Anybody ever eat swamp rabbits?

[kfd82]

Never understood the "wait until after the first freeze" or "Dont eat them in the summertime" tales. It is supposed to relate to worms. Well, if a rabbit has worms those worms are INSIDE that warm blooded rabbit. Unless the freeze kills the rabbit, it aint gonna touch them worms that are all warm and snuggly inside of that rabbit.

Kill em when you want to... some will have worms and some wont.

[RaginCagin]

I shot a rabbit earlyer this year and skinned and cleaned it, took it home and butchered it all up, got it ready to cook and my wife was talking to her dad when he told me a story about how as a kid they used to hunt and eat rabbit alot untill he got rabbit fever and was in the hospital for a few weeks and almost died. Needless to say that rabbit I shot was eatin by wild animals cause I was not gonna chance it.

Man, you wasted a perfectly good rabbit. Only way a human can catch this is from the actual cleaning of a rabbit(this isnt only found in rabbits though) or eating it raw. Once it's cooked you cant catch anything and Rabbit Fever in North America is very very very rare. He may have caught it from not cleaning his hands good after processing the rabbit.

[Mayhem]

tatse just fine to me.

[Tuffbroadhead]

I have to rate the swamp rabbit at the top in the "good eatin" department.
1. Swamp rabbit
2. Cottontail
3. Tame rabbit
4. Coon
5. Possum
6. Housecat
7. Skunk
8. Jackrabbit

I agree!! LOL!! But you can scratch 6 and 7 off that list and replace with Beaver and muskrat!!

[Speedgoat]

In Louisiana that is all there is. They are just big cottontails, but good in a crockpot

[holdem]

My Uncle and Grandpa raised Beagles in Longview and we chased swamp rabbits all over LeTourneau and Talley bottoms. Ate dozens of them and Uncle made sausage from them also.

[Onimo]

Man, you wasted a perfectly good rabbit. Only way a human can catch this is from the actual cleaning of a rabbit(this isnt only found in rabbits though) or eating it raw. Once it's cooked you cant catch anything and Rabbit Fever in North America is very very very rare. He may have caught it from not cleaning his hands good after processing the rabbit.

I had just cleaned it bare handed too. I did some lookin around online before I hucked it and figured it was fine but it still was not worth the risk to me. He said he didnt clean it, just ate it and got sick. But what I want to try and havent yet is squirrel, I keep hearing its good.

[RaginCagin]

I had just cleaned it bare handed too. I did some lookin around online before I hucked it and figured it was fine but it still was not worth the risk to me. He said he didnt clean it, just ate it and got sick. But what I want to try and havent yet is squirrel, I keep hearing its good.

Man, i've eatin to many to count. Here where i live people treat squirrel hunting like South Texas treats deer hunting. Businesses and schools actually close the Friday before squirrel season and all HS football games are played thursday night. It may seem crazy but its a tradition i hope never dies here. If there is one weekend when every man and kid is in the woods here its opening weekend of squirrel season. It teaches kids alot about woodsmanship imo.

[Cajun Blake]

Did you ever find a jack rabbit lease?

still looking with lots of powder to burn and lead to send down range

love me some red mist and helicoptering jackrabbit ears spiralling from the sky

[4barchery]

But what I want to try and havent yet is squirrel, I keep hearing its good.

Ohhh mann, fried squirrel with biscuits and gravy! You are missing out!

[saintsfan]

That's all we shot growing up. Until 2 minutes ago I thought they were cottontails. either way they are delicious.

[psicoo]

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.

The BEST!

[SwampRabbit]

The first animal I ever hunted was a swamp rabbit. Was invited to a squirrel hunt and no squirrels were seen. We brought stuff to make stew so later in the day when I happened upon a rabbit, that primal hunting instinct kicked in and needless to say, we had some very yummy swamp rabbit stew for dinner. It was a bit old, but turned out tender after slow cooking in a cast iron pot for about 1.5 hours. It was my first hunt and how I picked my GS name.

[Tx_bowhunter86]

Good throw them on the BBQ pit with some seasoning just like dark meet chicken

[savin yours]

love me some swamp rabbit


OP - you kill'em and I'll grill'em

Well, I guess I need to get one of your shakin cans......still haven't tried it yet. I'm sure glad that others call em swamp rabbits, cuz my FIL is kinda crazy.