What to do with what I shoot

session savage

As the title suggests... what do you folks do with your rabbits, crows etc?

bazza888

Do you not eat the rabbits you shoot?the crows id leave out of sight in a ditch may attract a fox for you later.I did read in the sporting rifle of crow pie,dont fancy that myself.

session savage

I would eat a rabbit yeah, its just that I saw in the picture post someone bagged 30+ rabbits.... ild never eat all them.

It wasn't me!

You'd be surprised how many people will be glad to take them off your hands if you let people know, and it keeps very well after cooking, so I wouldn't worry about cooking a big batch and storing it under oil, can then be used in everything.

Tackleberrywho

session savage wrote: »

I would eat a rabbit yeah, its just that I saw in the picture post someone bagged 30+ rabbits.... ild never eat all them.

Nature can handle a few rabbits shot in an area every few days.
I take some and leave others.

In 24 hours there are no remains left. I often had rabbits disappear 20 m ins after they were shot, Was I stalking the fox or was the Fox stalking me??:D

Magpies and greys will be eaten by rats.
Nature is very good at biodegrading matter.

bazza888

some people may freeze them,give them to friends they know that eat them.you could debone them cube it and freeze it to use to make curries,tikka masalas pies over a few months thers alot u can do with rabbit.Also the poster could have been shooting with a group and shared rabbits out.

patakadarragh

Bait for mink traps!;)

EPointer=Birdss

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

In 24 hours there are no remains left. I often had rabbits disappear 20 m ins after they were shot, Was I stalking the fox or was the Fox stalking me??:D

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Very true!
Had 2 grand trout disappear off the river bank a few years back.

Still not sure what it was. Spotted rats, mink, badgers, otters & foxes in the area since so could of been any culprit! Feckers!:o

Tackleberrywho

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090609-eating-crow-video-ap.html

Food for thought

landkeeper

young rook maybe , old crow no way buchhhhhhh horn or not

ivanthehunter

Eat one or two and boil the rest up for the dogs!! boil'em till they're soft and the meat is falling of the bone!
Strip out the bones with your fingers and you'll have a meal for two hungry adult dogs easy........... Do them in sets of four if your pots big enough!!

But don't be shooting them unless you have a use yourself or have some one willing to take'em off your hands.. Although, if you dealing with large numbers you'll struggle to get rid of them all..

The best eating is the 3/4 sized rabbit.. Males might be better at this time of year..
But make sure you leave a few for next time you visit- otherwise your next visit will be a disappointment!!
Most hunters try and manage their permissions by not harvesting too many at anyone time... Some give rabbits a free run at breeding in high summer only to reap the rewards in or around October and TBH this is the most sustainable approach when things are scarce on the ground.. Yep you'll always have exception to the norm and you'll have to make your own call..

Its an old Native Red Indian saying: Don't kill he first one you see and there will alway be more..

Ultimately the animals are paying the ultimate price and for this reason alone we should have the highest respect for the free organic harvest..

jwshooter

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Nature can handle a few rabbits shot in an area every few days.
I take some and leave others.

In 24 hours there are no remains left. I often had rabbits disappear 20 m ins after they were shot, Was I stalking the fox or was the Fox stalking me??:D

Magpies and greys will be eaten by rats.
Nature is very good at biodegrading matter.

do you ,what eats the skins

i try to never leave rabbits on the land , i bring a ruck sack ,nicely head shot get skinned for the pot and the 4 pointers get others .

foxer 204

ivanthehunter wrote: »

Eat one or two and boil the rest up for the dogs!! boil'em till they're soft and the meat is falling of the bone!
Strip out the bones with your fingers and you'll have a meal for two hungry adult dogs easy........... Do them in sets of four if your pots big enough!!

i do the same , but my pot will take about 12-15 depending on size of the rabbits and after boiingl i let the rabbits stew to cold for about 12 hours,i put the rabbits in a plastic tub and into the frigde ,the water left over is kind of an oily-fatty substance i bottle it put it in the frigde aswell ,and give it to the dogs with nuts ,the shine off the dogs is unbelieveable

Tackleberrywho

jwshooter wrote: »

do you ,what eats the skins

i try to never leave rabbits on the land , i bring a ruck sack ,nicely head shot get skinned for the pot and the 4 pointers get others .

Birds nests are often full of rabbit fluff, when we cut down hedges trees I have seen the strangest of contents in nests, especially magpies.

And the foxes take care of the rest, and the grey and maggers.

The Fox got to eat too.
Where I hunt I have never found a carcuss left behind and its some of my fathers land and he has never seen any either.
We have a huge problem with magpies though.

I give a lot of bunnies to little old ladies, and some to the neighbors for dogs.

Once I was out with my two mates shooting, I shot a bunny, we had a chat, then went to pick it up to find it disappeared.

I looked up on the brow of the hill and here was Sly mister fox running away with the bunny.

4 acres of bunnies were taken from me recently with a building developement.

Modern farming and building does more harm to bunny population than a few bunnies out of thousands every week or so IMvHO

CJhaughey

Rabbit actually freezes very well. Lack of fat means the meat doesn't go rancid easily.
I always try to keep a couple in the freezer and I don't tend to shoot more than I can use, if I do get a couple extra, people who I know like rabbit will take the surplus.
If I shoot it I eat it apart from foxes and crows.
Same with spearfishing as well.

Eddie B

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Birds nests are often full of rabbit fluff, when we cut down hedges trees I have seen the strangest of contents in nests, especially magpies.

And the foxes take care of the rest, and the grey and maggers.

The Fox got to eat too.
Where I hunt I have never found a carcuss left behind and its some of my fathers land and he has never seen any either.
We have a huge problem with magpies though.

And why do you think you have a big magpie problem?
Your feeding the bloody things!

I don't condone leaving whatever you shoot on the land, but if your gonna do it, then please put it out of sight!
Hide it in a ditch, or stick it down an unused rabbit burrow!

Please do not feed the animals!

Oink

I love me a rabbit stew, but I hear they may be diseased and all if you get them in the wild. Does anybody know how likely that is?

Thomasofmel

Oink wrote: »

I love me a rabbit stew, but I hear they may be diseased and all if you get them in the wild. Does anybody know how likely that is?

Some of them might have mixy, which is quite obvious when looking at the rabbit. To my knowledge mixy is not harmful for humans.:cool:

Oink

Thomasofmel wrote: »

Some of them might have mixy, which is quite obvious when looking at the rabbit. To my knowledge mixy is not harmful for humans.:cool:

Yeah but I bet there's a pause when you mention that to the dinner guests...:D

Thomasofmel

Oink wrote: »

Yeah but I bet there's a pause when you mention that to the dinner guests...:D

Sofar it has been only myself eating the rabbits - have to yet convince the rest of my family to eat them

jwshooter

Thomasofmel wrote: »

Sofar it has been only myself eating the rabbits - have to yet convince the rest of my family to eat them

make a tikka out of them ,leave out chicken for all to see ,then swap or mix it with the rabbit .

they will never no

It wasn't me!

They'll probably say it's tastier than usual, have had that happen. Rabbit tikka masala or butter rabbit sounds pretty damn nice actually, may have to go for an evening's shooting soon.

Tackleberrywho

Eddie B wrote: »

And why do you think you have a big magpie problem?
Your feeding the bloody things!

I don't condone leaving whatever you shoot on the land, but if your gonna do it, then please put it out of sight!
Hide it in a ditch, or stick it down an unused rabbit burrow!

Please do not feed the animals!

I never said I did not, most i pick up anyway.
And must bunnies fall back into their warrens/readymade graves

You'd have to see the area to understand.
I would not pick up maggers as they feed on carrion and therefore have disease.

I saw a pigeon once eating corn out of another's craw.
So nature is not innocent.

We have a lot of magpies as nobody shoots them, I'm getting Larsen to sort them out. I watch them in the garden hunt song birds, however it is not safe to shoot them there, but I will trap them1

There was a good article on Larsen in IFJ a few weeks back and solving magpie problems.

I bury foxes if that is any consolation !

jimbrowning

session savage wrote: »

I would eat a rabbit yeah, its just that I saw in the picture post someone bagged 30+ rabbits.... ild never eat all them.

do you kno any 1 who keeps working ferrets. they,l gladly take rabbits of you. i had ferrets 4 years and as you dont work them this time or year, i,d shoot a few a week to feed them.

terminator2

foxer 204 wrote: »

i do the same , but my pot will take about 12-15 depending on size of the rabbits and after boiingl i let the rabbits stew to cold for about 12 hours,i put the rabbits in a plastic tub and into the frigde ,the water left over is kind of an oily-fatty substance i bottle it put it in the frigde aswell ,and give it to the dogs with nuts ,the shine off the dogs is unbelieveable

GOOD IDEA WOULD NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT ONE;)