Thread: The New Processing Season has started

Originally Posted by oneshot

That's a lot of meat from bunnies good haul, ever tried doing some bunny sausage ?

No I haven't but from what everyone is saying I should be trying a bit of rabbit in many different ways. trouble is if I get to like it the Pud will go hungry

Originally Posted by berg243

waste of good meat on a moggie.man that sounds a like you have a big rabbit population. plenty of casseroles in that chillybin good work.

I used to go to Central Otago to shoot big numbers but I have no need to go there now and I have to say in my 50 year existence I have never seen so many rabbits on the east coast

Originally Posted by 6x47

The rabbit numbers are the biggest I've seen in a decade. Our Maine Coon is over the moon.. The bugger brought in three in four days, leaving some fur, gutz and paws behind on the lounge carpet. There's also over 2 cubic feet of prime bits in the small freezer, and I can top that up any time. The latest RCD version has done zilch it seems.

Funny thing is I was just thinking if that's the best the virus can do then the rabbits have no worries, bad for the farmer but good for us hunters

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Yep plenty alright, do you know someone who ate nothing but rabbit?

That fountain od odd facts QI featured it one night. Trappers in canada for the hudson bay co were becoming ill despite having plenty to eat.
Seems rabbit lacks some vitamins we need so when your diet is just rabbit and nothing else your body uses up its vitamin stores and you get sicker and sicker. Adding veggies or red meat fixes the deficency. Its just something that has stuck in my mine ever since I saw it.
Dont think the Pud is in danger though.

Originally Posted by 6x47

The rabbit numbers are the biggest I've seen in a decade. Our Maine Coon is over the moon.. The bugger brought in three in four days, leaving some fur, gutz and paws behind on the lounge carpet. There's also over 2 cubic feet of prime bits in the small freezer, and I can top that up any time. The latest RCD version has done zilch it seems.

Its always amazed me how a cat seems able to sck the back legs of a rabbit out of the skin. Our last little feral used to regularly leave a gut bag, front paws and "rabbit pants" both back paws and tail all joined by skin.

If the gamy smell puts you off, salt it for half an hour then soak it in milk for the same time.

Back straps, wrapped in bacon on the BBQ

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

That fountain od odd facts QI featured it one night. Trappers in canada for the hudson bay co were becoming ill despite having plenty to eat.
Seems rabbit lacks some vitamins we need so when your diet is just rabbit and nothing else your body uses up its vitamin stores and you get sicker and sicker. Adding veggies or red meat fixes the deficency. Its just something that has stuck in my mine ever since I saw it.
Dont think the Pud is in danger though.

Yes you are right, the vet told us something similar so we supplement the rabbit with a good quality dry food so all his vitamins and minerals are met.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Its always amazed me how a cat seems able to sck the back legs of a rabbit out of the skin. Our last little feral used to regularly leave a gut bag, front paws and "rabbit pants" both back paws and tail all joined by skin.

The feral cats are awesome at doing just as you say, I have seen many rabbit carcasses stripped in this fashion.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

If the gamy smell puts you off, salt it for half an hour then soak it in milk for the same time.

OK I'm going to have to give this a try since everyone is encouraging me to eat it

Can you do a live measure see how the pud comes up on the Morgan



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Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Thanks, yeah I'm lucky to have this spot. It was only 5 years ago I was only getting enough to feed the cat for a week or 2 in a night but now it's like 4-5 months worth, the numbers have really taken off.

One of our sites has gone the other way. A few years ago we could bowl 1000+ in a night, now a good night is 20 and we have to cover far more ground to get them.

Try smoking a rabbit too, really good.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Try smoking a rabbit too, really good.

Be a bugger lighting it. The drawback would be pretty hard too yeah?

I need to move south i think,seeing bugger all around the Waikato these days,more hares around.

Originally Posted by The bomb

I need to move south i think,seeing bugger all around the Waikato these days,more hares around.

I have noticed you guys don't seem to have the same number up North, you should definitely try a trip down south sometime just for a good experience