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socal2 says

Patrick says

Rabbits are quite edible. Just sayin.

They can also carry Bubonic plague in California!

I think that is why the coyotes and owls leave the rabbits alone (at least on my street) and eat our pets instead.

We lost 2 of our indoor/outdoor cats when we moved here. Now cat #3 is strictly indoors.

I wouldn't touch a rabbit. My game meat only goes to deer (venison), bison and elk.

Even if they were good and didn't have the plague, you'd have to kill 3-4 to get a meal. Unless you have master knife work, you're looking at probably an hour plus to skin them to the meat. With the other animals I mention it takes longer, but you can fill an entire freezer that will last 3-12 months. So I'm out on rabbits.

WookieMan says

Just watched a live Edgar Winter Frankenstein cover I did. I need to get those chops back. Played the percussion and drum part in the solo. One of the hardest covers I did

One of my old bands used to cover Frankenstein. I was the keyboard player. I had the synth parts nailed, and it would blow people's minds when the "mothership landing" part kicked in. The drummer in the band was a monster - veteran of Broadway, Reno, you name it and he'd played it. Good times.

That thing probably has rabies too!

I got my backyard under control since I have a fence and can plink them with my Daisy pellet gun. But I can't safely shoot in the front yard without freaking out neighbors. The rabbit shit-balls and urine really burn up my grass and they come back to the same patch over and over again making it impossible for the grass to grow back.

Looks pretty healthy to me.

Cooking should kill off plague, which is very rare anyway. Worst case, antibiotics are very effective at curing all forms of plague.