What can I make with rabbits

[j111]

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With Rabbits I normally eat teh meat including the liver, heart and kidneys. Now that I'm getting more into 'bushcraft', what else can I do with what's left over rather than chucking it?

Presumably the pelts can be prepared so they can be stitched together to make rugs, mittens etc. Can anyone direct me to information about how best to treat?

What about cordage? Specifically for stitching pelts together and I was also wondering if it's possible to use the hide to make a cord strong enough for bow drilling?

Is there anything else I could use them for?

Thanks!

 

[British Red]

The gides make superb glue

 

[maddave]

They make great hand puppets !! as demonstrated by Mentalnurse at Middlewood....

 

[DaveBromley]

lol

i was there and still have the pics to show for it!

saw something recently where they made glue from the skins tht could hold a mans weight, think it was on that man made house show. pretty impressive really

Dave

 

[Native Nathan]

Read the Title of this thread......

My Answer......Make Bunnies

 

[bushwacker bob]

Somewhere on here is a tutorial for braintanning by Turbogirl and egg tanning by Cyclingrelf but I cant find them so....
http://www.primitiveways.com/foxtan/Tanafox.htm

 

[Dave]

The blue underfur of cured Rabbit skins is good for tying flies. Not particularly bushcrafty, but Good mixed with a bit of mole, and a badger hen cape to make grey dusters. Flog em on Ebay to fly tiers.

 

[Thenihilist]

Every animal has enough brains to tan its own hide.

Rabbits have enough sinew to snare themselves.

Toes make fishooks, other bones can be used for awls etc

Unless you want a lot of glue just use the hide scrapings from the tanning process. I've never used rabbit rawhide for bowdrill cord but I've used squirrel and it sucks. Once the skins tanned cut it into strips and weave it into a blanket, my blankets is made from 120 rabbits, the strips are really weak though so I wrap mine round twine.

I've made mittens from rabbit skins but they wear out fast, the Russian ushanka is traditionally made from rabbit skins, ivuse a tanned hide as a water bottle.

There are probably lots of other things you can use em for

 

[j111]

Every animal has enough brains to tan its own hide.

Rabbits have enough sinew to snare themselves.

Toes make fishooks, other bones can be used for awls etc

Unless you want a lot of glue just use the hide scrapings from the tanning process. I've never used rabbit rawhide for bowdrill cord but I've used squirrel and it sucks. Once the skins tanned cut it into strips and weave it into a blanket, my blankets is made from 120 rabbits, the strips are really weak though so I wrap mine round twine.

I've made mittens from rabbit skins but they wear out fast, the Russian ushanka is traditionally made from rabbit skins, ivuse a tanned hide as a water bottle.

There are probably lots of other things you can use em for

Thanks, that's really helpful. Presumably I could use sinew and glue for putting fletchings onto arrows? HAve you got any links to info about how to extract sinew, I've never really understood it? Thanks again