Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Shot five rabbits and my first hare on a friends farm this evening, didn't expect to see a hare there. Pretty excited to cook him up to see if he tastes good. Saving the meat and liver/kidney/heart from the bunnies too. Not as many bunnies at my area compared to where viper is! Wow thats a lot of bunnies shot. Must be a real bad infestation.

Originally Posted by JessicaChen

Shot five rabbits and my first hare on a friends farm this evening, didn't expect to see a hare there. Pretty excited to cook him up to see if he tastes good. Saving the meat and liver/kidney/heart from the bunnies too. Not as many bunnies at my area compared to where viper is! Wow thats a lot of bunnies shot. Must be a real bad infestation.

Damn Jessica, you shot the Easter Bunny!

You'll see the hare meat is red compared to the white meat from rabbits and might want adjust your recipes accordingly. Good butchery by the way.

Originally Posted by MB

Damn Jessica, you shot the Easter Bunny!

You'll see the hare meat is red compared to the white meat from rabbits and might want adjust your recipes accordingly. Good butchery by the way.

Yep I did tell my farmowner friends that it was appropriate to pop by and pick up some easier bunnies for Easter weekend, the easter hare caught me by surprise. Haven’t seen any in that area for years. And yep, a lot of hare recipes seem to call for richer flavors like red wine and rosemary, whereas rabbit usually uses milder flavors like white wine and parsley.

Good little shoot last night - @gadgetman and I headed out to a farm 40 minutes from Christchurch. Spotlighting from the truck we popped 29 hares in 2 hours - just one missed. Gadget did well on 223 while I was on shottie duty for the runners.

Very pleasant evening, and sunset over lake Ellesmere was absolutely spectacular - had to stop to take some pics. Being out in nature a huge part of why we do this.

A good night

Originally Posted by JessicaChen

Yep I did tell my farmowner friends that it was appropriate to pop by and pick up some easier bunnies for Easter weekend, the easter hare caught me by surprise. Haven’t seen any in that area for years. And yep, a lot of hare recipes seem to call for richer flavors like red wine and rosemary, whereas rabbit usually uses milder flavors like white wine and parsley.

I think that the hare is better aged! at least three days, just makes those back straps tender and taste better.
My mother used to do a hare soup, but as said I like the backstraps, hot fry.
Poor man's venison.
KH

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Good little shoot last night - @gadgetman and I headed out to a farm 40 minutes from Christchurch. Spotlighting from the truck we popped 29 hares in 2 hours - just one missed. Gadget did well on 223 while I was on shottie duty for the runners.

Very pleasant evening, and sunset over lake Ellesmere was absolutely spectacular - had to stop to take some pics. Being out in nature a huge part of why we do this.

A good night

Sunset wasn't too bad.

Nice photo G.

Epic bunny hunt this evening (by local standards). About a third of our bag, the rest being taken after dark.

Very nice MB - a great little haul. Young fella would be enjoying that..

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Very nice MB - a great little haul. Young fella would be enjoying that..

Thanks. The boy was so in to it. He loved that I trusted him with the rifle when we climbed over fences (unloaded/magazine out/bolt open). He also makes a great retriever!

Lovely evening for a gentle stroll by torchlight.......with the T1x 17 hmr and twin Maxtoch's

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Head shot these 2 at 170M with the .222 Sako / 6 X Khales / 50grn. VMax

@rossi.45, @caberslash

Had to laugh when I saw this. The Poms wet themselves at the mere suggestion of shooting a “wild boar” with a .224 cal. For that job, according to them, you need a .30 cal, 9.3xBazooka or some kind of anti-materiel crazy weapon.

And that’s not driven boar I’m talking about, it’s pigs over bait shot from a blind at 60 paces.

Fark they make me laugh. You can never have too much gun for those lethal boars if you’re a suburban gent in Blighty these days.

@Flyblown They're probably not going to like this then . . Not my work, someone i know.

I’ve posted this before, but now we’re on a roll.... .22LR.



There’s a long story attached to this. It was a case of circumstances and necessity over-ruling normal procedures...