Anybody ever eat swamp rabbits?

[savin yours]

I have no idea if this is the actual name or not, it's what my FIL calls them. We have a bunch around the pasture and was wondering if their any good to eat.

[panhandlehunter]

My grandpa calls them swamp rabbits but I think they're just cottontails. I shoot a couple every once in a while in my pasture to eat. They're good eats.

[Keg]

Cottontails and swamp rabbits are good eatin....Fried with taters and gravy and biscuits....

Swamp rabbits are generally in wooded low lying areas....

[ShockValue]

Used to call em Swampers in Mississippi.

I think they are just roided up Cottontails.

[kcmarullo]

I like them !

[SaltwaterSlick]

Swamp rabbits are a different species than Cottontails. A young Swamp rabbit is just as good eating as a Cotton Tail. Old ones (whether a cotton tail or swamp) can be rather tough... as my dad used to say, they're like eatin' a rubber doll unless you crock pot them or boil 'em in a pressure cooker first. Hard to beat smothered rabbit. My momma could cook 'em with 'taters 'n onions that made a thick brown gravy... it'd make a bull dog break a trace chain gettin' to the table! Only rabbit I ever tried to eat that was plain awful was a jack rabbit... Tried it twice and that was enough for me.

[Graybow]

Swamp rabbits are a different species than Cottontails. A young Swamp rabbit is just as good eating as a Cotton Tail. Old ones (whether a cotton tail or swamp) can be rather tough... as my dad used to say, they're like eatin' a rubber doll unless you crock pot them or boil 'em in a pressure cooker first. Hard to beat smothered rabbit. My momma could cook 'em with 'taters 'n onions that made a thick brown gravy... it'd make a bull dog break a trace chain gettin' to the table! Only rabbit I ever tried to eat that was plain awful was a jack rabbit... Tried it twice and that was enough for me.

Agree on the jack rabbit!

And dang I'm gettin hungry after reading this.

[Tommyh]

i shot the crap out of them around liberty growing up. theyre good

[DFWPI]

Yup, growing up in Louisiana, we use to hunt the heck out of them with Beagles.

[OleTomTalker]

I take the wife and kids out with spotlight and .410 ever so often to get some. Wife cooks with vegetables in crock pot and makes an awesome stew. Great fun for the whole family and really cool for my 5 year old to get to eat something he harvested. Even the 10 month old ate a whole bowl the other night.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Yup, growing up in Louisiana, we use to hunt the heck out of them with Beagles.

Aw man, my dad and uncles (his brothers) raised beagles when I was a kid, and that's how I got started hunting... runnin' rabbits with beagles... At one time we had 19 beagles, and let me tell you, 19 beagles after one swamp rabbit is a heck of a rackit! 'Course, ever now'n agin, them beagles would jump a deer an' the race usually ended the same way... still put meat on tha table... sure some good memories right there.

[Chew]

I know one thing...they taste like Filet Mignon and Ribeye compared to a Jackrabbit!

[NAVY CHIEF]

i think the "swamp rabbit" is actually a (hare), i have killed them with my bow while hog hunting at granger lake, they are tasty just like the smaller cottontail cousin, boil and then marinate with zesty italian dressing for an hour, half cup minced garlic, 1/4 cup red onion, 1/2 cup real bacon bits, 1 tbl spoon crushed red pepper, 1tbl spoon lemon and pepper(all this is a rub),...stuff cavity with baby red potatoes..... wrap in foil and put on pit for 30 minutes or in oven at 350...if you like spicy add jalapenos with the potatoes!

[Happy97]

They are good eatin, just skillet fry, add some gravey and pour over some rice

[Garrett354]

i think the "swamp rabbit" is actually a (hare), i have killed them with my bow while hog hunting at granger lake, they are tasty just like the smaller cottontail cousin, boil and then marinate with zesty italian dressing for an hour, half cup minced garlic, 1/4 cup red onion, 1/2 cup real bacon bits, 1 tbl spoon crushed red pepper, 1tbl spoon lemon and pepper(all this is a rub),...stuff cavity with baby red potatoes..... wrap in foil and put on pit for 30 minutes or in oven at 350...if you like spicy add jalapenos with the potatoes!

sounds tasty!