Sunday Rabbit

[wankerjake]

Well I had the day off today and my wife and kids left town for a few days so I'm being a bachelor for a few days. Of course I hit the reloading bench and spent the day working up a couple loads to go try out for a couple rifles. Along towards evening I headed out with a friend for an afternoon/evening shoot.

The thought had occurred to me to go out east of town to shoot and try for a rabbit for dinner but due to circumstances I ended up not bringing my 22 rifle(s), and had disregarded the idea. As luck would have it, pulling into the shooting spot a cottontail crossed the road and hunkered down under a big cedar tree that had limbs all the way to the ground. I hadn't eaten much all day so I was hungry and I couldn't resist. Made the neck shot at maybe 5-8 yards, 158gr LSWC under 4.5gr 700x. It did the trick. It's rare for me to score a pistol kill, actually missed him the first shot. This is the first time out with this pistol, so the first shot turned into a ranging shot. We're zeroed in now though


Shooting went OK, I'm out of practice. Good news I have 2 loads to look closer at. The plan is to head back out tomorrow to try them out. Maybe catch dinner again, we'll see. Good meal to end the day. Not as good as momma makes it but maybe I can try again tomorrow.

 

[critter]

Now THAT will work!

 

[ridgerunner1965]

mmm i love fried rabbit! the coyotes have pretty much wiped out the cottontails so i just eat my tame rabbits.whats that breading yu used?looks lke crushed cornflakes?

 

[cottswald]

That's some heads up shootin Wanker, and a mighty fine lookin dish.

 

[CoRoMo]

I need to stop coming back into this thread. My mouth waters every time I see that gravy. And of course, this is the thread -the straw that broke the camel's back- that's prompting me to cook my first rabbit in a looooooooooong time.

(stomach growls)

 

[wankerjake]

Yeah he was pretty tasty. I need practice with the gravy making though. It was alright, but should have been better.

 

[JEB]

dang that looks good! congrats on the handgun kill!!

 

[788Ham]

wanker,

Looks as if your cooking skills are right on! Its been some time since I've eaten rabbit, but that plateful sure looks inviting, let us know how your next hunt goes.

 

[Liberty1776]

yessir - that looks like what they call "Good Eats"...

 

[treg]

Yummy!

Season ain't open here.

 

[shootniron]

Season ain't open here.

Here either...

Wanker, it looks like you ate a dish of poached rabbit...I ain't never had that.

 

[gamestalker]

Hey there Wankerjake, how long have you lived in Flagstaff? I used to live in Cheshire back in the 1980's.
GS

 

[WardenWolf]

A .357 on a rabbit. Yep, that'll do it. Looks like good eating, too.

 

[wankerjake]

Hey there Wankerjake, how long have you lived in Flagstaff?

I lived here 2001-2007 then I moved to Tucson for 4 years, been back a year now. Hope to not leave again.

Season ain't open here.

Here either...

Wanker, it looks like you ate a dish of poached rabbit...I ain't never had that.

Rabbit season is year long in AZ. I take advantage of this occasionally.

 

[WardenWolf]

Wankerjake, I need to get me a deer tag and hunt up in the Flagstaff / Williams area. I was at a retreat up there last month and I saw this beautiful whitetail buck while driving at night. Absolutely huge for a whitetail.

 

[ljnowell]

Absolutely huge for a whitetail

How big was huge? We corn feed them out here in IL and we got some big ol' white tails.

 

[WardenWolf]

Hard to tell when you're driving past him at a good clip at night. But he was big.