Pumbaa's recent thread about PCP airgun's got me in the mood for a spot of hunting.
I shoot almost every day but i haven't had time for any hunting in ages so i grabbed my rifle yesterday and went for a wander around the fields.
I was only out for about an hour and had 4 rabbits quite quickly at around 45 -55 yards.
I usually only take 1 or 2 to eat but the farmer was complaining that they are back in numbers so i took a couple extra to keep him happy.
I normally roast rabbit whole but when i have a few the easiest thing to do is take a strip of meat from each side of the spine.
You don't have to gut them and if your not worried about saving the skins then removing the meat like this only takes about a minute per rabbit.
Start by pinching the skin in the middle of the back and push your knife through and cut up.
Then you just grab either side of this cut and pull the skin in opposite
directions ,it will come away very easily.
Just cut down each side of the spine and you get a nice strip of meat.
They are great for kebab's.
rb
I shoot almost every day but i haven't had time for any hunting in ages so i grabbed my rifle yesterday and went for a wander around the fields.
I was only out for about an hour and had 4 rabbits quite quickly at around 45 -55 yards.
I usually only take 1 or 2 to eat but the farmer was complaining that they are back in numbers so i took a couple extra to keep him happy.
I normally roast rabbit whole but when i have a few the easiest thing to do is take a strip of meat from each side of the spine.
You don't have to gut them and if your not worried about saving the skins then removing the meat like this only takes about a minute per rabbit.
Start by pinching the skin in the middle of the back and push your knife through and cut up.
Then you just grab either side of this cut and pull the skin in opposite
directions ,it will come away very easily.
Just cut down each side of the spine and you get a nice strip of meat.
They are great for kebab's.
rb