HI, I'm looking for some rabbits for next monday for my Scout troop, I did have a contact but they are having problems getting them so looking further afield to see if anyone can help? I'm in Hampshire near Basingstoke and need them to be complete, guts and skin on. If anyone can help please let me know so I can arrange collection, thx
Rabbits
- Thread starter Snooky
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Exactly that - I do mine there and then, makes 'em lighter to carry, as well
It's a shame you're not neare to me, I haven't known a year like this for coneys for a very long time - they're everywhere!Somebody will put the mixy down soon, if they haven't already; a lot of the smallholders this way are giving more grass to the coneys than to their stock!
I'm sure some bleeding heart liberal would have a fit of someone did that nowadays. Gods forbid children actually see where meat comes from
When my lads started to tell me that meat comes from tesco I went the local market and bought a couple gutted but with skin on and we spent and afternoon skinning and cutting in to portions for their grandad to stew up.
The scouts way taught me how to despatch correctly and quickly and to respect animals at an early age so stuff the liberals lol. Helped he get a few meals when scratching about in the raf anyway so it was worth it just for that!
The scouts way taught me how to despatch correctly and quickly and to respect animals at an early age so stuff the liberals lol. Helped he get a few meals when scratching about in the raf anyway so it was worth it just for that!
My sister and I used to gut and skin rabbits when we were 10 and 7 respectivley, fresh rabbit skin "sock puppets" are great for squeamish little girls
My great uncle used to keep rabbits for the table. As kids we used to go to his house with half a crown to buy one on a weekly basis. When we arrived, he would take one of the rabbits out of its cage, lay it across his legs and the strike it firmly with a short length of broom handle across it neck. Skinned, gutted, and wrapped in newspaper for the journey home. I tried to get my kids to eat rabbit stew. I even managed to get some pearl barley as per my grandmothers recipe. No chance. One wouldn't even try it and the other two had one mouthful and left the rest. I thought it tasted justa likea mamma used to make. If your looking for rabbits then local airgunners are the place to start. I don't do it anymore or I would try to sort some out for you.
Good luck,
Don
Good luck,
Don
Just as an aside, they recon that you could walk from top to bottom of the country eating only rabbit and you wouldn't gain or lose weight.
Don
Don
You would die. Rabbit protein malnutrition is well documented - rabbit does not contain enough fat to sustain life.
When my dad was around my age (13) he used camp out overnight with a shotgun on his parents farm to get rabbits for the pot! He wasn't so good at getting lead pellets out: he tells me that often when he was eating, he would often find a pellet that he'd have to spit out!
Snooky, dont worry about the rabbit being gutted as long as they are head or heart/lung shot with a rifle you will have no problems, its when the guts are broken it creates problems. just keep them in a cool area until needed, a day or 2 is fine and will give a more gamey flavour...
Hi Red,
I didn't say I recon, I said they recon. An old farmer told me that years ago. I just added it as an aside because I thought it might be interesting.
Don
I didn't say I recon, I said they recon. An old farmer told me that years ago. I just added it as an aside because I thought it might be interesting.
Don
