Post by: janttihunter on December 31, 2012, 06:14:38 PM
Just brush bust?
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on December 31, 2012, 07:41:57 PM
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Post by: wablkandtan on December 31, 2012, 07:44:39 PM
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on December 31, 2012, 07:57:53 PM
I am not 100% sure but I would think it's o.k to spotlight them. Never looked into it because we don't have them here. Get a little weapons mounted light and you should do o.k if its legal.
The only reference to hunting with artificial lights I could find is on pg. 76 of the Big Game pamphlet. Illegal for big game hunting. Looks like Night Vision and laser sights are only illegal for deer or elk. (#12).
Post by: janttihunter on January 01, 2013, 01:31:56 PM
Post by: raydog on January 01, 2013, 08:25:13 PM
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on January 01, 2013, 11:13:07 PM
can you eat rabbits here on the west side. :dunno: My grandpa always said not to eat them. i'm not sure why
Maybe they carried some sort of parasite? Rabbit meat is tasty, but lacking in nutritional value. If rabbit meat is all you ate, you'd starve to death!
Post by: janttihunter on January 02, 2013, 09:20:35 AM
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on January 02, 2013, 09:43:30 AM
Post by: wafisherman on January 02, 2013, 10:39:24 AM
Since most wild rabbit will be kinda tough to eat, rabbit stew and crock pot recipes will help with making it more tender and killing anything you may be worried about. Putting meat in a deep freeze for 10 days will also ensure any parasites are killed.
Also, when in the feild, dress the critter as soon as possible. This can prevent parasites from migrating from the stomach and into the meat.
Post by: janttihunter on January 02, 2013, 11:54:44 AM
Post by: plottwalker on January 03, 2013, 06:57:41 AM
Post by: raydog on January 03, 2013, 08:21:19 AM
Post by: janttihunter on January 03, 2013, 09:13:11 AM
Post by: magnanimous_j on January 03, 2013, 09:34:44 AM
i raise meat rabbits, and hunt the cotton tails/brush rabbits.
When I was a little kid, my parents had a farm and we raised meat rabbits, but sent them live to auction. I don’t have a problem with blasting them while hunting, but I would have a pretty hard time picking up a big fluffy Easter bunny and snapping its neck. Does that ever get easier? Rabbits are such an economical meat to produce that I would like to do it again some point in the future.
Post by: MadHatter on January 03, 2013, 11:30:18 AM
i raise meat rabbits, and hunt the cotton tails/brush rabbits.
When I was a little kid, my parents had a farm and we raised meat rabbits, but sent them live to auction. I don’t have a problem with blasting them while hunting, but I would have a pretty hard time picking up a big fluffy Easter bunny and snapping its neck. Does that ever get easier? Rabbits are such an economical meat to produce that I would like to do it again some point in the future.
You could do what the idiots around my head place too and turn them loose... Being that they are domestic there is no season. I have fresh rabbit year round, and don't even need to raise them, just have to take my plott hound and air rifle out and get me one or two...
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Post by: plottwalker on January 03, 2013, 11:54:07 AM
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on January 03, 2013, 12:14:15 PM
i dont have a problem killing them, but they are just for meat, and i dont think of them any other way i guess... its not really a cheap way to produce food for the table, but it is very healthy and taste good, and thats why i do it.(plus there not a nasty as chickens!lol)
But do they TASTE like chicken? :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: bullchaser on January 03, 2013, 12:21:37 PM
Post by: plottwalker on January 03, 2013, 12:50:37 PM
i dont know if i would say "taste just like chicken" but rabbit does taste closer to chicken then anything else.
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on January 03, 2013, 01:27:40 PM
I bet that (hound hunting) would be fun to do with the kids. Dang i dont need one more hobby.
Hunting those things would be great fun for the kids. Once you jump one, you stand and wait for it to circle right back to where it started! :tup:
Post by: Fishaholic on January 13, 2013, 12:24:59 AM
can you eat rabbits here on the west side. :dunno: My grandpa always said not to eat them. i'm not sure whyworms..... it is not cold enought to kill the worms. if you take a flash light to the meat you can see the worms