Kangaroo while deer hunting?
 

Check out this story about encountering a red kangaroo while hunting white tails in the finger lakes region of NY. True story at http://wildramblings.com/?p=1238 .

Wildbill51

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well there was the one wallaroo last year in canastota that escaped but got killed (i forgot how)

Try walking into this mean SOB in the middle of the night.

That was last year as I recall. In the same general area that the "roo" was loose in we have seen ostriches (maybe emus?) several times that have apparently gotten out of the same facility.

Dang r u serious, youguys see that stuff? From the same place?! Dang they dont know how to keep control of their animals then, if i saw one of them things infront of my stand, it would be dead!

I was out last week and had a huge LLama run by my treestand, took a crappy pic with my camera phone because I figured everyone would think I was drinking or smoking some funny cigarettes in the woods. The rest of the group saw it on the gun opener and believed me. So far it's the funniest hunting story I personally have.

Are you frickin' kidding me? You know how much negative press that would garner? "Deer hunter didn't see any deer, so he shot a kangaroo instead. Just to do it."

A couple guys I know are getting a cow on their trail cams. They hunt the big woods with no farms nearby. I guess it's been wandering for a while.

A kangaroo is much more interesting.

I have never seen anything like that out in the woods though a friend of mine did walk up on an Emu while going to his stand last year. He said it scared the heck out of him because it was so tall and prehistoric looking. He took a picture with his cell phone in case no one believed him. Never know what you are going to see out there anymore.....

Response to Daveboone:3723344
 

My story took place several years ago in the finger lakes region in the town of Groton NY. Could it be that there has been more than one kangaroo running around NY during hunting season. LOL.

A couple years ago a buddy of mine was sitting on stand watching a little 6 point check a scrape about 25 yards from his tree. He looked down the field line and saw a bighorn ram. It came in and chased that little 6 point away. This was in southeast MO. There's an exotic animal farm about a mile away from his place. Not sure if they ever got it back. I hunt a 1/2 mile from him but never saw it.

Well isnt there that law that if its a animal not native to that area u can kill it =D

Just as if you shoot a cow you can be liable to the owner, it is the same (at least in NY) that you can be liable on an exotic species. Several years ago when I was motorcycling I had a mature bull Elk walk across the road in front of me. That was a shocker! I was aware that a landowner kept exotic species nearby. I hope he caught up with it before deer season opened...it would have been tempting!

I had a horse walk within 5 steps of me just yesterday before seeing me and bolting off in the other direction. Five minutes later two red foxes came by at about 15 paces. I guess I was concealed a little better than I thought lol.