Anyone think of themselves as a hunter?

[Tobus]

My old hunting partner tried jack rabbit one morning when we'd no luck with the ducks...said it tasted like chicken....not really

I've got a lot of jackrabbits around my place, but I've always been told that they're too stringy and tough to bother with. What do you think?

[Burly Brute]

I've got a lot of jackrabbits around my place, but I've always been told that they're too stringy and tough to bother with. What do you think?

The trick to jack rabbit and old, tough cotton tail is to boil the meat slowly, then fry it up. Mmmm MMmmm MMM good!

[azwildcat96]

I've got a lot of jackrabbits around my place, but I've always been told that they're too stringy and tough to bother with. What do you think?

They are stringy and can be a little tough. I have taken them home on occasion in the past, but now leave them alone. The best method to prepare them is to separate each of the front legs, rear legs, and "backstraps" or spinal section, soak them in a brine solution for 6-12 hours, then marinate them in teriaki sauce overnight, then grill them. This seems to tenderize and adds flavor too.

[Lallans]

They are stringy and can be a little tough. I have taken them home on occasion in the past, but now leave them alone. The best method to prepare them is to separate each of the front legs, rear legs, and "backstraps" or spinal section, soak them in a brine solution for 6-12 hours, then marinate them in teriaki sauce overnight, then grill them. This seems to tenderize and adds flavor too.

I used to marinate like crazy then cook them in a sauce involving dry mustard. Then they would taste like chicken would under the same circumstances. sometimes the question would be asked to the effect 'why not just start out with chicken?" and I would have to explain that shooting their chickens would upset the farmers and that the farmers themselves had guns. Then teenage eyes would roll, etc.

[azwildcat96]

I've got a lot of jackrabbits around my place, but I've always been told that they're too stringy and tough to bother with. What do you think?

I've also heard that you can rub the jack rabbit with butter and garlic, place it on a plank, bake for 6 hours at 450 degree, then discard the rabbit and eat the plank...

[ohiopiper]

Did somebody say hunting? One of my three vices. Hunting, bagpipes and Marlboros.

I love to squirrel hunt. I use either a bolt action .22 or a .36 caliber flintlock, depending on whether or not it's raining. Flintlocks tend to go "PFFT" in the rain, rather than "Bang". I turn them into stew in a slow cooker.

I deer hunt just about every year. Didn't go this year, as I shot several last year and still have meat in the freezer. Ohio, where I live, is shotgun slugs only, no rifles, so I use a 12 guage (12 bore).

I use the same 12 guage for rabbits when I can find them. Coyotes are getting more plintiful and therefore rabbits less so. I've begun shooting coyotes just to improve my rabbit hunting.

Same shotgun for birds. Got a couple pheasants Thanksgiving morning. They tasted pretty good marinated in lemon pepper and white wine.

[Spc. Scott]

I've also heard that you can rub the jack rabbit with butter and garlic, place it on a plank, bake for 6 hours at 450 degree, then discard the rabbit and eat the plank...

I've heard of a similar recipe for catfish!

[azwildcat96]

I've heard of a similar recipe for catfish!

...and carp!

[Burly Brute]

I am telling you guys! My family is from Wartburg Tennessee, and your best bet is to FRY! FRY! FRY!!

[Mike_Oettle]

Ohiopiper wrote: “Flintlocks tend to go ‘PFFT’ in the rain, rather than ‘Bang’. I turn them into stew in a slow cooker.”

Looks almost as if it’s the flintlocks you turn into stew!