I hit a hare. I skinned it, and am going to eat it. Opinions?

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I've never hunted my own food before, but I hit a hare tonight and figured I should make use of it. I had it on my kitchen table within 15 minutes to process.

So, I cut open the belly from crotch to throat, and the impact had clearly ruptured its bowels.

#### everywhere; I rinsed it out before starting.

I removed the guts, and rinsed the inside out again. I'm pretty sure it was a male. Three testicles? Is that possible?

I kept the lungs, heart, kidneys, and liver for my dog. Is this okay?

I skinned it, salted the pelt, and am dehydrating the pelt it now.

I am now poaching it. Boiling it, whatever.

Are these alright to eat? I'd hate to waste it.

Pics to follow.
 
Boiling it without seasoning, I can only describe the smell as a mix between pork and chicken.
 
Use a slow cooker, its a no brainer, throw some taters in there with some vegetables and spices and your set.

Not sure about feeding your dog the internals though, I know raw meats can be okay, but this I'm not to sure about.
 
###XX said:
I've never hunted my own food before, but I hit a hare tonight and figured I should make use of it. I had it on my kitchen table within 15 minutes to process.

So, I cut open the belly from crotch to throat, and the impact had clearly ruptured its bowels.

s**t everywhere; I rinsed it out before starting.

I removed the guts, and rinsed the inside out again. I'm pretty sure it was a male. Three testicles? Is that possible?

I kept the lungs, heart, kidneys, and liver for my dog. Is this okay?

I skinned it, salted the pelt, and am dehydrating the pelt it now.

I am now poaching it. Boiling it, whatever.

Are these alright to eat? I'd hate to waste it.

Pics to follow.
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Cook the heart and #### before feeding to dog -- parasites etc.

Pelt? Whatever. A keepsake I guess. My wife just told me "no more tanned deer hides."

Cooking. Probably too late now but SEAR first in a hot pan with a little bit of oil rubbed on the meat. Salting the meat for an hour before this (like covered in salt) helps. Then cut up some onion, garlic, carrot, celery and whatever other flavors turn your crank and put them in a big pot with your seared off hare. Cover with wine, chicken stock, beer whatever -- water if you want bland tasting crap. Put in the oven at about 200 and GO TO BED. When you wake up put in fridge to cool. When ready to eat, heat it up on stove and eat like soup or take the pieces out and egg wash/bread crumb them and deep fry just enough to heat them through.
 
Rabbit is one of my favorites! Tasty and no worries about parasites that I have heard of. Internals for the dogs is fine too, cooking them won't hurt but shouldn't be nescessary. For a treat I cut the rabbit into slices then batter in a variety of things (including curry powder!) and then deep fry to make rabbit fingers! :D Enjoy.
 
zenmagic said:
You killed the Easter Bunny!!!!!!!! :D
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Cool... So the consensus is as long as the #### was cleaned out properly, there is no worry.

I put it in a slow cooker on low with some red wine, water, onions, garlic cloves, seasoning (secret! :p ) and potato cubes.

We'll see how the girlfriend likes it tomorrow lol...

Thanks guys!
 
###XX said:
I've never hunted my own food before, but I hit a hare tonight and figured I should make use of it. I had it on my kitchen table within 15 minutes to process.

So, I cut open the belly from crotch to throat, and the impact had clearly ruptured its bowels.

s**t everywhere; I rinsed it out before starting.

I removed the guts, and rinsed the inside out again. I'm pretty sure it was a male. Three testicles? Is that possible?

I kept the lungs, heart, kidneys, and liver for my dog. Is this okay?

I skinned it, salted the pelt, and am dehydrating the pelt it now.

I am now poaching it. Boiling it, whatever.

Are these alright to eat? I'd hate to waste it.

Pics to follow.
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Make sure that it hasn't got any parasites that can be transmitted to you through your skin. Inhaling airborne viruses can be very bad, google brucellosis. It will gross you out and you will likely end up pukin' up the Easter Bunny in a day or two.....
 
Of course you know I organized the whole thing just to prove to you that I really live out in the wilderness. :)

Well happy you got a bonus treat from your visit over here!

:)

Lou
 
###XX said:
Cool... So the consensus is as long as the s**t was cleaned out properly, there is no worry.
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You answered the question I was just about to ask - thanks for the write up.

In England I used to do pest control for the National Trust (an organisation dedicated to the preservation of historical buildings/areas), and we used to do rabbits a lot.

Imagine my suprise when I found out a few things about getting hunting them here:

You aren't allowed to shoot after dark
You aren't allowed to shoot from a vehicle
You have to have a licence to hunt vermin
Rabbits here are pretty rare!

In England prime time was 2am, off the back of the truck! One driver and two shooters, each armed with their own lamp fixed to the rifle could get about 18 rabbits an hour. We got the occassional fox, too.
We all got so sick of rabbits we just fed them to the dogs!
 
sjemac said:
Cook the heart and s**t before feeding to dog -- parasites etc.

Pelt? Whatever. A keepsake I guess. My wife just told me "no more tanned deer hides."

Cooking. Probably too late now but SEAR first in a hot pan with a little bit of oil rubbed on the meat. Salting the meat for an hour before this (like covered in salt) helps. Then cut up some onion, garlic, carrot, celery and whatever other flavors turn your crank and put them in a big pot with your seared off hare. Cover with wine, chicken stock, beer whatever -- water if you want bland tasting crap. Put in the oven at about 200 and GO TO BED. When you wake up put in fridge to cool. When ready to eat, heat it up on stove and eat like soup or take the pieces out and egg wash/bread crumb them and deep fry just enough to heat them through.
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Well done! This man knows the importance of searing and seaoning. SEAR in capitals even.

When is dinner!
 
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