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Needed Webs, but fun
dpmule
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Took Grandson out shooting Jackrabbits off a friends hay stack today.
Got 10 or so at the stack yard before they broke for the sagebrush. Nothing would have it for Grandson except we head in pursuit.
Snow is right at knee deep and we postholed about a mile and half loop getting only three more, but saw way over 100 flitting around upand out of the draw.
Next trip out there the Webs (snowshoes) will be in the truck.
The Jacks have pretty much ruined all the bottom bales in two stacks equaling probably close to 20 ton or more. Going to be a target rich environment for a while.
Mule
Got 10 or so at the stack yard before they broke for the sagebrush. Nothing would have it for Grandson except we head in pursuit.
Snow is right at knee deep and we postholed about a mile and half loop getting only three more, but saw way over 100 flitting around upand out of the draw.
Next trip out there the Webs (snowshoes) will be in the truck.
The Jacks have pretty much ruined all the bottom bales in two stacks equaling probably close to 20 ton or more. Going to be a target rich environment for a while.
Mule
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Nothing better than shooting with the grand kids.
Yep, he was using his iron sighted Henry 22LR and having a blast. He wants me to pick him up after school and hit it again tomorrow.
Mule
Sure wish our rabbit population would return!
Used to be everywhere but to even see one these days is about as rare as Bigfoot sightings!
Sorry to hear they are ruining so much of your hard work Mule.
Sounds like you and your grandson are getting some payback and having a good time doing so![;)]
Mmmmmm Rabbit stew!
Sure wish our rabbit population would return!
Used to be everywhere but to even see one these days is about as rare as Bigfoot sightings!
Sorry to hear they are ruining so much of your hard work Mule.
Sounds like you and your grandson are getting some payback and having a good time doing so![;)]
+1 I got rid of my dogs when I moved to town, it got to where I liked rabbitt hunting more than deer hunting, only problem was finding them. wild rabbitts are hard to find, I think the cyotes and the bobcats have pretty well done them in......[V]
Good eats too!
Jack Rabbit?
I've cleaned and eaten a lot of rabbits. I shot a jack rabbit in SD while pheasant hunting. So I tried to clean it. I was working on the stinking nasty critter when my buddy (who lives in SD) came in. I asked him what's the trick to cleaning one of these. He told me he didn't know, he never knew of anyone that eats them. He said he guessed people ate them generations ago when they had to. But they weren't worth a damn as table fare and could carry some bug you didn't want to catch (I can't remember the name of it).
My buddy hunts and fishes like it's a 7 day a week religion, shoots tons of critters and processes them all. I took him at his word.
If you batter and fry, the meat should also be marinated in whatever you like overnight in a frig.
If you don't have the patience to marinate and worry about the meat being tough, cook in a pressure cooker.
They were harvested from Kelly AFB nearby as those big rabbits were a real nuisance out on the flight line.
I've never seen one eaten around here.
In a minute it began running and I saw it was a jackrabbit! Damn that thing was huge.
I am from Georgia we have little bitty rabbits compared to that.
I saw four or five of them that morning.
I was wondering if they were good to eat.
Easy shot with a .22. They were about 30 yards away, they stopped and looked at me for a minute before they ran off. They are really fast.