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Most times they will just kill and then resume the hunt. If one slips, hesitates or makes an awkward change of direction, they will be onto it and pull it down. вЂњThey will buzz up a couple of hundred roos. Once the dogs had swept past the roos pulled up, but remained wary for some time. It seemed that they ran at the grazing roos, putting them to flight. вЂњAh!вЂќ said Robbie dryly, вЂњthe Roo-ometer is working well today.вЂќ Even though we could not see the dogs after the initial sighting we could tell exactly where they were from what was, for all intents and purposes, a вЂњMexican WaveвЂќ of kangaroos cascading along the tree line for a couple of kilometres. The dogs hunt the edge of the open grassland, where the roos were grazing. I caught a few fleeting glimpses of two wild dogs bounding through the long grass behind the roos.

Even though it was about a kilometre away, and still pre sunrise, I could see the action in great clarity through my Swarovski 10x42 binoculars. The fireworks are about to go off! Look for any roos scattering, the faster they move, the closer the dogs will be on their heels.вЂќДЄs if on cue, another small mob roos a little further on suddenly launched into high gear. Within a few moments I noticed another bunch of roos sit upright and all look in the same direction. Look for any roos on alert, or on the move.вЂќ Keep watching because the action is just starting. See how they are behaving and scanning about. They have all just gone on guard, they have just heard, or more likely smelt, the dogs. вЂњSee that mob of roos up near the split boab tree? About 800 metres away. There were roos spread all over the paddock, grazing unconcernedly as first light came. We could track the dogs without actually seeing them by watching the kangaroos. However a batch of new born calves would be at great risk and the grazier had lost many calves to dogs in this paddock over the years.ДЇrom our concealed vantage point we glassed the surrounding terrain. While they would mischievously buzz the steers, just for the hell of it, and which we had witnessed firsthand, they did not pose any threat to those large animals.

Wild dogs in australia full#

There were also wild dogs in the paddock too, a bitch with two full grown pups from last yearвЂ™s breeding season. Soon, they would be mustered and after that the new tenants would arrive a herd of pregnant cows. It was not called the eight thousand acre paddock for nothing.ДЄt the moment it held a small mob of fat steers. We settled into a grove of gidgee on the edge of an extensive grassed area and waited for first light. A small, dim, torch pointed at our feet helped us avoid tripping over dead timber in the grass, or worse, stepping on a Mulga snake. After a twenty-five kilometre drive over dirt tracks we had then walked a kilometre or so in the dark. Story and photos by Don Caswell - Aussie Hunter Website

Wild dogs in australia professional#

Don Caswell gets some coaching from a professional dogger. Hunting the educated wild dogs of the western grazing lands is a real challenge.