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Post by deputydon on Aug 20, 2005 7:57:37 GMT -5
The cottontail is at a 40 year high peak in their cycle. They're everywhere I tell ya!!!!!!! Is it a Nebraska thing or are the bunnies making their move to take over the nation?  What are you guys seeing? DD |
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Post by klsm54 on Aug 20, 2005 12:28:28 GMT -5
Around my neck of the woods, the deer outnumber the rabbits about 10 to 1, and deer are at about a 25 year low in numbers....  Nope, no danger of Cottontails taking over even a small vegtable garden around here. |
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Aug 20, 2005 13:08:20 GMT -5
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Post by deputydon on Aug 20, 2005 15:22:52 GMT -5
ROFLMAO Good one Red!!!!!!!!!
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Post by klsm54 on Aug 20, 2005 20:47:38 GMT -5
Only Red could come up with one like that.... ;D ;D
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Post by Bill on Sept 13, 2005 22:38:18 GMT -5
Them is some tough rabbits Red.
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Post by deputydon on Jul 8, 2006 18:55:36 GMT -5
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jul 9, 2006 10:36:22 GMT -5
Maybe they're at a 41 year high peak in their cycle |
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Post by stumpjumper on Jul 9, 2006 17:51:04 GMT -5
Should I bring a few rabbit recipes out with me in December  . Cottontails are a fine treat on a stick. |
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Post by Bubba on Jul 10, 2006 19:57:54 GMT -5
When do your rabbit season open? Will it be open in October? I may just pack up the "little boy" and have him tag along with me on my trip west....
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Post by deputydon on Jul 10, 2006 20:24:01 GMT -5
???I was wondering if your still planning on coming..................  8-)Our season opens Aug 1st for the rascally wabbit ;D |
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Post by dakota on Jul 22, 2006 17:06:56 GMT -5
I have always been a little afraid of eating rabbits except after the first hard freeze in the winter. Is it safe to eat summer rabbits?
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Post by stumpjumper on Jul 22, 2006 22:47:25 GMT -5
Dakota ~
I have always been told that you CAN'T eat anything wild that was taken in the summer time. I however don't agree. I eat fresh wild meat year round, but I make sure it is cooked real good however. Same as ya would with store bought chicken & hog.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jul 23, 2006 11:28:47 GMT -5
There is a certain disease that rabbits have that other animals don't. Warbles I believe Rabbits that have this disease can make it through the summer months, but not the winter - that or the disease can not make it past the first few frosts. I never ate wild rabbits when the season opens Oct 1st, but I blame that largly on my dad who was easily paranoid  DonGoins, founder of the orignal forum, told me that you'd be ok so long as you didn't have blood to blood contact via cuts. |
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Post by Bubba on Jul 23, 2006 16:23:34 GMT -5
Coccidiosis is the most frequent of the "summertime" deseases that infect rabbits... it's a desease of the liver and kidneys that usually kills the rabbit when the first cold weather hits... It's more commonly called "Rabbit Fever" .... it's a bacterial infectection ... domestic rabbits can also catch it and it can wipe out a bunch of bunnies in a week or two...
As far as not eating them in the summer... Coccidiosis can be transmitted from the rabbit to a human but not by eating it... it would be transmitted from the blood of the rabbit into the human while cleaning and preparing for eating if the rabbit's blood were to get into an open sore on the human.... I always look at it this way... back in the day the American Indian ate all year long.... it didn't matter whether it was summer or winter they had to eat... if it were a hare or a deer they ate... the way I look at it is, as long as the meat is cooked well, it would be safe to eat...
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. Cottontails are a fine treat on a stick.
8-)Our season opens Aug 1st for the rascally wabbit ;D