COTTONTAILS

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Do you fry them at the truck as guys in the Ozarks do?

Garry,

No we soak them in salt water before cooking so not at the truck. My cousin who owns the dogs started skinning them as they were killed so one does not have to do it when he gets home. The plastic bags from retailers are good for something. I wear gloves so I don't get bloody and I still have a fear of disease from them for I have known a person who got "rabbit fever" and spent time in the hospital very sick.

[Researcher]

My Father always warned us not to shoot at rabbits as it would give the dogs bad habits.

My only rabbit hunting experience was opening weekend 1972 in Southern California where the Naval Infantry provided us swabbies with a wonderful hunting preserve (aka Camp Pendleton). We were allowed eight per day but the three of us didn't want to be game hogs and only took 68. One of the guys had struck a deal with the Philippine Stewards at Miramar Naval Air Station. We took eight and sold them 60. I've always wondered if they ate the rabbits themselves or fed them to the officers.