How to Slaughter, Skin, Gut, and Butcher a Meat Rabbit. Clean and process a rabbit.

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[Triple-sod]

Great video, I love rabbit, and its some of the most abundant, easy to get and butcher meat there is in the wild.

[Klayton]

Thanks for sharing the video.

A couple questions: Do you not make more of an effort when separating the vent to not contaminate the meat? Also, he said he saves the hides. Anybody know how to treat a hide for perhaps coat making later?

Thanks again for sharing the video.

~Klayton

[Triple-sod]

The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency says;

Curing

I use a method which is part mechanical and part chemical to
cure sheep-skins, fox skins, and especially rabbit skins, which
come up beautifully. The end product is a cross between
rawhide and leather.

Wash your animal skin well in warm water and then rinse
it in a weak borax solution. Then soak it in a solution of
sulphuric acid made by mixing lib (0.5 kg) ofsaltwithlgallon
(4.5 litres) of water and pouring in i ounce (14 g) of concentrated
sulphuric acid. Don't throw the water onto the acid
or you may lose your eyes and spoil your beauty.

After three days and nights take the skin out and rinse it in
water and then in a weak borax solution. If you put it in the
washing machine and let it churn about for an hour or two so
much the better (after you have washed the acid out of it of
course). Next hang it up and let it half dry.

Take it down and rub oil or fat into the flesh side and work
it. Scrape it and pull it about. Pulling it with both hands backwards
and forwards over the back of a chair is a good method.

Leave it hanging over a chair and pull it about every time
you go past. Rub more fat in from time to time. It will become
quite soft and as good as tanned leather.

[dilli]

Thanks for sharing the video.
Also, he said he saves the hides. Anybody know how to treat a hide for perhaps coat making later?

Thanks again for sharing the video.

~Klayton

i just wash them good and then hang stretched on a wall to dry... have tried salt method of it n it does not work near as well as natural does.. on a larger hide perhaps it may work better using salt

when ready to tan wash and start the tanning process

[arcangel911]

Although I plan on having plenty of rabbits in the future.... I have always wondered how to kill, skin and eat them....

Excellent video, thank you.

[Monel]

Actually, If you don't care about the pelt you can just pull the skin off easily. No knife required.

[crossbow]

don't give them any water the day before butchering and the sack won't be so full,

[Klayton]

any comments on my other question????

I was always in the understanding that more care is taken when cutting the vent loose, not just letting it fall into the body cavity to be removed later.... :confused:

[Matt In Oklahoma]

The only thing I can say is wash it thoroughly. I ve eaten many a gut shot critter with no issues of contamination ever.

[Triple-sod]

any comments on my other question????

I was always in the understanding that more care is taken when cutting the vent loose, not just letting it fall into the body cavity to be removed later.... :confused:

I dunno, I’d never even heard of the vent lol usually just slit the belly then give the guts a good tug.

[jackburton]

Triple-sod, the vent area is the reproductive organs and bum area (boy/girl parts :o).

Klayton- I don't raise bunnies but I rabbit hunt and pretty much follow the steps in the video. I use a knife and don't hang the rabbit because it's so small and easy to handle. If for some reason when I'm field dressing it I nick something or I had a poor shot (more often then not) I just process it completely before heading home (break it down by removing the skin, quater it, remove the back straps, rinse the meet with water and bury the fur with the organs).

A little hunting tip for future rabbit hunters which might make bagging more then one rabbit a touch easier. Once you shoot your first bunny of the day cut a small hole in one of the hocks and slip a carabiner through it and hook the carabiner to your belt. The weights on your belt and your hands are free to use a 10/22 (perfect rabbit gun). At the end of the day then you unhook and field dress or process the rabbit before you head home.

[Lowdown3]

IMO, people make a bigger deal about tieing off the vent areas than need be.

The bladder is a little sack and even when really full, with the rabbit hanging, you can pinch off the top of the sack and cut above it. Do that and you won't see any pee pee on the carcass.

[Triple-sod]

Thats the only way I've ever know.