Post by: bigtex on June 07, 2014, 08:57:04 AM
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Post by: Bob33 on June 07, 2014, 11:25:39 AM
Friend just moved to California and is always talking about these "giant jackrabbits" in his neck of the woods. He looked at the regs and found there is no season and no limit on them. This led us to think two things; one is that there are a ton of jackrabbits or that nobody shoots them because they don't taste well. Being in WA most my life I haven't spent all that time around jackrabbits or know anyone that has shot and eaten one. So for those that have, are they somewhat edible?http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-28-342 (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-28-342)
8. jackrabbit:
Closed statewide
Post by: RG on June 07, 2014, 11:36:10 AM
He's talking about California..... :dunno:Friend just moved to California and is always talking about these "giant jackrabbits" in his neck of the woods. He looked at the regs and found there is no season and no limit on them. This led us to think two things; one is that there are a ton of jackrabbits or that nobody shoots them because they don't taste well. Being in WA most my life I haven't spent all that time around jackrabbits or know anyone that has shot and eaten one. So for those that have, are they somewhat edible?http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-28-342 (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-28-342)
8. jackrabbit:
Closed statewide
Post by: Bob33 on June 07, 2014, 11:38:22 AM
:Got it. Thanks.He's talking about California..... :dunno:Friend just moved to California and is always talking about these "giant jackrabbits" in his neck of the woods. He looked at the regs and found there is no season and no limit on them. This led us to think two things; one is that there are a ton of jackrabbits or that nobody shoots them because they don't taste well. Being in WA most my life I haven't spent all that time around jackrabbits or know anyone that has shot and eaten one. So for those that have, are they somewhat edible?http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-28-342 (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-28-342)
8. jackrabbit:
Closed statewide
Post by: Windwalker on June 15, 2014, 10:11:59 PM
Seems like everyone on this forum is talking about trying to eat weird stuff today.
You all been watching Meateater episodes or bracing for the apocalypse?
I like meat as much as the next guy but..nutria, porcupines and jack rabbits never made mainstream for a reason I recon...just say'n.
Now you have piqued my interest and I am going to have to try some of it.
Next I'll be eating fried grasshoppers..
And yea, I heard the same thing about Jackrabbits- cold months only when there are no fleas and look at the liver for spots.
But most of all they are a ball to turn into a red mist.
Post by: lokidog on June 15, 2014, 11:45:15 PM
They're inedible. There's not enough meat on them to make it worth the trouble and what there is cooks up like an old boot sole. Fun to hunt tho!
BS
Three times as much meat as a cottontail, tastes just as good, cook in a crockpot for tenderness, and I've never seen a "worm" in one. :bash:
Some guys I knew went to So OR and shot about a hundred of them, left them to rot... friends no longer.
Windwalker, the only tough thing about porkies is skinning them, taste just like a cross between rabbit and turkey.
Post by: Bean Counter on June 16, 2014, 01:41:00 AM
It's usually a fairly warm climate down there so there's a tendency for worms. I used to live down there in the northern part and we'd eat cottontails but only in the coolers months. Used to be a saying that any month with an 'R' in it was good to go.
if its southern CA, AZ, NM, or TX, you need to do better than that. I will hunt cottontails the day or two after a freeze but there are plenty of 60-70 degree weeks on end in December and sure enough, I've opened them up to find the heebee geebee's inside. Good thing I always wear disposable gloves. Haven't sampled jackrabbit yet.
Post by: Bean Counter on June 16, 2014, 01:43:28 AM
They're inedible. There's not enough meat on them to make it worth the trouble and what there is cooks up like an old boot sole. Fun to hunt tho!
BS
Three times as much meat as a cottontail, tastes just as good, cook in a crockpot for tenderness, and I've never seen a "worm" in one. :bash:
Some guys I knew went to So OR and shot about a hundred of them, left them to rot... friends no longer.
Windwalker, the only tough thing about porkies is skinning them, taste just like a cross between rabbit and turkey.
Do you soak them in milk?
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on June 16, 2014, 09:16:00 AM
Post by: lokidog on June 16, 2014, 09:42:01 AM
They're inedible. There's not enough meat on them to make it worth the trouble and what there is cooks up like an old boot sole. Fun to hunt tho!
BS
Three times as much meat as a cottontail, tastes just as good, cook in a crockpot for tenderness, and I've never seen a "worm" in one. :bash:
Some guys I knew went to So OR and shot about a hundred of them, left them to rot... friends no longer.
Windwalker, the only tough thing about porkies is skinning them, taste just like a cross between rabbit and turkey.
Do you soak them in milk?
Nope.
On a side note, I used to shoot jacks in SO CAL and never had problems with them.