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I was walking the dog down the local town park this morning. She's a lurcher and was doing her usual of licking her lips and pining every time we saw a rabbit. It made me think that if she was off her lead and caught one of the rabbits, would it be ok to skin, cook and eat it? Is a townie rabbit going to taste different to a country rabbit? Their diets can't be that different as most rabbits I see in town are eating grass and not left over chips and kebab etc like the usual scavengers.
Prob better fed than meat you buy!!!
I have two words to put you off the idea. Condom & Used.
Isn't hunting with dogs illegal?
>Their diets can't be that different as most rabbits I see in town are eating grass and not left over chips and kebab etc like the usual scavengers.<
Congratulations - you've answred your own question.
Isn't hunting with dogs illegal?
It was a hypothetical question about eating urban rabbits. 🙄
If your lurcher did catch one what condition would it be in? Might be like eating the left overs of a dog's dinner....
grum - MemberIsn't hunting with dogs illegal?
Not in Scotland I don't think. Only England and Wales.
jon1973 - MemberIt was a hypothetical question about eating urban rabbits.
Exactly!
tiger_roach - MemberIf your lurcher did catch one what condition would it be in? Might be like eating the left overs of a dog's dinner....
She would drop it if I told her.
I agree that the idea of eating a rabbit that survived on a diet of left-over kebab, fried chicken boxes, used condoms and stale, beery vomit would be highly unappealling.
I also agree that urban rabbits have higher standards than that.
I also agree that hunting rabbits with your lurcher is probably illegal. As I understand it, it is OK to get the lurcher to flush out the rabbits, where they can be killed in the open by a giant owl. As long as you've got a giant owl I'd say there isn't a problem here.
my giant owl died after eating an urban used condom 🙁
What if I don't have a giant owl, but I do have a dwarf owl that's a proper nutter?
i saw a guy selling rabbits at a busy road intersection and traffic lights just outside cheltenham, bit different to offering to clean your windscreen, but i declined
[i]my giant owl died after eating an urban used condom [/i]
bird AIDS?
If the dwarf owl is up to the job there's nothing to prevent it from a legal point of view.
[i]i saw a guy selling rabbits at a busy road intersection and traffic lights just outside cheltenham, bit different to offering to clean your windscreen, but i declined [/i]
Yeah, you miserable s0d, I'm just trying to earn a living...
We've eaten a pheasant that my dog caught. Brought it home, skinned it, pan seared and then casserole'd it with cider and shallots. Now that's good eating. Even let Max (the dog) have a little as he caught it.
I usually leave the rabbits though, figure a fox will eat them.
[i]We've eaten a pheasant that my dog caught. Brought it home, skinned it, pan seared and then casserole'd [/i]
you didn't hang it for a week or so...are you mad? 😯
I can't see my Lurcher passing ground commands to an Owl. She is far to up herself and is not a team player.
I can't see my Lurcher passing ground commands to an Owl. She is far to up herself and is not a team player.
You need a small monkey jockey on her back to do it for her then.
now ya talkin!!
MrGrim - Member"grum - Member
Isn't hunting with dogs illegal? "
Not in Scotland I don't think. Only England and Wales.
its illegal in the same useless full of loopholes way in Scotland as well
lol at the proper nutter dwarf owl 😆
Isn't hunting with dogs illegal?
Yes or no in this case - rabbits aren't protected as they're vermin
you didn't hang it for a week or so...are you mad?
Yeah I did read about that, I was just a little worried as there was a bit of a wound and didn't know if that would be a problem when left hanging for a week - maggots getting in or anything.
It was very tasty still.
SkillWill - MemberIt was very tasty still.
Even without the maggots?
From what my Dad tells me, pheasants area a bugger to pluck unless you hang them first.
molgrips - MemberFrom what my Dad tells me, pheasants area a bugger to pluck unless you hang them first.
Does that make you a pheasant pluckers son?
they aint ready till the first ones dropped!
We didn't bother plucking it - found a vid online showing how to skin it:
[url= http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/homefeature/166414/How_to_skin_a_pheasant__video.html ]Shooting Times[/url]
uplink - its more complex than that - yo need the landowners permission and there are several other hurdles IIRC
hurdles would make the chase more challenging
you have to ask a lawnmower, then jump under hurdles?
would the hurdles be small and favour the rabbits or a bit larger to aid the lurcher?
The monkey jockeys might require some training in correct lurcher hurdling technique as well don't forget.
I don't have a giant owl,
neither do I, but I do have a giant towel, which sounds like the same thing.
I've chowed down on rat a few times now. Never a city rat though always nice fresh country rats. Don't think I would eat a city rat.
is it a large towel or a towel most commonly owned by a giant?
[i]is it a large towel or a towel most commonly owned by a giant[/i]
He said giant towel, not giant's towel. Tut 🙄
For information, the most common owl in this country is the Teet
Not the SimonC?
Mine was bad, that was terrible...