It's been bitterly cold here and it's been lightly snowing for three days now! It's 9 F right now but it feels like -7 F. Supposed to snow all day today too 
(won't be much accumulation but I'll take what I can get). Ronnie took a drive through the fields that surround our house yesterday.
And with his trusty Remington 22 rifle was able to get a rabbit. Even a very light snow cover makes it easier to hunt rabbit. They show up better and you can see their tracks.
It's a mature male (buck).
Rabbits are very easy to clean. First remove the head:
Then peel the skin/fur from the meat
Clear down to the ankles
Snip the feet off
The (un)lucky rabbits foot
Cut the tail off
Next your ready to take the guts out. Here is where lovers of commercially bought rabbit will want to cry. You never want to eat the liver etc. of a wild rabbit. Not good.
Similar to a deer, run your knife through being very careful not to nick or catch any of the innards
Gently pull the guts down and out
Always remember to snip this tendon at the bottom to get the last remainder--it hides under there.
All clean
My go-to rabbit recipes are both fried. Either fry and cover with a homemade mushroom sauce and bake low and slow, or fry and then pressure cook. I'll be looking both online and in my cookbooks to see if I can find something else that trips my trigger and I'd love to have ideas from you guys! Keep in mind, wild rabbit is MUCH tougher than commercial ones. He's resting in my fridge....I'll be doing something with him either tonight or more likely tomorrow. So, any ideas?
