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Tactical Pellet Rifle?
AWick:
So, being a youngin I've never had squirrel or rabbit, but now that I have 7 rabbits infesting my backyard (formerly 9, but two babies died of natural causes)... that might change things. I know how to field dress a rabbit, since that was in the Boy Scout field guide, but what is the best way to prepare them? Just curious of course. :)
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Edit: they're wild rabbits.
AWick:
Looked up the NG&P regs and see that the season is between Sept 1st and Feb 28/29. I also looked into it a bit more and didn't realize that rabbits can carry the nasties in the summer months and that the first few frosts kill off parasites and diseased rabbits.
Now, to see how I can rid my yard of those pests! Thanks for starting the thread as I had some similar questions and needs.
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landon410:
we used to take rabbits at 2 rivers and cook them like a roast
crock pot with potato carrots etc
rabbit isn't the best tasting thing I've ever eaten.
but yes, don't ever eat a rabbit until after its been cold for a bit.
thirtydaZe:
--- Quote from: landon410 on April 28, 2014, 03:47:20 PM ---we used to take rabbits at 2 rivers and cook them like a roast
crock pot with potato carrots etc
rabbit isn't the best tasting thing I've ever eaten.
but yes, don't ever eat a rabbit until after its been cold for a bit.
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You mean to tell me i could have been sniping them from my camper door all weekend?
GreyGeek:
--- Quote from: zofoman on April 23, 2014, 08:54:37 PM ---Benjamin .22.....gets top vote in my opinion. ...
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And mine, too! I have both a .22 Benjamin 392 and a Crosman .177 CS1K77 break barrel. Both have scopes. The Benjamin is a ten-pump (max) with a rifled barrel. Deadly accurate and much quieter than the .177 because its muzzle velocity is only 950 ft/s whereas the .177 has a 1,200 ft/s velocity. It gives a decided "crack!".
I used a Sheridan BlueStreak 5mm air rifle, the granddad of the 392, a lot before I went off to college. It used Aluminum-Lead pellets that looked like a banded barrel with a cone on the nose and a conic depression on the back end. The rifled barrel and 8 pumps gave the pellet the power of a .22 short. Any small game under 50 yds was taken with a single head shot, using iron sights. I got to know the that gun so well that an occasional shot at 75 or 100 yrs was rarely missed. If I could see a squirrel's head he was in the pot that night! Same with pigeons, doves and rabbits.
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