yea, didn't see this coming.

[Harris hawker]

This was great, the guy was so excited.

 

[ZenArchery]

What tha...

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

Lol I don't know why but that is funny!!!!

 

[Chopperdrvr]

That was too cool!

 

[BigRedDog]

OKIES

 

[Itsazonik]

All you can say is wow

 

[1956_4x4]

I'd have packed up and gone home. There would be nothing to top that except a unicorn walking past. Folks wouldn't even believe the video.

Smitty

 

[FrankT]

Yeah let someone on our lease say they saw a Kangaroo...LOL Never happened!

 

[Itsazonik]

Not unless they shot it

 

[Arnold Galvan]

That was funny.

 

[marineimaging]

What would happen if you shot one here in Texas? Do we have an open season? I don't see Kangyroos in our list by County. LOL

 

[Brian Shaffer]

Kangaroos are an exotic. So it would be in the same category as feral hogs, ibex, and aoudad.

 

[BigRedDog]

I am more inclined to believe that it would be treated by the court as livestock which had escaped.

Don't shoot someone's livestock.

 

[marineimaging]

Good point, however, if they are treated like exotics and are not protected what is the difference between shooting what should have been the first domestic hog that escaped captivity and now threatens our forest lands and the first caged kangaroo that escaped captivity and now looks for another of the opposite sex to breed with? Just curious because I had never seen one in America until I saw that video and it raised a whole new set of possibilities.

 

[Brian Shaffer]

I am more inclined to believe that it would be treated by the court as livestock which had escaped.

Don't shoot someone's livestock.

I don't believe Kangaroo do meet the criteria for livestock under Texas law.

It might qualify as an estray if properly and obviously marked/tagged/branded such that it can be seen from a long distance and if so be considered as somebody's property, but I didn't see any such markings. Not a great video, however.

 

[FrankT]

I would not want to shoot him anyway

 

[DaveABQ]

I've seen a couple, someone had them as pets lol

maybe they can be a new game animal, but bet those legs are tough ha

then again, think about what a wounded kangaroo might be like lol

 

[marineimaging]

I would not want to shoot him anyway

I wouldn't necessarily as i only kill what I intend to eat..., unless we have a request by TP&W to help eradicate some particular nuisance critters. Such as coyotes seen killing and eating newly dropped calves or Asian Carp, or Snakeheads, or Lionfish..., things like that.

 

[Aspp]

We have a Capybara living in the waste water treatment plant. I see him a few times a month down in the **** ponds swimming around. Zoo escapee, F&G said he is off limits. Biggest damn squirrel you have ever seen.

 

[EGarza04]

Kangaroos are an exotic. So it would be in the same category as feral hogs, ibex, and aoudad.

Feral hogs are treated as exotic wildlife under TPWD regulations but legally most exotic wildlife, feral hogs included are considered escaped livestock. As such, if they are unmarked and ownership can but be proven, they are the property of the landowner of who's land they are on at the given time.

There are some exceptions to this as some exotic animals and fowl are regulated by the state (TPWD) or the feds (USFWS). Examples of these exceptions are phesant and dangerous game such as African lions, rhynos, or elephant parts.