[Regia-NA] OT- Cooking squirrels & hunting rabbits
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Sorry, Chris, old bean, but if I remember correctly, hunting with a silencer, at least on a firearm, is a big no-no in most States. I think you have to have a special license to actually own one, like for a machine gun.
Bill
(stranded amongst the heathen hordes)
Message date : Oct 07 2003, 11:18 PM
>From : Chris Boulton
To : list-regia-na@lig.net
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Subject : [Regia-NA] OT- Cooking squirrels & hunting rabbits
No it doesn't taste like chicken - if you've tasted rabbit before, it's sort
of a bit like that but - er- how does one really describe a taste in mere
words? It tastes like squirrel. Nice. You'll need a couple at least for one
person - if you're a carnivore like me - more is better of course....throw
the potatoes in the stew half an hour before you're ready to eat and they'll
get infused with the rich gravy as they cook - moorish, very moorish...I
tend to throw the green veg in as well at the appropriate interval before
it's ready so's to use only one large pan - less washing up - but then I
don't have a dishwasher.
As for hunting rabbits, I use just a standard .22 air rifle with silencer
and 'scope. You need to get within 50 yards and be a good shot, and accept
that some you hit will still escape down the burrow. Go for head shots every
time, or through the back edge of the foreleg into the heart and lungs as a
last resort if the angle's wrong.
Dawn and dusk are usually the best hunting times. Be down wind, blend in and
move quietly - they've got quite phenomenal hearing.
Being in the states, and firearms being easier as I understand it, go for a
.22 rifle with silencer and a good 'scope, but only if you've got a good
large safe area to shoot. One advantage of a mere air rifle - ricochets
don't go very far.
Chris.
> OK, I'll bite. Does it taste just like chicken? Probably not. How much
> meat can you get from the little pests? About two years ago I decided I
> could probably save some money on the grocery bills and save my
> expensive perennials if I ate the rabbits that chomped and chewed
> whatever they could reach. You know, I haven't seen one since. How do
> you hunt the things? Seems to my experience on the roads that they
> aren't smart enough to know they're dead.
>
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<P>Sorry, Chris, old bean, but if I remember correctly, hunting with a sile=
ncer, at least on a firearm, is a big no-no in most States. I think y=
ou have to have a special license to actually own one, like for a machine g=
un.</P>
<P>Bill</P>
<P>(stranded amongst the heathen hordes)<BR><BR></P>
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000 2px solid">Message date : Oct 07 2003, 11:18 PM <BR>From : Chris Boulto=
n <CHRIS.BOULTON@NTLWORLD.COM><BR>To : list-regia-na@lig.net <BR>Copy to : =
<BR>Subject : [Regia-NA] OT- Cooking squirrels & hunting rabbits <BR>No=
it doesn't taste like chicken - if you've tasted rabbit before, it's sort =
<BR>of a bit like that but - er- how does one really describe a taste in me=
re <BR>words? It tastes like squirrel. Nice. You'll need a couple at least =
for one <BR>person - if you're a carnivore like me - more is better of cour=
se....throw <BR>the potatoes in the stew half an hour before you're ready t=
o eat and they'll <BR>get infused with the rich gravy as they cook - mooris=
h, very moorish...I <BR>tend to throw the green veg in as well at the appro=
priate interval before <BR>it's ready so's to use only one large pan - less=
washing up - but then I <BR>don't have a dishwasher. <BR><BR>As for huntin=
g rabbits, I use just a standard .22 air rifle with silencer <BR>and 'scope=
. You need to get within 50 yards and be a good shot, and accept <BR>that s=
ome you hit will still escape down the burrow. Go for head shots every <BR>=
time, or through the back edge of the foreleg into the heart and lungs as a=
<BR>last resort if the angle's wrong. <BR><BR>Dawn and dusk are usually th=
e best hunting times. Be down wind, blend in and <BR>move quietly - they've=
got quite phenomenal hearing. <BR><BR>Being in the states, and firearms be=
ing easier as I understand it, go for a <BR>.22 rifle with silencer and a g=
ood 'scope, but only if you've got a good <BR>large safe area to shoot. One=
advantage of a mere air rifle - ricochets <BR>don't go very far. <BR><BR>C=
hris. <BR><BR><BR>> OK, I'll bite. Does it taste just like chicken? Prob=
ably not. How much <BR>> meat can you get from the little pests? About t=
wo years ago I decided I <BR>> could probably save some money on the gro=
cery bills and save my <BR>> expensive perennials if I ate the rabbits t=
hat chomped and chewed <BR>> whatever they could reach. You know, I have=
n't seen one since. How do <BR>> you hunt the things? Seems to my experi=
ence on the roads that they <BR>> aren't smart enough to know they're de=
ad. <BR>> <BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________ <B=
R>list-regia-na mailing list <BR>list-regia-na@lig.net <BR>http://www.lig.n=
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