A Victorian man has escaped jail after being convicted of shooting and beating two kangaroos to death at Goroke, in the state's west.

Thomas Robertson, 22, of Goroke, in western Victoria, pleaded guilty in the Horsham Magistrate Court to five charges of animal cruelty and hunting and destroying the animals.

Robertson and Andrew Heggie of Camberwell, who was convicted in February, used a shotgun to maim and kill two kangaroos and an emu on Robertson's family farm at Goroke near Horsham in November 2014.

Video footage showed when the animals did not die from the gunshot wounds, the pair beat them with a baseball bat.

They posted video of the hunt on Facebook, which included vision of Heggie taunting animal lovers.

Other images taken from Heggie's phone showed Robertson with a shotgun holding up the head of a dead emu.

In another photo, he was holding severed kangaroo legs in each hand with a knife clenched between his teeth.

Magistrate Gregory Robinson labelled the incident a despicable act.

"Watching these videos was sickening. The animals were defenceless and your conduct was cowardly, indecent and inhumane," he said.

"I wonder if other animals you shot at ran away with pellets in them?"

Strong warning about animal cruelty

Magistrate Robinson indicated he believed Robertson should have been jailed.

"Parity, however, means he won't", he said, referring to Heggie's conviction earlier this year that did not include jail time.

The magistrate said Robertson showed no sign of remorse, entering a late plea of guilty after initially contesting the charges.

"I hope that you are ashamed of yourself," Magistrate Robinson said before handing down his sentence.

Robertson was convicted and fined more than $6,000, ordered to carry out 175 hours of community service and complete a mental health program.

Heggie also escaped jail and was fined $1,800 and ordered to serve 175 hours of community service.

Katie Knight from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, said the "cruel" acts caused "needless suffering" to the Eastern Gray kangaroos.

"We hope the penalties imposed on the Camberwell man in February and the Goroke man today send a strong warning to those in the community who act cruelly toward wildlife," she said.