jack rabbits

[pointer]

Does any one eat jack rabbits? I have eaten snow shoe hare but have never tryed jack rabbit are they any different? Other then size

[Arachnodisiac]

I found them to be tasty. Pretty darn lean though... so however you decide to prepare them, make it a pretty wet recipe. (But don't feel compelled to stick to stew!)

And there is a surprising amount of meat on them!

And, if you have a meat grinder, you can grind and freeze for use later in a sausage mix.

[natureboy]

sure have. I cut all the meat off and cube it. batter and fry. we call them "bunny balls"
kinda like chicken balls.

[pointer]

Good to hear I guess I will be getting my a few this weekend I counted 7 in the yard at work a couple days ago they like to hide in the pipes so it should be easy to find them

[uplander]

they taste great! put out some snares today hoping to whack a few

[thumper]

We used to cook them in the slow cooker. If we got a young one, we could 'shake & bake' it like chicken, but they awfully dry.
If you're carrying a big jack slung over your back any distance, watch out for the big fleas they carry. They don't bite people, but it's disconcerting to have a flea thats shaped and sized like a fresh-water shrimp - go scurrying across your eyebrow

[Arachnodisiac]

Originally Posted by thumper

If you're carrying a big jack slung over your back any distance, watch out for the big fleas they carry. They don't bite people, but it's disconcerting to have a flea thats shaped and sized like a fresh-water shrimp - go scurrying across your eyebrow

Yes! Happened to me! Thought I was infested!

[yoteblaster]

Happened to me with the fleas as well, what a gross feeling. My grandmother (who was a wicked marksman) used to soak the rabbits in milk for 24 hrs to make them more tender, worked real well.

[Pudelpointer]

I will hunt Jacks through the fall and winter, but stop around March. That is about the time I start seeing them running around rutting.

In fall and winter I find them to be very tasty and tender.

[pointer]

Got one this morning in a snare

[thumper]

It's always amazed me that when you hunt snowshow hares with a shotgun, even one or two pellets connecting will but the bunny down, apparently in 'shock'. But when hunting the big jacks, it takes a heart/lung shot to knock them down !!

Why the snow-shoes 'give up the ghost' so easily compared to the jacks - is a mystery to me.

[bezner]

"bunny balls"



do they taste like chicken as well....mom always made stew....turned me off of rabit for a long time...but canmore is full of little bush rabbits people let go...now a big issue

[marlin1]

yep , not too bad . A little dry as mentioned above but good in a stew

[huntingfamily]

Where are some good places to look for jacks?
I'd like to get my pup out and practice tracking them.
Thanks,
hf

[thumper]

You might want to try for snowshoe hares, if you want to 'track'. For chasing jack rabbits, you'll need a 'heads-up' sight hound.

Also - it would help to know where abouts you live, if you want people to point you in a direction for finding hares.

[Mb-MBR]

If you know how or want to try, get a chicken pot pie recipe and substitute the chicken for Jack Rabbit. A couple rabbits makes a few pies.

[Pudelpointer]

Originally Posted by Mb-MBR

If you know how or want to try, get a chicken pot pie recipe and substitute the chicken for Jack Rabbit. A couple rabbits makes a few pies.

A couple rabbits makes a "few pies"!!! A couple Jacks from down south would make about 12 pies!

I only shoot one at a time, otherwise I have to go back to the truck for the game cart! Lol.

[duck34]

What is the difference between a Jack Rabbit and a Snowshoe Hare.....I thought they were one in the same until you get down South of the border. I always thought we just had cotton tails and snowshoes here.

[Pudelpointer]

http://www.srd.alberta.ca/FishWildli...bitsHares.aspx


Briefly, Jackrabbits are actually hares, cottontails are rabbits.

[Erik]

Originally Posted by huntingfamily

Where are some good places to look for jacks?
I'd like to get my pup out and practice tracking them.
Thanks,
hf

You are better off tracking Snowshoes if you have a scent hound like a Beagle. Jacks are way to fast for the hounds, although if they are lying in shrubs and you are quick on the draw you could probably shoot some but your dog would be on the jump too. Pretty dicey. The Jacks seem to prefer the sanctuary of the city. Try heading out to some forested areas to chase snowshoes.

[jr_80]

I've never tried them. An old fella that has since passed told me when I was a kid that they were full of worms. Kind of turned me off trying them.