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tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 07 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



How were they?

whitelegg1



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 07 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

In the fridge, waiting to be processed!
Have to make sure Wg2,3&4 are out of the way !!

P

Slim



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)
PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 08 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I've been hoping to try bunnies this coming year. ooh, maybe a new year's resolution. Anyhow, is it really as easy as folks make it seem? Just pop 'em, skin 'em, gut 'em and stew 'em?

I'm going to need to borrow a gun though... my deer rifle probably wouldn't leave much bunny for me....

niteowlpaul



Joined: 07 Dec 2007
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Location: Derbyshire
PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

do people honestly eat tree rats? squirrels?

judith



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

niteowlpaul wrote:
do people honestly eat tree rats? squirrels?


Some people do

cab



Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

niteowlpaul wrote:
do people honestly eat tree rats? squirrels?


Very tasty they are too

vegplot



Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd
PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

cpg03 wrote:
I've been hoping to try bunnies this coming year. ooh, maybe a new year's resolution. Anyhow, is it really as easy as folks make it seem? Just pop 'em, skin 'em, gut 'em and stew 'em?

I'm going to need to borrow a gun though... my deer rifle probably wouldn't leave much bunny for me....


pretty much! Fairly simple, same as a deer but a tad smaller.

Brownbear



Joined: 28 May 2007
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Location: South West
PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

vegplot wrote:
cpg03 wrote:
I've been hoping to try bunnies this coming year. ooh, maybe a new year's resolution. Anyhow, is it really as easy as folks make it seem? Just pop 'em, skin 'em, gut 'em and stew 'em?

I'm going to need to borrow a gun though... my deer rifle probably wouldn't leave much bunny for me....


pretty much! Fairly simple, same as a deer but a tad smaller.


Oh, I don't know - used to know a Yank who shot them with a 30-06. As long as you go for head shots it will be fine. My .17HMR takes their heads clean off, and the meat is unaffected. Just makes skinning even easier.

vegplot



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Brownbear wrote:
My .17HMR takes their heads clean off, and the meat is unaffected. Just makes skinning even easier.


I've only ever seen the tiny holes they make in paper. Such an innocent little round.

niteowlpaul



Joined: 07 Dec 2007
Posts: 18
Location: Derbyshire
PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Do game dealers buy them as i have a few to get rid of but not keen on shooting them to throw under the hedge for the foxes?

Brownbear



Joined: 28 May 2007
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

vegplot wrote:
Such an innocent little round.


Try firing a .22 hollowpoint at a molehill. Then try firing a .17HMR at a molehill. That will give you a good idea of their relative capabilities.

whitelegg1



Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green
PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Suprisingly I managed to get Whitelegg2 to try squirrel the other night......

Oven roasted, then shreaded a la crispy duck.
In a fajita with a tomato salsa and creme fraiche.

Very nice, and they have now been added to the acceptable garden quarry list!!
Obviously this is due to the amount of damage they cause, rather than purely shooting to eat.....


Those wood pigeons cause untold damage to my peas......and they have a habbit of stealing the bread I put down for the starlings at my primary zero!

Pete

vegplot



Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Brownbear wrote:
vegplot wrote:
Such an innocent little round.


Try firing a .22 hollowpoint at a molehill. Then try firing a .17HMR at a molehill. That will give you a good idea of their relative capabilities.


A youtube video idea! I'd give it a go if, a) I had a variation for expanding ammunition and b) a .17 HMR

Brownbear



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well, this is what one does to a full can of Coke:

https://www.varmintal.com/17hmr.wmv

niteowlpaul



Joined: 07 Dec 2007
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Location: Derbyshire
PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 08 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

doesnt anyone have a problem with vermin control in the derbys / notts/ south yorks area?

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