Dressing a rabbit

[bigzombie12]

So you can do tht on youtube but you i cant? Wtf!!!!

[fhqwgads2]

Good God. That was like watching Martin Yan quarter a chicken! Thanks for the demo.

[freeheretic111]

Thank your for this wonderful video. A friend of mine and I are talking about learning how to hunt, skin, and cook rabbit mostly for the experience and know-how if we ever experience a social-collapse here in the American Pacific Northwest.

[doomdoser92]

guessyour not into the pelt or trinket buisness heh?

[czarandmaeve]

I think you have done this a few times before

[chuckbyf1]

I hope if that's a granite countertop that it's well sealed. Pourous you know.

[drs2100]

Anyone who chooses rabbit is absolutely right. Rabbit meat is low-fat, easily digestible and has a relatively low content of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol. Recent research by the Vakgroep Dierlijke Productie of the University of Ghent shows that rabbit meat has an average fat content of 8.8%. This is good news. Food experts use a value of 10% as the limit between low-fat and fat meat types. Rabbit meat is clearly under that limit.

[TamrynRimfire]

Great Vid weldone 5/5

Tam

[huskinsonjr]

Now I didn't just see that guy discard the hide.

[Tracysotto]

Constavlos STFU. Your an idiot.

[imjustachillin]

Do I need a Licence to trap them?

After you catch & kill the Rabbit. Do you need to slit the neck open to let blood out?

As they do with Pigs.

How Do I know they are safe to eat? Free from myxomatosis and the like.

Do they need to hang up for a set amount of time, or is fresh the best time?

[jesusluvsme12345]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww, butt i wonder how rabbit taste like?

[bluecloud434ever]

i bought a fresh rabbit from walmart here in canada. love to taste it once... i wish i like it

[blackpowerkid87]

: O

[Constavlos]

i suppose if some people eat dogs, i guess rabbits aren't much of a stones throw away from that :/

[ukrabbiter]

@Constavlos wild rabbits are nothing like dogs (as a food source) they are game, like pheasant, pigeon, duck, etc. that people eat everyday

[Constavlos]

@ukrabbiter

if it moves...it's game. it's just the first world that find the right to rate some species above others, with no reason behind it whatsoever. and yes, you're right, dog... infact any [other] meat is more nutritious than rabbit.

[ukrabbiter]

@Constavlos Try researching your facts... Game is a food source that requires skill, strategy, luck, or a combination of these to bag the food source. Farmed animals don't require these techniques, so aren't game, and it's nothing to do with class.

And... rabbit is more nutritious than skinless chicken breast (one of the most popular eaten meats)

[Constavlos]

@ukrabbiter

like i said "game", exactly. though i'm pretty sure rabbit meat demineralizes your digestive system. look it up. it costs the body more vitamins to process rabbit, than the meat actually gives. plus it's meat, the human digestive system is more acidic than it is alkaline, which make digesting 'meat' even more difficult and stressful on the body. so chicken is healthier than rabbit, even with all the steroids and antibiotics.

[chuckbyf1]

@Constavlos I seriously doubt that. That earns you a proper "bullshit!".

[chuckbyf1]

@Constavlos Dogs are meat eaters. Something to consider for health reasons. Rabbits aren't.

[smoggstah13]

If you can keep the skin and fur as in tact as possible, you can train your hounds and maybe even a smaller dog, though it would take much much longer.

[XpanderXT]

Hi, I do a lot of rabbit hunting in the US. We have a good quantity of rabbits and hares. I would however never dare clean one in my kitchen because they are loaded with fleas. Are fleas a problem with the rabbits and hares in the UK?

If so, are you doing something to pre-clean them before bringing them into the kitchen?

thanks

[Kriswixx]

i'd like to see a video of the process of drying the pelts and making them usable.. thanks!

[myway43]

hi UK, I was watching this video on your site. God site too by the way. I have a question. When you are inspecting the liver what are you looking for? I know there are certain iseases and all, but could you explain exactly what to look for? Thanks. I am trying to get my son to go out and do some serious air rifle hunting w/ me. He thinks I am a wuss because I want to use an air rfle.

[ukrabbiter]

checking the liver for lumps, white spots, and discolouration (a healthy liver shows signs of a healthy rabbit)

If I'm not happy with the liver, the rabbit is petfood ;)

an air rifle takes a lot more skill than a bullet rifle or shotgun, because you have to get within range to make the shot count ;)

[ketay88]

what do you do with the head and fur?

[ukrabbiter]

the head goes to the ferret

the fur becomes toys/training toys for my dogs

[kwackaboy]

Excellent video, bloody site quicker than how I've been doing it.

[GIjohnpaul]

I feel like such a wuss sometimes. Im trying to get into hunting but want to learn how to field dress. I have a weak stomach and not that much experience, was it difficult your first few times gettin dirty with blood and diggin out organs? Will i get used to it or not?

[McGuireInK]

Nice vid mate! First one I've seen that actually addresses checking the organs! If you get a chance do you think you could do another vid with a bit more detail about what to look for...good/bad difference? :)

[Captb55806]

There is a difference between Pet Rabbit and Wild Rabbit. Wild Rabbit where meet for Food.

[yoteecoyote]

Thank you! My dog nabbed a rabbit. I didn't want it to go to waste, but I've never dressed a rabbit before. This helped me know what to expect. :3

[dohboiii]

u throw away the furr???? but not the head o.0 lol

[ukrabbiter]

i only keep the fur if I have a use for it

the head goes to the ferrets

[PowerPickle2]

at least your not afraid to get your hands a little dirty GOOD EATS

[Zayne285]

i hope you burn in hell.

[ukrabbiter]

Nice grown up comment ;)

[Zayne285]

i have a pet rabbit >:(

[ukrabbiter]

so do millions of others, I've kept pet rabbits myself, this is a wild rabbit being prepared for the pot

[elementsk8r1873]

y ?

[ukrabbiter]

erm... because you can't eat it with the fur on

[elementsk8r1873]

no i said y to some 1 cuz he told u to go to hell

lol

[infomaster4]

now make it into a hat

[4770589]

you have no idea how hard it is to find a video on how to do this!!! Thank you...

[h3akalee]

Hello Andy.

Is it me or has the rabbit population up and around the outskirt's of mixenden totally vanished ?

Did ya kill em all haha.

Do you know any good spots ?

Seem's rabbit population is slowly fading away everwhere in the U.K.

[ukrabbiter]

They haven't totally vanished, but there are a few airgunners raiding the land that i've had sole permission on for years, and are hammering the wildlife.

The locals report sightings to the police, and I've had the armed response visit me while on my permissions twice in the past 3 months because of the armed trespassers

hope they get caught and get the full 5yrs inside, then the wildlife will be able to recover to a healthy state again that will provide a good bounty for legal hunters.

[flower150]

Looks like its been shot with a 12 gauge slug!

[ukrabbiter]

it was caught by my lurcher

[flower150]

Most dogs got lots of teeth. What's this got, just one great big tooth? LOL. Good vid

[ukrabbiter]

One tooth can't produce 4 bruises like that lol

Thanx ;)

[1drjoyce1]

you got to be a flatlander

[ukrabbiter]

what's a flatlander? lol

[hotboy123456789]

dat waz da 1st time i seen dat dun, brutal. pro tho lol

[boss351freak]

thats some beautiful fur.. to bad it went to waste! :P how was the rabbit?

[ukrabbiter]

the fur didn't go to waste, it became dog toys

the rabbit was delicious (as always) lol

[blackjet22]

great vidz helped me out alot. keep up the good work

[FloydofOz]

Do you ever save the fur. If so, could you please do a video on how to preserve the fur? Maybe some recipes too?!

I really enjoyed this. It was very informative. Thank you.

[kraythe]

Why waste the fur? It makes good earmuffs. =)

[jackland11]

wow... you are so fast lol

it takes me like 8 mins

dull knife i say!!

[ukrabbiter]

erm... I did it slowly for the video LOL

[t1i1q1u1e]

that was clearly not slow.

[richard2mitchell]

nice

[qwerty999110]

im guessing you have done this many times before-you left your watch on

[babalooga12]

wow...no gloves?

[mxf7010g8k]

hey thats what they did to me in the hospital xcept for taking my skin off.they had my guts out of me laying next to me.the thought of it makes me kinda sick.but i can skin a deer,rabbit, or squirrel witrh no problems

[rippanation]

That was definetly a proessional job, when i was a kid and my dad was still alive he would give me 50 pence for every rabbit i helped him skin lol, watching this brought back a lot of good memories and also put me in the mood for some rabbit stew lol.

[morgasm657]

why dont you paunch it in the field, i wouldnt leave the guts in for longer than neccessary, and is your lurcher hard mouthed or does it just have a really hard strike?

[ukrabbiter]

it depends where I get the rabbits from to whether I paunch in the field

and when I got this particular one (5 min walk from my house) I thought I'd show the whole process on here ;)

[morgasm657]

fair enough, i had to bring back a bunch a couple weeks ago, all unpaunched bout 15 of them, did it in my garden, not pleasant. lol :)

[flower150]

hello ukrabbiter, Before I start skinning I prefer to squeeze between the rabbit's legs to empty the bladder. Looking at your video again there seems to be a lot of messing about after you have got the skin off. For what must be the ultimate skinning and paunching video have a look at:

THE BEST WAY TO SKIN OF A RABBIT by 9999999990000000

He's really slick!

[nibbler125]

u skinned it pretty quick

[Rifleman50AE]

um thats hardcore lol!

[EsotericDesi]

LOL! You're good at rabbit skinning..!

[PewpewFighter]

Not so much meat on it. :(

[beefnliver]

You took off his little sweater.

[jacktownsend]

Sorry i've got say but that rabbit looks well too bruised, i think id have just left it. I shoot with an aigun and i do one shot to the head im not bragging all im saying is its not bruised in any way you have ruined the meat, good tip hang the rabbit if its bruised so the blood rushes to his head less bruising 24 hours!

hope ive helped someone JT

[ukrabbiter]

Sorry, but this was caught by my lurcher. I also shoot an air rifle, and 99% of the time they are headshots to prevent damage to the meat.

[rezzoro]

u got mucho skills

excellent job on that

[dereknadin]

Many thanks, I will try your way. I always slit from the belly and struggled !

[greenteen85]

NO TWO PEOPLE DO IT THE SAME WAY W T F!!!

[cujomojo2007]

Brilliant, very quick. I prefer to do it the other way round, gut then skin. I don't run the knife all the way down the belly either, just a small nick then in with the fingers.

[snomis2006]

thanks pal good way of putting it, nice and easy. thanks

[Str8eningTheCurves]

interesting...but not the way we rabbit hunters in the states do it.

Thanks for sharing.

[rlm4n13]

Hey is there another way to dress a rabbit that fast and at the same time get the pelt from it? and the meat? thank you for the video!

[0Doc0]

heres a wee trick, if you break the neck hang the rabbit upside down so the blood flows down into the neck and head area. It will then congeal making it cleaner to cut etc. cool vid tho.

ps have it upside down for atleast 1/2 an hour.

[MICHAELREECEBALISONG]

well I am afraid of getting hairs all over it when I pull the skin apart

[azhunter9]

Thanks for the info!

[hillbillydelux87]

damn your good that was fast

[VicFirthrolltide22]

Thanks man, this really helped because I am a beginner in all forms of hunting and I am trying to gain as much knowledge as I can so Rabbit and Squirrel hunting will become a lot easier when it comes into the kitchen.

[QualityCabbage]

So, just a simple cut across the back, put your fingers in, pull apart and you can basically skin it in a couple of seconds?

For some reason I thought skinning it would be difficult - obviously not.

[mikallang]

just one question. when you inspect the liver are you looking for something specific?

[ukrabbiter]

the liver will be discoloured or have white spots/lumps if it has worms/tumors/etc

checking the liver is a simple way of checking it's fit for human consumption

[mikallang]

ah ok. thank you :)

[redeyesthe20th]

aww you ruined a perfect hide man. tan andd saving em and you can make a nice coat with all of them some day.

[farmingmad]

gd job i go lamping with my bsa lightnig but when i am doing the rabbit i gut it then skin it. i will give ur way ago cheers gd video

[ukrabbiter]

No, my lurcher caught it ;)

[itsybear]

Good explanations and full start to finish video, can't ask for much more. I would feel pretty confident in cleaning a rabbit after watching your video. Thanks

[mobunnyslayer]

I always wear latex gloves when dressing wild rabbits. Don't want to catch tularemia.

[alianchild]

good vid, cheers

[chiprommel]

hey great video, i like the text, really cleared alot of questions i had up, danke!

[jl2box]

you made look so easy ! thanks for the vid!

[strandneuker]

great job!

[1Equinox1]

thanks for the great demonstration. i've always wanted to know how dressing a rabbit is done because i hope to go hunting for them in the future with my new air rifle.its a weihrauch hw99s. what do you use to kill them ,thanks.

[ukrabbiter]

I use a .22 Falcon Raptor FN19 precharged air rifle

[fruityblack]

I admire anyone that can clean their own rabbit, fish, whatever, I just don't have the balls to do it lol!

[CrusaderZim]

Definately the best way to dress a rabbit. Other meathods are dirty and slow. Well done, mate.

Kind Regards,

Michael, Kansas, USA

[pemberton213]

good vid mate and may i suggest gutting it in the feild its a lot less messy but anyway nice keep em coming

[philipnorton22]

very helpfull vid. thanks!

[phoenix1916]

first class!!! used to do this all the time been ages now, nobody hardly ever eats them anymore, such a shame great meat

[KAPichon]

Well i dunno about UK rabbits or anywhere els but i grew up in the southern states an my mother always soaked the rabbits i killed in milk over night, the enzymes in the milk draw out the blood an wild taste. Plant rye grass if you want to lure rabbits to a certain area.

[keljackson]

Excellent video and fantastic, clean job cleaning the rabbit.

-Kel

[Mojosbigstick]

Interesting - but he'll ruin the finish on his kitchen work surface if he keeps chopping on it. Use a chopping board.

[ukrabbiter]

that's why I use secateurs ;)

[bbbvvv312]

Nice video. Good job.

[hillrhi]

what is the best way to bait a rabbit ? and what should i use any help wud be greatful

[ukrabbiter]

Sorry for the delay in replying

I've never baited rabbits, as food is always available for them, I find learning their habits & feeding times is the best way

[pemberton213]

iv'e got a good tip for baiting them-you will need a hide- learn there feeding and outing times then place one or two corn on the cobs about 7 foot from there warren about 20 mins before there normal feeding times then get into your hide and wait

[minkerrguy]

Thank you so much for this demonstration, you may not have known it, but posting this is a God-send to those of us new to hunting bunnies.

[schwinn13]

Very informative video...What do you do with the fur, head and feat? Do you sell them? If so, how do you prepare them?

[funkyspacemonkey]

fantastic

[ukrabbiter]

I check the liver for tumours (white spots & lumps)

[krysks04]

That practice too ...

[brjwsk]

ukrabbiter. A very good video and very helpful, one thing though for the novice, exactly what are we inspecting the liver for! How would you know if something was wrong! Would love an answer if possible. Thanks

[ukrabbiter]

I check the liver for tumours (white spots & lumps)

A clean liver shows if the rabbit is in good health, if it has white spots, I feed the rabbit to the ferrets or dogs

[brjwsk]

ukrabbiter Many thanks for the reply, Ive been lucky enough to get a shoot and dont want to waste anything I may manage to bag! Its been a long time since I skinned a rabbit. Again thanks

[ryanaowens]

good vid, quite helpful

[meutubeaccount]

wow... ive took a rabbits head clean off with a 50 caliber Anti material sniper rifle, but haven't done that with a rabbit yet....

[deportmexico]

A chef told me that steak could be greatly improved by embedding it in crushed ice for 4 hours, to draw out the blood from the meat. This might work for rabbit. I tried fried rabbit (in the style of American southern fried chicken) and it was so much better than chicken. They were white red-eyed farm rabbits grain fed. Wild rabbits have to be seriously marinated and tenderized. I tried one I shot with a bb gun, it had to be vigorously tenderized and was not the best.

[ukrabbiter]

Farm bred rabbits are usally New Zealand Whites or Giant English Whites. I used to breed these for the pot, but they don't have the gamey taste of a wild rabbit.

Wild rabbits themselves have different tastes, a young rabbit will roast well, but an old buck is tough and is best for a stew.

[vitr1ol]

i draw the blood out by soaking in salty water for a few hours, usually over night.

[deportmexico]

re: running rabbit. A rifle can do it but it would be hard. Have you used bait (like dog food or commercial bait products) to occupy the rabbits while you get a bead to shoot them?

[ukrabbiter]

In 20yrs I have shot 1 running rabbit with the air rifle.

I've never needed to bait rabbits as they are so numerous.

[mylittlesister2]

oooo... (city type) I could have bought and eaten 2 Mc Donalds in that time! ... you haven't even cooked it yet!... only jokeing... nice work... not sure I could do it myself though!

[phantomgetu]

Hello,

Thanks for the great instruction. What should I be looking (other than the obvious) for to ensure that I am not eating a "bad" rabbit ?

[japaneseDREAM]

The best dressing a rabbit instruction on the entire internet. An infinity thumbs up.

[Anniebmice]

My husband and I have been discussing raising meat rabbits for ourselves and friends, but have been unsure about the whole dressing part. This is an excellent instructional video! Just a quick question... the books and info on various websites instruct you to bleed the carcass first. I didn't see you do that. Is this a wild rabbit, or one you raised for meat?

[ukrabbiter]

This is a wild rabbit

They taste much better than bred/farmed rabbits

When they are shot, they soon bleed themselves ;)

[97silverlude]

Thanks for the video.

[adamedner]

Wow, this usualy takes me about 15 minutes. Good job.

[joewasere]

nice 1 m8 and can u tell me wats best for rabbit a shotgun or rifle cheers!

[ukrabbiter]

A rifle allows a single headshot, leaving the meat unharmed, but is pretty useless on a moving target.

A shotgun will stop a running rabbit in its tracks, but can leave shot in the meat.

[No1NUT]

great vid, I wont show the wife just yet..lol....till I get my gun anyway.

[johnscouserwillo]

brilliant guide

a great help

[davejcno1]

just wondering why you did;t gut in the field when out hunting. i dig a hole and bury guts bofore coming home less mess at home to deal with.good video thou

[ukrabbiter]

If I'd have gut it in the field, there wouldn't have been a video :D

[fiftythings]

Thank you for this step by step. Very well done.

[lordphobus]

Thanks so much. New hunter here, this was a great video.

[alexplosive818]

Great Video.. Im getting ready for a rabbit hunt soon and I never dressed a rabbit before.

[ukrabbiter]

This is a step-by-step instructional video of dressing a rabbit for the pot