Watch out for blow flies though. It is tuly amazing how quickly they will find a carcass. I have walked up a just shot rabbit (at some range) to find it covered in flies when I've got there (in warm weather though).
Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23956 Location: under some rain.
Posted: Wed May 25, 05 11:02 pm Post subject:
Ughhh, blow flies don't hatch for about two days so you should be OK, don't fancy testing that theory though.
Hmm...I had a colleague whose husband was a keeper. One night he was out rabbitting using her car and forgot to tell her. Two days later, her car full of bunnies was black with flies!
Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23956 Location: under some rain.
Posted: Wed May 25, 05 11:25 pm Post subject:
Madman wrote:
Hmm...I had a colleague whose husband was a keeper. One night he was out rabbitting using her car and forgot to tell her. Two days later, her car full of bunnies was black with flies!
I think he tried to get away with leaving it there a lot longer! The life cycle of a green bottle from egg to adult fly is 3-5weeks
There used to be rows and rows of rabbits, hanging in their skins, in the Grainger Market in Newcastle. They hung there all day, little bags on their heads to stop the dripping.
Can's see hanging them for a bit in their skins being a problem, nor would keeping them cold be an issue. A better question would be whether you'd be happy with a rabbit in the skin being in the fridge (but I assume you're talking a cold box while out and about?).
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 25795 Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism
Posted: Thu May 26, 05 11:17 am Post subject:
cab wrote:
I assume you're talking a cold box while out and about?
I would keep them in a cold box in the back of a car while at work as a collegue may be able to give me a couple. So they will have to last about 12 hours but they will have a couple of ice packs.
I'll wait for comments along the lines of "when I was a lad we used to bring in whole stags and leave them under the desk" etc.
Dunno about stags, but many years ago I worked in an office, and used to bring in coolboxes to sell the fruits of my labours. What is the going rate now, TD?
I used to wipe them with a clean, vinegar-soaked rag once they'd been paunched and skinned. They'd hang happily in the larder for two or three days and keep for a week in the fridge. The vinegar seems to keep the flies at bay if your larder isn't completely fly-proof and stops the bitterness if you've got any major bruising.
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