Out West, yes on tularemia, and a host of flea-born nasties. Some rabbits are literally crawling with fleas and ticks. And the ones I hunt are usually easting desert-type plants, which don't enhance the flavor. I admit that when I was a young "Daniel Boone wanna-be" type, I got a little campfire going and cooked up both a cottontail and a jackrabbit, "eating off the land" once. ONCE! And a bite of the jackrabbit cured me of that one. The cottontail was almost as tough as the jack, but not quite as awful. Managed to actually swallow a couple bites. After that trip, I always brought a sandwich. And obviously, I survived. That said, I have also survived eating under-cooked pork, but I wouldn't recommend chancing it.

Tell us the story of the hunt.

I was walking on the back of the property to grab the SD card from one of my trail cams, and just before I got to the trail cam I saw a rabbit hop into the brush in front of me and he was gone before I could get a shot at him. I was right next to one of my tripod stands, and I decided to climb it to see what I could see, who knows, maybe the rabbit had stopped right on the other side of the tall weeds. So I turned the corner to get to the stand and there was another, smaller rabbit right there, 2-3 feet in front of me. It started to jump away when it saw me and it only made it one hop before I smacked him to the back of the head with a round of CCI Velocitor

.. if you’d read the thread…. He said he’s saving it for thanksgiving

…. I swear this is worse than playing cards with my sisters kids

That's getting it done. Have you eaten it yet?

.. if you’d read the thread…. He said he’s saving it for thanksgiving

…. I swear this is worse than playing cards with my sisters kids

Yeah, good job but I thought you were supposed to be shooting deer today, not tree rats?

Ah, ok. Well, at least ya got out in the woods! Good job!

Good job Cowboy! Keep it up!