On Jun 24, 10:01*pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article , "Walter R." wrote:
I am plagued by hordes of rabbits. They eat everything in sight, especially
tender shoots and newly planted stuff. When they get desperate they will
even eat my Red Apple iceplant.
[...]

And no, I do not want to cook them. During the depression my wife and I
collected road-kill rabbits and cooked them for supper. During the war (WW
II Germany) *we bred them by the hundreds in our backyard and turned them
into sausage. Fortunately we no longer have a need for such desperate
measures.

If you're anywhere near Indianapolis, I will be happy to take all the fresh
rabbit carcasses you can give me. I think rabbit is very tasty. We used to
live in a rural area about 15 miles outside Indianapolis, and I hunted our
property regularly. Haven't had a taste of wild rabbit since we moved to the
city ten years ago, and I miss it.

My father in law put chicken wire around the bottom of his fence to
keep them out. When this didnt work he cut openings in the chicken
wire with traps behind the openings. I ate rabbit stew at his house
more than a few times.


Jimmie