marsh man Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 Having received the latest B A S C magazine this morning I noticed a advert for frozen Rabbits at £1.50 each , they need to be old Rabbits and they will collect throughout the country . Nice little earner for you ferreters out there , you wont get rich overnight but a good size freezer should hold a nice lot and a hundred Rabbits for £150 is not to be sneezed at . I wonder where they will end up ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 Sainsbury's used to sell diced frozen rabbit but I've not seen it for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) There used to be an advert in the EADT paying reasonable money for game, Inc rabbits, I'll post if I can find it. Edit, here it is, £1.75! Edited November 8, 2019 by Farmboy91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhastings Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 Dog food would imagine. I would imagine they have a minimum collection but you could stockup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddoakley Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 1 minute ago, captainhastings said: Dog food would imagine. I would imagine they have a minimum collection but you could stockup I would think there are cheaper ways to me dog food. My guess would be export as I can't imagine demand for any number in this country. Edd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhastings Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 Yea but frozen rabbits could be in any state battered bruised poorly gutted and basically not edible for humans at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted November 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 19 minutes ago, Farmboy91 said: There used to be an advert in the EADT paying reasonable money for game, Inc rabbits, I'll post if I can find it. Edit, here it is, £1.75! Good to see Pigeons making a fair price , the last lot I took up were 25p fresh and 20p for frozen . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedward Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 Falconers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 16 minutes ago, marsh man said: Good to see Pigeons making a fair price , the last lot I took up were 25p fresh and 20p for frozen . I just checked and I actually took that picture last Oct, not sure whether they still advertise or not. Where do you take yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted November 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 22 minutes ago, Farmboy91 said: I just checked and I actually took that picture last Oct, not sure whether they still advertise or not. Where do you take yours? All my surplus goes to Bambridge at Watton , was that advert from Oct 2018 , or the Oct just gone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipper Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 Rabbits going for £5 in Bolton .Saw advert for Harrods selling for £15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, marsh man said: All my surplus goes to Bambridge at Watton , was that advert from Oct 2018 , or the Oct just gone ? Sorry, Oct 2018. Ive never taken mine anywhere as yet,do try and eat as much as I can lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontastic Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 Rabbits what are they. I love eating rabbit but haven't seen one for years. I beat at five places in Northumberland and none have any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 I'm not entirely sure how legal it is to sell meat products these days without the right registration. All this overbearing "big brother is watching you" legislation has meant shoots can't sell their pheasants etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 Around five years or so ago we used to get £1.20 for head shot rabbits, and dealer would only collect a minimum of 100. Some went in game pies, and some went for pet food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbower Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 My perms here in Cheshire are now totally devoid of Rabbits. When I used to get some I would get £1.50 each for them. Like I say , there just isn't any now. Non on the fields , non on the roads and its been like this for a couple of years now.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 Blimey, I only used to get 3 Bob from the village butcher for fresh rabbits ! That was in the early 60s though. Also used to take the odd one or two to school for dissection in Biology lessons. Got 3 Bob for a healthy rabbit, but 3/6d if it had tapeworm as that was more interesting for us to examine. Funny how the tapeworms were still alive long after the rabbits died. Still able to feed I suppose. A good little earner to subsidise the Eley .410 cartridges from the local hardware store. Happy days. The rabbit shooting, not school. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwr Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 I think some head shot ones go to zoos and safari parks as fur meat and bone ratio is correct for a healthy diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord v Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 If it specifies rifle shot it will quite likely be for snake food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 I shoot rabbits, then cook and sell the resulting meal [along with other things] to tourist's. Its very popular.. free range, organic, low fat, and above all an agricultural pest..a win win for all concerned...apart from the rabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 A lot of wild rabbits find their way into vivariums (snake food) - my brother has a guy who will take as many as he can provide (or at least more than he can currently provide). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243deer Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 08/11/2019 at 21:54, Vince Green said: I'm not entirely sure how legal it is to sell meat products these days without the right registration. All this overbearing "big brother is watching you" legislation has meant shoots can't sell their pheasants etc A lot of shoots now have at least one person registered as having done the Lantra small and large game course via the NGO which gives you a hunter number allowing you to sell into the human food chain following inspection. It is no different to what we have always done, hanging game up to cool as soon as it is shot in braces, discarding game you would not eat yourself and ensuring it is cooled to 4 c or below at the end of the day and not allowed to warm up. If it is deer the only difference is cool to 7 c - but if you have a larder and set it to 4 then you are covered either way and the venison does not mind being cooler. It is such a load of ******** - I reckon pretty much everyone on here is perfectly capable through experience of handling and sorting game of all sorts. Possibly some have not done the deer but it does not take long to learn a few specifics and is not much different to rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbower Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Wish we had some wild rabbits. (Cheshire). Non in the fields, roadsides , no roadkill. RHD2 wiped them out . Very rare around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 £2.50 for a rabbit gutted but not skinned at my local raw dog food supplies, £1.50 a pigeon, even tree rats are £1.30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spurs 14 Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 26/12/2019 at 06:18, washerboy said: £2.50 for a rabbit gutted but not skinned at my local raw dog food supplies, £1.50 a pigeon, even tree rats are £1.30 £1-50 for a pigeon don’t think I’ve ever seen that sort of money before , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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