Rabbit Question

[SPIKEHORN11]

I saw on a show once that you should wait untill first frost before eating rabbits.

Does anybody know why??

[Lanse couche couche]

Preferably, you are supposed to wait until the first good freeze. It is a custom that my family always followed. I think that the logic is that the first cold snap will kill a lot of the parasites on rabbits, but I'm not sure. Dunno if that really matters since a lot of states have rabbit seasons that start well before any cold spells.

[Bow_hunter15]

Yes wait till first frost or sometimes there will be liitle grubs and
little bugs on them

[steve66]

not sure what type of rabbits you have? but i hunt for snowshoe hares and alot of people say only to eat them from november on because there diet is different, in the summer they feed onvegetation where as in the winter they mainly feed on twigs and stuff which i guess makes the meat different, i have shot them earlier in the year though and never noticed any difference in the meat.

[coolbrze0]

ORIGINAL: Lanse couche couche

Preferably, you are supposed to wait until the first good freeze. It is a custom that my family always followed. I think that the logic is that the first cold snap will kill a lot of the parasites on rabbits, but I'm not sure. Dunno if that really matters since a lot of states have rabbit seasons that start well before any cold spells.

What he said.

[Jrbhunter]

Worbles.

[coolbrze0]

ORIGINAL: Jrbhunter

Worbles.

Worbles, that's it, couldn't remember the name. Fly larvae laid beneath the skin... Ugghh!

[drewm2]

I always heard you trap 'em in the spring, so you can feel if they have worms (supposedly you can feel them under the skin) before killing them. That way you can let them go, and they'll be good eats in the fall, after the worms are gone. Never been sure whether to believe that story, but its what I've always been told...

[Elkshed]

parasites.
Elkshed