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[tonyd]

With Rabbit season a few weeks away, I plan on feeding my Bar B Q with as many as I can bag, my qusetion, how soon afer the kill do need to dress out and or skin them. I understand this is to keep the meat from getting to hot and spoiling, but how long is too long to do this. Thanks TonyD

[Yodel Dog]

The sooner the better, especially with hot weather. Toss some water and cubed ice in a cooler, toss in the rabbits (works well with gray squirrels also), and let the sloshing around as you drive do a clean and cool for you. Some people like to add a bit of salt to the water.

[mannyCA]

We usually parboil some of the gamier rabbits and jacks for 20 minutes with a red onion, then cook as usual. Being Italian we cook them with tomato sauce until they fall off the bone, remove all the meat, then make some pasta and dress with the sauce. The game is eaten as a second course with a salad, usually of greens from the yard.

[clampdaddy]

While I'm hunting and gathering them up I make sure to keep them away from hot surfaces like the bed of a pick-up and direct sunlight, then clean/cool them within an hour or two.

[BC9696]

There are so many good ways to dress a bunny!  1.jpg   21.78K   35 downloads

[acousticmood]

See Bruce - that's just not fair. Especially since I'm still thinking about how I can have a bachelor party to match yours. Maybe if I re do the vows after 22 years she'll let me have another one?

[BC9696]

Match mine? I don't think that's possible! First you have to drop $7500.00 on wild girls willing to do anything...then have your fiance/wife pay for it!!! Then you can match mine.

[tonyd]

The hell with hunting, can I come to your party?TonyD

[BullsEye]

I undress them as fast as I can personally. :DHere is what I do with the Jacks mostly. We didn't intend this to be a how to video but it sort of works as one.

[Braz]

I don't mean to be critical, but if you had started when the rabbit was first killed and still warm, the skin pulls right off. You then have the entire rabbit, not just the legs. You left the backstraps which are the best eating on the entire rabbit. Try it. The skin will just pull off, just like taking a t-shirt off.

[BullsEye]

I don't mean to be critical, but if you had started when the rabbit was first killed and still warm, the skin pulls right off. You then have the entire rabbit, not just the legs. You left the backstraps which are the best eating on the entire rabbit. Try it. The skin will just pull off, just like taking a t-shirt off.

We shot that jack and immediately started to clean it. I have noticed on the older jacks the skin is a little tougher and attached well to the meat. The back straps on the jack are the worst eating IMHO they are mealy and taste very strong almost liver like. I like liver but I don't like jack back straps. Jack legs are tasty videls especially in stew, sausage and burger .

[robertdalton]

i usualy just throw em in mt game bag and shoot a cople more and then clean them the longer u wait the less flees u get