Jacks are out in central Alberta

I was about 30ft away from a few in Calgary today.
Def snowshoe hare. Shorter ears etc.
Thanks for the distinction between the two Track.
One was freaking big. It looked like med sized dog
 
fingers284 said:
In other words..."pretty much take the taste of Rabbit from the equation"
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Not really, It may take out the "gaminess" a bit. But foremost the red wine will tenderize the meat.

Whatever you call em' wild rabbits, jacks, hares... can be quite tough and lean especially when harvested during the winter. Also, I don't really like too eat snarred rabbits as I prefer to bleed them right away. It makes for a better taste, IMO.

I was raising domesticated rabbits 45 years ago as a kid and sold them to my school teachers (dead or alive, lol). Continental Giant rabbit ("Deutsche Riesen") for meat rabbits. They weighed fully dressed between 6-10 lbs. and the taste is milder than wild rabbits. I fed em' grain and sugar beets 2 weeks prior to butchering. That gave em' nice kidney fat and meat flavour.

The recipe "Hasenpfeffer" is just a variation of "Coq au Vin" and is traditionally done with wild rabbit meat.
 
I raised one once, when the 'nest' got run over by an earthmover. Used a doll bottle to raise it. It would run around the house, those huge back feet made quite a thumping sound. Couldn't bring myself to shoot one now, as with most wildlife. I haven't seen one in 40 years here in eastern Ontario.
 
Hush07 said:
I raised one once, when the 'nest' got run over by an earthmover. Used a doll bottle to raise it. It would run around the house, those huge back feet made quite a thumping sound. Couldn't bring myself to shoot one now, as with most wildlife. I haven't seen one in 40 years here in eastern Ontario.
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That would be called a "Rammler", which means a non-castrated male.

When two of those bucks get at it for breeding dominance, hair will fly and you can hear the thump...
 
scotteboy said:
I was about 30ft away from a few in Calgary today.
Def snowshoe hare. Shorter ears etc.
Thanks for the distinction between the two Track.
One was freaking big. It looked like med sized dog
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I've hunted in southern Alberta hence, 1978 and witnessed seeing "big" jack rabbits. Grand, high and long bounds they make with ease. I refused to kill any of them, since they have enough predators. It's only in the Great Plains that I saw them.
 
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