Rabbit's

[Mr Special]

I know there cute, but they do taste good. Just wondering if anyone has other good recipe.

What I do is take the dress rabbit and generously sprinkle seasoning salt, garlic powder and soy sauce. Cover and let marinate in fridge for a night.
Then take the rabbit and spices, place in pot or kettle over med heat and add enough beer to cover rabbit. Let boil for about 2hrs.***Note: the smell can be strong from the rabbit and boiling beer, have good ventilations and candles.***
Then remove from pot and place on grill on Med heat for about 5-10mins on each side while brushing on your favorite BBQ sauce. I used a mix of Famous Dave's and Louisiana hot sauce.

This recipe works for birds too.

[Mueske]

Mr. S,
That sounds good. I remove meat from the bone as soon as I return home with cottontails and the wife dips them in flour (and egg?) and fries them up just like her chicken. While she's doing that I mix up some mustard: pretty hot for me, much milder for the kids. Mmmm, now you've got me hungry for those waskals. I usually wait until there's snow on the ground before chasing them but with current night temps in the low 30s I might make an exception...

Kevin

[riverrat56]

I have so been seeing alot of rabbits and squirrels around latley when im out in the woods anyways my question is how do you clean a squirrel or a rabbit? i have never hunted either so i have no idea how to do it. thanks for any helpy

[Mr Special]

Gut them, skin them starting from the back legs is the easiest for me. Cut the tales, heads and the unusable parts of the legs off. Same way as you would skin a deer but alot more compact.

Kevin, that sounds good also. I'll try that with my next one. If I'm lucky enough to get another one. We don't see as many like we used to SW area. From what I hear it's the coyotes.

[This message has been edited by Mr Special (edited 10-08-2004).]

[Mueske]

Rat,
I haven't skinned a squirrel in over 30 years but with cottontails one way I do it is grab their belly (nobody's sensitive here, right?) with my fingers and rip apart the skin to either side. I then pull up to the head and down the back, tossing the hide aside quickly before cutting off the head and feet, again quickly tossing them far away before the fleas find out their furnace went out. Hopefully they're still hugging the bunny, not me. I use snow to clean up and cool the carcass before putting it in my vest pouch and looking for more. When I get out of the field I remove the meat from the bone immediately.

Kevin

[New Yankee]

I've always cut a 1-2 inch slit perpendicular across the mid/upper back, put a couple of fingers in each side and pull straight across at the same time. You'll end up with the skin inside out stopping at the head and feet on both ends. Cut the feet and twist the head off then gut. Seems to be much easier than skinning the way you would a deer for me. It works the best if they are still fairly warm, if not the traditional fashion as mentioned eariler works better.

[abens1078]

It's kind of like cats, there's more than one way to do it(rabbits taste better though). your main objective is not to puncture the intestines if you do any cutting. IMO it gets a little strong when you get to deep with the knife.

[Mr Special]

I hope I get a chance to try these new ways to skin a rabbit, cause they do sound easier.

Thanks

[psegriz]

abens

what does cat taste like?

[abens1078]

aaaaahhhhhh, nothing special, better than Iowa bullhead though.