Author Topic: Any danger in eating Cottontails?......... (Read 901 times)

WNC · « **on:** November 16, 2004, 02:19:46 PM »

I mean other than any of the other game animals?... A friend told me something about Tularemia (if I heard him right) that rabbits can get and that is a hazard to people. He wasn't exactly sure so I thought I'd ask.
Any ideas on this one?

Thanks

savageT · « **Reply #1 on:** November 16, 2004, 03:13:33 PM »

Here's what I found on-line. http://www.beaglesunlimited.net/rabbithunting_tularemia.htm

Jim

WD45 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:11:37 AM »

SavageT..
Thanks for the link.. It was very informative. I have always heard about what we call rabbit fever.... Now I actually know what it is :grin:

HipShot · « **Reply #3 on:** November 18, 2004, 12:32:57 PM »

Check the liver for white spots. I also open the stomach to see if they've been eating hemlock, if there's any growing in the vicinity.

WNC · « **Reply #4 on:** November 19, 2004, 04:08:36 PM »

Thanks for the information

daddywpb · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2004, 12:05:56 PM »

Yep, always check the liver. In 30 years of rabbit hunting I've never seen a bad one, but you never know. I always wear gloves when dressing them.