Jack Rabbit Stew Anyone!

[dennisinaz]

We were having a discussion like this on another forum one time, and the question of eating coyote came up. It seemed that everybody hated to eat them, but no one had tried them. jd

Not even buzzards will eat coyotes.

 

[AWS]

I've eaten coyote at a Mountain Man Rendezvous while edible in a BBQ sauce it did taste just like it smells when you are skinning them. I didn't go back for seconds. There was Mountain lion and Bobcat that were good.

When I ran traplines, beaver, muskrats, raccoon went in the freezer snowshoe rabbits killed while checking the line went right in the pot for dinner back in camp it made a nice change after beaver liver, onions and eggs for breakfast, beaver jerky on the line for lunch and beaver stew for dinner.

Stewed muskrat with dumplings and sweet/sauer red cabbage is one of my favorite meals.

We would roast raccoon just like a turkey, in fact we did for a couple Thanksgivings with all the fixings from the garden or wild.

We would pick off jackrabbits from my deck out in the alfalfa field in the winter, good eating.

As a kid I ran a snare line for cottontails and hunted them in the back fields to help out with groceries, when we moved to the city I still snared and hunted them with a bow in the city park and wild areas along the river and RR tracks in north Milwaukee.

 

[JFrank]

I've eaten coyote at a Mountain Man Rendezvous while edible in a BBQ sauce it did taste just like it smells when you are skinning them. I didn't go back for seconds. There was Mountain lion and Bobcat that were good.

When I ran traplines, beaver, muskrats, raccoon went in the freezer snowshoe rabbits killed while checking the line went right in the pot for dinner back in camp it made a nice change after beaver liver, onions and eggs for breakfast, beaver jerky on the line for lunch and beaver stew for dinner.

Stewed muskrat with dumplings and sweet/sauer red cabbage is one of my favorite meals.

We would roast raccoon just like a turkey, in fact we did for a couple Thanksgivings with all the fixings from the garden or wild.

As a settler, I’ll settle for things like Jack rabbit stew or rain water soup but I’m drawin the line with Beaver , Muskrat or Coon until the apocalypse

 

[Bc'z]

As a settler, I’ll settle for things like Jack rabbit stew or rain water soup but I’m drawin the line with Beaver , Muskrat or Coon until the apocalypse

Jim, beaver is the best eatin there ever was!
I try to stuff my face with beaver every chance I get!

 

[JFrank]

Don’t get laughing again bro, my ribs are still sore from the other day.

 

[Bc'z]

Don’t get laughing again bro, my ribs are still sore from the other day.

That's what ya get for leaving the door wide open!
@jds holler nephew an me are heading over in a couple weeks to hunt coyotes.
Jack's are also on the target menu.
Gonna be staying in a bunkhouse the other side of Lakeview.
He tells me we let ourselves in, it has 10 rooms a kitchen and a pool table.
Rules are leave no mess and put 40 bucks in the microwave.
Do you know the place?

 

[AWS]

One spring it was pretty warm so my wife drove up to trapping camp and picked up our furs. She took us to dinner at the café in a little town. When the waitress asked how the meal was my partner said "I've been eating beaver for two weeks, this was great" the incredulous look she gave my wife was worth the price of the meal.

 

[JFrank]

That's what ya get for leaving the door wide open!
@jds holler nephew an me are heading over in a couple weeks to hunt coyotes.
Jack's are also on the target menu.
Gonna be staying in a bunkhouse the other side of Lakeview.
He tells me we let ourselves in, it has 10 rooms a kitchen and a pool table.
Rules are leave no mess and put 40 bucks in the microwave.
Do you know the place?

sounds familiar that’s for sure

 

[jds holler]

That's what ya get for leaving the door wide open!
@jds holler nephew an me are heading over in a couple weeks to hunt coyotes.
Jack's are also on the target menu.
Gonna be staying in a bunkhouse the other side of Lakeview.
He tells me we let ourselves in, it has 10 rooms a kitchen and a pool table.
Rules are leave no mess and put 40 bucks in the microwave.
Do you know the place?

I can't say that I've been there, but I'll bet I've been near it. I've left tracks and lead all over that country. Are you maybe gonna be around Adel or Plush?? jd

 

[Bc'z]

I can't say that I've been there, but I'll bet I've been near it. I've left tracks and lead all over that country. Are you maybe gonna be around Adel or Plush?? jd

Nephew says Adel.
I'm working on some 6x45 brass, curious to see how Barts 68gr originals work on them jack rabbits.
I'll give ya a holler when we head over.
Nephew is wanting to try some new grounds, maybe you could point us in the right direction

 

[mike a]

I ate a ton of snowshoe hairs in Alaska while in the army. Early 80s, sure beat frozen c-rations. Mike

 

[jds holler]

Hey Brett, I could tell ya where this place is if you don't already know. It's usually a good solid bet for rabbits, and not far from where you'll be.


That's an old pic from years back but I think it's the same as ever. Some great coyote calling areas in about a 20 mile radius of this spot. jd

 

[Bc'z]

Hey Brett, I could tell ya where this place is if you don't already know. It's usually a good solid bet for rabbits, and not far from where you'll be.
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That's an old pic from years back but I think it's the same as ever. Some great coyote calling areas in about a 20 mile radius of this spot. jd

That sounds like a plan JD.
Nephew says it's on as long as the wind ain't howling or dumping rain. I'm hoping to head over not this weekend but the following.

 

[jds holler]

If you want to PM me a phone #, I could message you a map with push pins on it. These spots are east of Adel. Great country. jd

 

[Tim s]

Any difference is taste between jacks and cotton tails?

bunnies can be quite tasty,
My buddy would do jacks with salt, pepper, BBQ rub, put’em on a cedar plank, bake at about 350 for 90 minutes, take’em out, throw the jack in the pail.....eat the plank.

 

[Tommie]

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bunnies can be quite tasty,
My buddy would do jacks with salt, pepper, BBQ rub, put’em on a cedar plank, bake at about 350 for 90 minutes, take’em out, throw the jack in the pail.....eat the plank.

That’s the same joke we told tourists when I was trout guiding. They didn’t appreciate the humor. BTW I love eating trout.

 

[AckleymanII]

Cook a jack in the pressure cooker for 7 minutes and the meat is falling off the bone. If you throw in a quartered up onion and clove of garlic, you are in for a real treat.

Pressure cooker is key to making tough meat of all kinds very tender.

There are now pressure cookers for the microwaves that cut the time even further.

 

[GotRDid]

One spring it was pretty warm so my wife drove up to trapping camp and picked up our furs. She took us to dinner at the café in a little town. When the waitress asked how the meal was my partner said "I've been eating beaver for two weeks, this was great" the incredulous look she gave my wife was worth the price of the meal.

You owe me two fingers of "Old Bardstown"!
Damn near shorted out my Samsung when I read that.
GotRDid.