Rabbit

[USP]

So after going out for a few weeks without getting any rabbits or even seeing one. The other day, my buddy was jumping up and down on a log and a huge beast like monster broke cover and was coming straight for us.

A fatal mauling was prevented through judicial use of #4 Steel shot.

I got to do the chop up work. Heres a quick summary of from snowpile to my plate. The camera is a blackberry so the colour is off abit in a few of the pics and abit blurry.


I sectioned the rabbit and soaked it overnight in rock salt and water.

Rinsed it off for abit

Dried it off, floured it with some thyme, rosemary, pepper, salt mix

Fried it for abit in garlic, onions and olive oil until browned

Added vegetable stock and finished it in the oven for abit

Complete with pepper squash and red swiss chard

All done.

 

[rhino519]

looks delicous

the mashed potatoes, from scratch or from powder?

 

[USP]

the colour is off, its peppercorn squash not potatos

 

[rhino519]

hmmm, will have to look into that, thanks

 

[USP]

Yeah its good, just cut it in half, scoop out the seeds and bake it for about an hour at 350F.

 

[glang1]

Now you've done it I'm really hungry now. Great looking meal!

 

[Jay]

Nice!

Cheers
Jay

 

[newshot]

That looks great! Thanks for showing the pics of all the stages. Very cool

 

[samgunner]

Good job! cheers Sam

 

[Duffy]

Huuuuuuuuuuum!

I was going to go ice-fishing today. I think I'll take my .410 and see if Mr. rabbit (varying hare) is about. And if I find a porcupine, he'll do just as well.

 

[Dench]

lucky lucky I have been thinking about hunting one at the pet store ha!

 

[Brutus]

Here's Trevj doing the work after his Ruger 10/22 has done it's deed once again, near Lessard, just west of Cold Lake.
Lot's of deep snow today, should have brought some snowshoes in retrospect. Thankfully today's relatively warm temp's easily complimented our long day in outdoors Alberta.
Trev seen seven, I saw one (!) And I was too slow......
He shot two of them, typically at 10 and 12 meters or so. They have gone to a Caper lady and are due for the stew pot.

All in all, a wonderful day to enjoy outside!

 

[trevj]

And a right bloody slog through the deep snow it was too!

Really interesting to figure out the places they were, during the day. Think, thick, solid, miserable-to-run-through cover.

To the plus, they were not very keen to run, and would hold tight till I was well withing 20 yards or so. That's a long bloody ways away, in that cover! They could float along on top the snow, with the slight crust. Me, not so much!

Fun day out, and something a bit different from what I'd done before.
Thanks for that again, Brutus.

Here's the second of the day, about to meet the same fate as the one above, getting naked and cooling rapidly!

Cheers
Trev