Are Jack Rabbits edible(taste good)?I've seen many dead jacks in this forum. Are they left to lay once the picture is taken or are they taken home to be cooked?
Jack Rabbits
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 11:24 AM
My cousins Grandfather use to eat them all the time but I believe only in the winter months RobertAre Jack Rabbits edible(taste good)?I've seen many dead jacks in this forum. Are they left to lay once the picture is taken or are they taken home to be cooked?
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 12:32 PM
Switch eats the young ones and swears by it. I think he did mention the full grown adults aren't worth the effort.The adults are left to feed the coyotes!
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 12:42 PM
I'm going on a few camping trips in the next couple of months. I'm going to see if I can get some jacks. I was planning on just leaving them, but didn't want to leave them there when they could be on the Q.
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 12:43 PM
Hopefully Switch will see this thread and can tell you how he cooks them. As I recall, he has a marinade he uses before cooking that he likes really well.
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 06:48 PM
I tried them after SWTICH told about them. They were really good. My wife even liked it. And NO it didn't tatse like chicken, it tasted more like steak. I'm hooked on eating them, but I'll leave the big ones for the Yotes.
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 06:55 PM
How did you prepare them?
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 06:57 PM
I you sure about that boys? I heard that ground squirrels and Jack Rabits are full of worms. In that case what about Bob Cats? Badgers? Coyote's?
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 07:06 PM
All critters will get parasites if they havent been wormed, its just a fact of life.
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 09:51 PM
Jacks are ok to eat just like any thing other animal. big ones are kinda tuff the young ones are good. a buddy of mine makes chillie with the big ones. I have a pack of yotes and a couple of pairs of red foxes that I leave them too. I will eat a young one some times. the same stuff in a jack as in a deer ect. I eat them fried like chicken or BBQ. Thats why I try to make head shots just in case I take one home.
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Posted 10 June 2006 - 05:38 AM
Got it. Young ones are going on the Q.
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Posted 10 June 2006 - 07:43 AM
I particularly like to brown them well and then put them in the crock pot with vegies and some red wine. Let me cook and they are great!
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Posted 10 June 2006 - 10:08 PM
Sorry guys, just now seeing this. IN the early spring, when the younger jacks are out, they taste great. I crock-pot them or bbq them. Very tasty. The older ones are tough and don't taste as good.
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Posted 11 June 2006 - 07:37 AM
Agree on using the younger ones and not the older ones. Just too tough and too strong a flavor.
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Posted 11 June 2006 - 02:32 PM
I just let them soak in milk for two days, and added salt and pepper.I could hardly wait to taste Cotton Tails.
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Posted 11 June 2006 - 08:57 PM
Yeah, we're getting close to the opener. I can't wait to bbq a bunch. I do need to zero in the .17 HMR first.
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Posted 12 June 2006 - 06:50 AM
Cotton tails open July 1st supposedly right? Anyone ever try hunting near/around New Hogan Lake?
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Posted 12 June 2006 - 06:57 AM
There is Army Corp of Engineers property surrounding the Reservoir. I tried it during quail season and didn't see a thing. dbCotton tails open July 1st supposedly right? Anyone ever try hunting near/around New Hogan Lake?
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Posted 12 June 2006 - 08:04 AM
Everything is edible if you're hungry enough.Are Jack Rabbits edible(taste good)?
But as people have stated the young ones are probably the best and most tender. As for the worm and parasite question, "This ain't sushi!" So cook any wild game throughly. Maybe we can get Coyoteslayer to try some since he won't eat carp! 
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Posted 17 June 2006 - 12:08 AM
Cotten tails the other bunny. I got mine picked out allready.just in time for my new 223 . head shots of course.
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