I think country WA is a lot like country SA and well most relatively remote and especially dry farming areas. My bros always shot things growing up but as savage as it sounds if they didn't the very small amount of greenery (and our cops) would have been eaten in about 5 mins and then everything would have starved to death anyway - along with our livestock.

I never did any shooting - left that to my brothers - but I know in some places in Australia where rabbits, kangaroos, mice and galahs tend to breed up to plague proportions so quickly and so often it is neccessary.

If you like physical work and I mean really HARD work I can put you in touch with one of my older brothers Booze. He's a shearing contracter. He lives in Finley NSW.

I don't get to see him often because I live in SA but he's a smart businessman and will often have reasonably well paid work for anyone willing to sweat for a while. Of course I warn you I mean REALLY hard work but you'd work for a week and earn enough to suvive for 2 or 3 weeks I think.