Richie10 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Leave the meat overnight in salted water, they will taste better the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nial Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Got my first three rabbits last night, one was too small to bother with skinning. The other two I managed to skin and paunch fairly easily, although it was so dark I could hardly see what I was doing when I finished. The two I did are in a pan of salt water in the fridge! When you're preparing them for cooking do you trim off all the remnants of any menbrane (from the skin?) and do you remove the flappy skin that enclosed the guts? Or is it not worth bothering about this? Nial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durham-laddie Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 I trim them all off, but then again I have OCD when it comes to meat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Yeah, get rid of the skirt. Although some people do eat it, it's not too nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Best and fastest way i found is the same way as codling 69 does,if its a old buck the skinning bit can be a bit tuff though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongoray Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Not your question but if you're zeroed at 100yds with subs you are over 2" high all the way from 25 yds out to 85 yds, and up to nearly 4" at 50 - 60 yds so that might explain the intial difficulties. You would only be within an inch of your aiming point between 5 - 15 yds and 95 - 105 yds....not ideal for rabbits. (Subs scare the "next in line"(!) less and are less erratic than enticingly flat higher velocity rounds which go a bit haywire as their velocity reduces below that of the speed of sound.) A .22LR subsoninc round isn't flat by any means but zeroed at 60 yds works quite well; keeping you within an inch of target all the way out to 70 yds. Experiment with what happens closer and further out to see where the limitations are......it pays dividends! Sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs but you're initial post suggests I may not be! I'm sure that once you're zeroed properly the skinning will become easier with practice....it'll have to be or you'll be up all night!! Have fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 ^^^ Spot-on really ^^^ If you want a small bore rifle with a flat trajectory out to 120+ yards a 22lr isn't the right choice (you need a 17hmr for that). But, it is ideal out to 70 yards when zeroed to 60 yards (I use 58yds), a little bit of holdover or under and you soon learn what to use with practice on targets at those ranges. I find laying up with the 22 the best approach this time of year, even better if you can use a vehicle as you can simply park up and shoot from it, a perfect hide. As for the skinning, you may have stumbled on a particularly tough old grandpa rabbit, which can be a devil to skin. Try on a little one, the skin comes off quite easily. Plus they make excellent fryers when jointed and dipped in a little seasoning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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