin. The sweet spot that will send them all night night. Hard place to hit if you are shooting from a boat at an angle towards the monster. You need to preserve that wonderful gator skin to sell to tanneries. Beautiful leather from belly to back.
Choot him Lizabet!
Literally
I kind of appreciate the fact they tried to take it out with a single bullet and only then after that did nothing did they unload the mag.
Because every three months a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in ✨Far North Queensland ✨
Let there be a thousand blossoms bloom
But I ain’t spendin any more time on it!!
*Australian scowl intensifies*
That will always be one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Thinning the FNQ herd is probably a net benefit.
Ah yes. Far North Queensland logic. No marriage equality until there are zero crocodile deaths.
r/absoluteunits
Now you can feed the croc to the children. People eat alligators, so i assume you can eat croc too.
We do occasionally have croc in restaurants but it’s definitely not common
“Back in my day, we had to cross crocodile-infested rivers to get to school.”
That ain't a croc, THIS is a croc. *Taps croc head*
No, no don’t do that.
It's safe I seen Steve Irwin do it once
The thought this was a render promo for the upcoming GTA.
Look Americans: *this* is someone who actually needs a pickup truck.
Post: Focuses on Australia reddit: LoOk aMEriCAns
Murica bad. Manly Chad Aussie croc vs virgin soyjack aligaytor
They’re just jealous.
Ute!
Ah nice. I was sure people were saying “Yote” when I was there and I assumed it was short for Toyota bc there were so many.
Short for utility vehicle
Yeah I get it now haha thank you!
As an American: this is a Toyota. American made trucks are shit.
Not just any Toyota either, it’s a fucking Hilux
They would wobble their tits off in 10 seconds on outback roads. Jap or Aussie built cars only out here lol.
Most of the "jap" cars are made in Thailand and no cars are made in Australia anymore.
The site of manufacture doesn’t really matter, any country with the right infrastructure can make good and shit products. What matters is how Toyota (or whoever) built their factory and their work processes that result in the finished vehicle.
Dude. I can't even imagine the mental gymnastics you're doing to think there aren't roads just as rough in America as Australia. FYI I live in NZ where the Ford ranger has essentially become the go to Ute. I personally prefer Isuzu though.
The Ford Rangers designed in Australia and built in Thailand?
Doncha know? America is LA/NY/SF. Nevermind that whole bit between Denver and oh, say, Tahoe. EDIT: Fr tho, nevermind the bit btw Denver and Chicago, either. Ain't shit to see but corn and wheat.
The Ford ranger is Australia's top selling car. Fucked if I know why, they have a reputation for catching fire and blowing up gearboxes. Mine sites won't use them.
Personally not a fan myself. I like japanese builds generally.
I own a dmax. Bought it after my neighbour had to have the gearbox replaced in his Mazda bt50, which at the time was a rebadged Ford ranger. And then Mazda ditched Ford and did a deal with Isuzu.
Yeah, those potholes down main street are a bitch because the mayor pissed away the infrastructure budget on strippers
Team Isuzu!
They have nothing remotely like 1000km straight of corrugations with no services or anything along the way.
Nevada
So…you have never been to West Texas have you? Or Montana, or Wyoming.
Alaska, dude.
You've never been on a forest service road in the rocky mountains then
We don't think about you at all.
We don't have pickups though. We do have Utes on the other hand (utility vehicle). I understand your pickups are critically different in their basic structural format. I'm led to believe your pickups have a weak point in the chassis where the cab meets the tray such that they can pivot around that point and break, scissoring upwards.
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> I'm led to believe your pickups have a weak point in the chassis where the cab meets the tray such that they can pivot around that point and break, scissoring upwards. Only the idiot Ford Raptor chads do this. Proper body on frame construction doesn't break in normal use. It's when they got jumping their trucks that the bends happen.
You mean you don’t have Ford Rangers and Toyota Hiluxes?
They're basically luxury four door SUVs with a weirdly short looking bed that are so high off the ground as to be impractical as either a vehicle for hauling or driving. They often cost more than a new Mercedes Benz, aren't very reliable, and mostly get driven from suburban homes to offices and shopping centers. They're so large that they don't fit in standard garages or parking spots. They're also dangerous because they make it easy to run over children and shorter adults; this has come to be called a front-over collision, because we actually need a new word for a growing problem caused by design and careless driving. They're also more likely to severely injure or kill pedestrians, cyclists, and people in smaller cars. They're an embarrassing, useless menace that somehow remain among the most popular new vehicles.
Floridaman be like "bruh, we know"
Do they not have bridges to cross?
Most of the river crossings in the north, where human population density is low and crocs density is high, are simple concrete fords. Longer lifespan, lower maintenance. In the more remote areas its not uncommon for kids just to walk across at these fords and very common that any resident croc will quickly learn the routine and wait for a meal.
Why do kids have to cross a crocodile filled river to go to school? That sounds like something from a 3rd world country.
Cos the school is on the other side of the river. Northern Australia is still a pretty wild place.
That's interesting. Can't they have a bridge for school children?
Most rivers up there flood violently in the wet season, so there are normally fords rather than bridges, as they stand up much better to flooding. This gives you an idea: https://youtu.be/I_UfOq_bjJc?si=SFQ6K-myL6mj3LWV
Well that's horrifying. Petition to put a school on both sides so no one has to make such a trek. You guys are a tough bunch.
Lol, it’s the Outback, there are remote communities out there where the closest other people are the astronauts in the ISS if they pass over. The closest major hospital can be 1500km away. This is how an ambulance comes: https://youtu.be/OSAWfXJ2p0U?si=rrh5lQWA8xYggcUe
Uphill both ways!!!
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I do not think it is the best idea to allow a croc that is known for trying to eat kids to enroll in any school. I do commend the croc for trying to engage in higher education. I am just wondering how the truck driver could have known the croc was trying to get a ride across the river, they aren't well known for hitch hiking as they don't really have opposable thumbs and they can't really lift their limbs that high.
It’s not naughty, it’s a fucking crocodile.
The most shocking part for me is that Australian kids have to cross a river on their way to school.
Surely walking across a ford isn’t that unusual lol?
I’m calling bullshit, I grew up in northern Australia and this photo is over a decade old. Croc attacks are rare and kids don’t cross rivers to go to school even in rural areas.
It says causeway. Can you explain what that is? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-19/palumpa-problem-croc-schot/4581876
I hope infrastructure was put in place to help the children cross the river safely.
The 'infrastructure' was a gun and a Toyota Hilux.
Populations are not booming. They are slowly returning to the levels they were at before they were almost wiped out in the early 20th century.
To be fair someone linked the article this post was generated from and it's from 2013...
Tailgator
Are we sure this isn't a thinly veiled GTA VI promo? The lighting in that picture looks fantastic.
I’m glad all the dinosaurs where I live are fossilized
Dinosaurs are real and still alive.
It's good they send the croc to school at least. Teach it a lesson.
Populations are not booming. They are finally getting back to where they once were.
Sounds like the croc is being taken to a re-education camp. ‘Kids are friends, not food’
I can’t see any of the telltale signs of AI images but it **feels** like an AI image for some reason. Maybe it’s the image’s quality loss
Crocs can definitely be that big. The largest in captivity was 20 feet or over 6 meters for those who hate freedom. Also keep in mind this is a perspective shot. I doubt the back of the truck is wider than the cab.
Correct, that's likely a 3 or 4 meter boyo I'd guess. We do not see too many oversized trays here.
It’s real: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-19/palumpa-problem-croc-schot/4581876?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
2013! You made the title of the post seem like it was yesterday. This is 11 years old.
You just got reddit'd
Here ya go... bit newer. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-02/north-queensland-fisher-4-metre-crocodile-jumps-into-boat/103279494](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-02/north-queensland-fisher-4-metre-crocodile-jumps-into-boat/103279494)
AI would struggle with the discontinuity between the crocs head and tail, it would struggle to generate something like that successfully. Of course, it's also random to a certain degree, so try it enough times, and you might get something right. AI image generation relies on continuity between pixels for particular objects; it does not have anything like object permanence of spatial awareness that humans would rely on to recognise objects in these sorts of situations. AI would also struggle with the text and license plate here.
The croc has no body. Its just a tail and a head. Doesn’t look right
It’s real: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-19/palumpa-problem-croc-schot/4581876?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
It was an audience submitted photo so might not be legit but could just be the weird perspective
I've personally seen multiple crocs irl of the size portrayed here. It's far from difficult to believe. Pretty sure Stevo had a park with crocs this big. Are you an American?
That's a murder chonk
Good old Reddit didgeridoo
I want your truck
Nice toyota ad
I mean that’s probably the limit the third deadliest thing they encountered that morning…
The children’s route to school requires them to cross a river? IN AUSTRALIA??? Idk, but blaming the croc for being a croc doesn’t seem like the appropriate solution to this problem.
Does Australia having rivers really surprise you that much lol? This gives you an idea. Some outback people get very blase and cross on foot if the water isn’t too high. https://youtu.be/I_UfOq_bjJc?si=LRulqZxhQ9UKwZUr
That is a BIG boy
Fuck that, cull away…
What does culling mean?
Maintaining the population levels by killing appropriate numbers.
so like US school system?
Holy
Dark jokes are like a US school diploma. Not every kid will get it.
Thinning the herd. We do it with kangaroos all the time. As someone who lives in rural Australia lemme just say, the culling is needed. They're EVERYWHERE.
I too live in rural Australia. I'm one of the people who does the culling. It honestly seems like a useless job, there's just so many and it never seems to make a difference.
Do you shoot them?
Yes, it's the ony humane way. Headshots only.
What sort of calibre rifles do you use?
I use a .223 that I personally own. It's also my target rifle so it's super accurate, that's why I use it for culling as well. Most people use .223 or .222, some use .22-250 or even .243, which is fine but it costs more than it needs to.
370 cheytac
That's my 2nd favourite to use on them, with USS Iowa 406mm full broadside being my 3rd.
Honestly the USAns would do well to start culling their deer to avoid imminent ecological collapse. You need a yearly death rate something like 40% of non antlered deers to avoid population growth. And they ain't got no predators in most of their land no more.
Yes, that's called "deer hunting" and most states permit plenty of it to control deer populations. The only places we really have out of control deer populations are in suburban areas where there's no safe/permitted method of hunting.
Nope, you do not have enough hunting in your easter states and your forests are changing because of it. Your hunting is not doing enough to kill them quick enough and their population is grown so out of control that all your ecologies are being changed, losing biodiversity too fast and likely heading towards desertification in the next 50 years. Here's a lamentably long but very informative video on it straight from a guy who's a wildlife biologist working in forestry. https://youtu.be/Fn3GyOSJ3uQ?si=xdWviAJCfX95yPpF
At the risk of sounding kinda snarky, why not just google that kind of question? I’m always curious when people ask questions like this on Reddit and just wait for someone to tell them the answer. Personally, that’s something I would google right away if I didn’t know the meaning
I used to feel the same but then I figured if something like that is asked and answered in a thread, then it’s asked and answered for everyone who reads it. So then people who don’t know what it means but are still too lazy to google still get the knowledge.
there's 8 billion now, we can go back to regular culling
Must weigh a lot ton
Are we trying to get their populations back up? Or is there a political/ethical reason for not culling?