Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be
a cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off
everytime I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the
gardens. The past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of
damage in the garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in
the vegetable including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I
sprinkled a healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to
discourage it before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot
of DH's sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I
have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little
bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?

In article >,
~patches~ > wrote:

> Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be
> a cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off
> everytime I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the
> gardens. The past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of
> damage in the garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in
> the vegetable including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I
> sprinkled a healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to
> discourage it before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot
> of DH's sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I
> have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little
> bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?

There are a number of ways to prepare bunny.
My personal favorite is southern fried...
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

On Thu 16 Mar 2006 11:30:43a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ~patches~?

> Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be
> a cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off
> everytime I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the
> gardens. The past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of
> damage in the garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in
> the vegetable including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I
> sprinkled a healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to
> discourage it before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot
> of DH's sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I
> have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little
> bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?

Aw, but they're so cute!

I used to like Hasenpfeffer until I had a pet rabbit.

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
28.19...
> On Thu 16 Mar 2006 11:30:43a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ~patches~?
>
>> Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be
>> a cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off
>> everytime I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the
>> gardens. The past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of
>> damage in the garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in
>> the vegetable including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I
>> sprinkled a healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to
>> discourage it before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot
>> of DH's sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I
>> have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little
>> bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>
> Aw, but they're so cute!

So are deer, except that some of them also need to die before my garden gets
going this season.

~patches~ wrote:
> Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. [snip] I
> have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little
> bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?

I don't know if this particular bunny would be a good choice. But this
link is to a good recipe for Rabbit with Mustard Sauce, a classic, and
delicious. -aem

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/re...s/views/101107

Why not contact your local animal shelter, borrow a humane trap, and
catch him? He probably was a pet, and should be given a proper home
somewhere!

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article >,
> ~patches~ > wrote:
>
>
>>Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be
>>a cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off
>>everytime I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the
>>gardens. The past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of
>>damage in the garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in
>>the vegetable including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I
>>sprinkled a healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to
>>discourage it before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot
>>of DH's sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I
>>have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little
>>bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>
>
> There are a number of ways to prepare bunny.
> My personal favorite is southern fried...

The trap is going in tonight so if all goes well, I might just be
looking for bunny recipes

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Thu 16 Mar 2006 11:30:43a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ~patches~?
>
>
>>Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be
>>a cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off
>>everytime I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the
>>gardens. The past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of
>>damage in the garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in
>>the vegetable including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I
>>sprinkled a healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to
>>discourage it before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot
>>of DH's sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I
>>have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little
>>bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>
>
> Aw, but they're so cute!

Yeah, they are really cute until they start feasting on your garden.
All that time and effort will be down the tubes and your reward is a fat
grinning rabbit running around your yard. Nope the thing has to go and
the sooner the better!

>
> I used to like Hasenpfeffer until I had a pet rabbit.
>

Mary wrote:

> Why not contact your local animal shelter, borrow a humane trap, and
> catch him? He probably was a pet, and should be given a proper home
> somewhere!
>

Our human society rents the humane traps for less than we can buy one.
I'm using my neighbours. The only proper home this little bugger
deserves is in my tummy at the moment. I'll calm down and will more
than likely do a release but right now I'm a little ticked off!

Mary wrote:
> Why not contact your local animal shelter, borrow a humane trap, and
> catch him? He probably was a pet, and should be given a proper home
> somewhere!

A good idea, assuming your local shelter says they deal with rabbits.

Meanwhile, here's a link to pictures of different kinds of rabbits. My
guess is yours is a cottontail. This website also has a long list of
recipes. -aem

http://rabbithuntingonline.com/rabbits.htm

"~patches~" > wrote in message
...
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Thu 16 Mar 2006 11:30:43a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> ~patches~?
>>
>>
>>>Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be a
>>>cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off everytime
>>>I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the gardens. The
>>>past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of damage in the
>>>garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in the vegetable
>>>including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I sprinkled a
>>>healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to discourage it
>>>before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot of DH's
>>>sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I have no
>>>choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little bugger
>>>into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>>
>>
>> Aw, but they're so cute!
>
> Yeah, they are really cute until they start feasting on your garden. All
> that time and effort will be down the tubes and your reward is a fat
> grinning rabbit running around your yard. Nope the thing has to go and
> the sooner the better!

$100 will get you a nice, quiet pellet rifle that's accurate enough for
about 300 feet. Bye bye bunny.

~patches~ wrote:

> Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be
> a cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off
> everytime I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the
> gardens. The past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of
> damage in the garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in
> the vegetable including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I
> sprinkled a healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to
> discourage it before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot
> of DH's sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I
> have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little
> bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?

If it is that friendly, why not catch it and put it in a cage?
If you want to cook it, kill it, gut it and skin it. Cut it into serving
pieces, dredge in flour, brown it in fat, add the usually veggies for a
stew.

"~patches~" > wrote in message
...
> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> ~patches~ > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be a
>>>cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off everytime
>>>I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the gardens. The
>>>past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of damage in the
>>>garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in the vegetable
>>>including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I sprinkled a
>>>healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to discourage it
>>>before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot of DH's
>>>sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I have no
>>>choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little bugger
>>>into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>>
>>
>> There are a number of ways to prepare bunny.
>> My personal favorite is southern fried...
>
> The trap is going in tonight so if all goes well, I might just be looking
> for bunny recipes

What bait has worked for you in the past? I tried veggies last year, but the
rabbits thought "What is he..****in' stoopid? We've got vegetables on the
outside of the trap!"

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>
> > bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>
> Aw, but they're so cute!
>
> I used to like Hasenpfeffer until I had a pet rabbit.

Rabbit is one thing I never had at home when I was a kid. My father was raised
on rabbit ranch during the depression and ate so much rabbit that he never
wanted to eat rabbit again.

On Thu 16 Mar 2006 12:44:17p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ~patches~?

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Thu 16 Mar 2006 11:30:43a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> ~patches~?
>>
>>
>>>Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be
>>>a cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off
>>>everytime I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the
>>>gardens. The past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of
>>>damage in the garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in
>>>the vegetable including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I
>>>sprinkled a healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to
>>>discourage it before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a
>>>lot of DH's sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper.
>>>I have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the
>>>little bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>>
>>
>> Aw, but they're so cute!
>
> Yeah, they are really cute until they start feasting on your garden.
> All that time and effort will be down the tubes and your reward is a fat
> grinning rabbit running around your yard. Nope the thing has to go and
> the sooner the better!

Why not trap it and release it far, far away?

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA

"Doug Kanter" wrote
>
> "~patches~" wrote >>
>> The trap is going in tonight so if all goes well, I might just be looking
>> for bunny recipes
>
> What bait has worked for you in the past? I tried veggies last year, but
> the rabbits thought "What is he..****in' stoopid? We've got vegetables on
> the outside of the trap!"

DH tells me onions or apples, or even carrots.
He trapped wild rabbits in his misspent youth.

Dora

"Doug Kanter" wrote
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote >
>>
patches wrote:
I'm tempted to turn the little
>>> bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>>
>> Aw, but they're so cute!
>
> So are deer, except that some of them also need to die before my garden
> gets going this season.

We're overrun with deer. We can't build a fence because of community
association restrictive covenants, yet last year they stripped the tomato
vines, the cucumbers, the hydrangeas, the peonies, my oriental lilies as
they were two or three inches high and any other green thing they could get
their teeth into. Naturally, they maraud in the middle of the night so we
don't see them (just their tracks). Very disheartening.

Dora

aem wrote:
> Mary wrote:
>
>>Why not contact your local animal shelter, borrow a humane trap, and
>>catch him? He probably was a pet, and should be given a proper home
>>somewhere!
>
>
> A good idea, assuming your local shelter says they deal with rabbits.
>
> Meanwhile, here's a link to pictures of different kinds of rabbits. My
> guess is yours is a cottontail. This website also has a long list of
> recipes. -aem
>
> http://rabbithuntingonline.com/rabbits.htm
>

Nope, not a cottontail. It is pure black and obviously was someone's
pet at one time because it has no fear of people. Thanks for the link.

In article >,
"Doug Kanter" > wrote:

> "~patches~" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu 16 Mar 2006 11:30:43a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
> >> ~patches~?
> >>
> >>
> >>>Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be a
> >>>cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off everytime
> >>>I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the gardens. The
> >>>past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of damage in the
> >>>garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in the vegetable
> >>>including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I sprinkled a
> >>>healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to discourage it
> >>>before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot of DH's
> >>>sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I have no
> >>>choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little bugger
> >>>into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
> >>
> >>
> >> Aw, but they're so cute!
> >
> > Yeah, they are really cute until they start feasting on your garden. All
> > that time and effort will be down the tubes and your reward is a fat
> > grinning rabbit running around your yard. Nope the thing has to go and
> > the sooner the better!
>
> $100 will get you a nice, quiet pellet rifle that's accurate enough for
> about 300 feet. Bye bye bunny.
>
>

$27.00 at Wal-Mart for a cheap Crossman.
But there are better ones.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

"limey" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Doug Kanter" wrote
>>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote >
>>>
> patches wrote:
> I'm tempted to turn the little
>>>> bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>>>
>>> Aw, but they're so cute!
>>
>> So are deer, except that some of them also need to die before my garden
>> gets going this season.
>
> We're overrun with deer. We can't build a fence because of community
> association restrictive covenants, yet last year they stripped the tomato
> vines, the cucumbers, the hydrangeas, the peonies, my oriental lilies as
> they were two or three inches high and any other green thing they could
> get their teeth into. Naturally, they maraud in the middle of the night
> so we don't see them (just their tracks). Very disheartening.
>
> Dora
>

I may have a solution. I understand they don't like having their feet
interfered with. I have a lot of 6' fence wire. I'm thinking of laying it on
the ground, but bending every other row of squares upward in a triangular
shape in a way that would annoy even people. I'll just drag it away from the
vegetable garden when I need to access it, or mow around it. We'll see.....

In article >,
"limey" > wrote:

> "Doug Kanter" wrote
> >
> > "Wayne Boatwright" wrote >
> >>
> patches wrote:
> I'm tempted to turn the little
> >>> bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
> >>
> >> Aw, but they're so cute!
> >
> > So are deer, except that some of them also need to die before my garden
> > gets going this season.
>
> We're overrun with deer. We can't build a fence because of community
> association restrictive covenants, yet last year they stripped the tomato
> vines, the cucumbers, the hydrangeas, the peonies, my oriental lilies as
> they were two or three inches high and any other green thing they could get
> their teeth into. Naturally, they maraud in the middle of the night so we
> don't see them (just their tracks). Very disheartening.
>
> Dora
>
>

Low hotwires...
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article >,
~patches~ > wrote:

> aem wrote:
> > Mary wrote:
> >
> >>Why not contact your local animal shelter, borrow a humane trap, and
> >>catch him? He probably was a pet, and should be given a proper home
> >>somewhere!
> >
> >
> > A good idea, assuming your local shelter says they deal with rabbits.
> >
> > Meanwhile, here's a link to pictures of different kinds of rabbits. My
> > guess is yours is a cottontail. This website also has a long list of
> > recipes. -aem
> >
> > http://rabbithuntingonline.com/rabbits.htm
> >
>
> Nope, not a cottontail. It is pure black and obviously was someone's
> pet at one time because it has no fear of people. Thanks for the link.

Mmmmm...

Perhaps the Black Rabbit of Inle'?

;-)
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

limey wrote:
>
> We're overrun with deer. We can't build a fence because of community
> association restrictive covenants, yet last year they stripped the tomato
> vines, the cucumbers, the hydrangeas, the peonies, my oriental lilies as
> they were two or three inches high and any other green thing they could get
> their teeth into. Naturally, they maraud in the middle of the night so we
> don't see them (just their tracks). Very disheartening.

When friends come over who don't have deer,
I point out how all the leaf canopy on the trees
around here (of several different types) ends at
the same height above the ground -- almost like
a laser had cut them all. That height is the
maximum reach the local deer will use while
feeding. It's an interesting puzzle if you
don't already know that.

~patches~ wrote:
>
> That's what I intend to do unless I chicken out and
> do the release thing whick I likely will.

Not around here, I hope. :-)

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> ~patches~ wrote:
> >
> > That's what I intend to do unless I chicken out and
> > do the release thing whick I likely will.
>
> Not around here, I hope. :-)

She could also take it to the local feed store.......

Or animal shelter if she is desperate.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

"Mary" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Why not contact your local animal shelter, borrow a humane trap, and
> catch him? He probably was a pet, and should be given a proper home
> somewhere!

Tee Hee -- catch "him" -- meaning ONE?
Am I mistaken, but do not rabbits breed often?
You should be seeing some more very soon.

We have plenty of rabbits where we live. The previous owners left their dog
with us while they got settled in their new abode. This dog was faster than
any rabbit I've ever seen. She would catch one out of the corner of her
eye, and then went into action: looked like one of those looneytoones with
his feets going in circles. The rabbits didn't have a chance with Molly
around.
Dee Dee

Black rabbit, no fear of people, it was without a doubt a pet. Bait
the trap with banana, pineapple or papaya and call a vet or two in
town, one can surely give you the names and numbers of some folks
around who do rabbit rescue. Chances are quite good that they will
even pick the rabbit up. They may be a chapter of the House Rabbit
Society in your area and they'd help out too. It'll be better for the
little guy or gal than being released again and it won't be finding
it's way into your garden or anyone else's again.

Jessica

"Jessica V." wrote:

> Black rabbit, no fear of people, it was without a doubt a pet.

Size and shape are usually a better indication of them being domestic. I
had a pair of rabbits given to me some time ago that we the same colour as
a cotton tail, but they were huge. Wild rabbits tend not to be very big
and are usually lean.

limey wrote:
> We're overrun with deer. We can't build a fence because of community
> association restrictive covenants, yet last year they stripped the tomato
> vines, the cucumbers, the hydrangeas, the peonies, my oriental lilies as
> they were two or three inches high and any other green thing they could get
> their teeth into. Naturally, they maraud in the middle of the night so we
> don't see them (just their tracks). Very disheartening.
>
> Dora

What kind of moronic community association permits the installation of
a vegetable garden but won't permit the fencing thereof... I'd install
a temporary fence and let them sue me, betcha I'd win, not only that
I'd make them so miserable that they'd leave, quickly. Didja know that
the vast majority of community association rules are unenforceble, well
they're not. Why are you letting a few egotistical pinheads menace you?

Sheldon

"~patches~" > wrote in message
...
> Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to
> be a cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off
> everytime I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the
> gardens. The past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs
> of damage in the garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting
> in the vegetable including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war!
> I sprinkled a healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds
> to discourage it before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped
> a lot of DH's sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne
> pepper. I have no choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn
> the little bugger into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?

It depends how old it is. If it is very young you can fry it. If it is
a little elderly it will be lovely braised with red wine and herbs

O

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> limey wrote:
>> We're overrun with deer. We can't build a fence because of community
>> association restrictive covenants, yet last year they stripped the tomato
>> vines, the cucumbers, the hydrangeas, the peonies, my oriental lilies as
>> they were two or three inches high and any other green thing they could
>> get
>> their teeth into. Naturally, they maraud in the middle of the night so
>> we
>> don't see them (just their tracks). Very disheartening.
>>
>> Dora
>
> What kind of moronic community association permits the installation of
> a vegetable garden but won't permit the fencing thereof... I'd install
> a temporary fence and let them sue me, betcha I'd win, not only that
> I'd make them so miserable that they'd leave, quickly. Didja know that
> the vast majority of community association rules are unenforceble, well
> they're not. Why are you letting a few egotistical pinheads menace you?
>
> Sheldon
>

Actually, most of those association rules are easily enforceable, and
legally binding.

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
>
>
>>"~patches~" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Thu 16 Mar 2006 11:30:43a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>>>>~patches~?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Last year a rabbit started hanging out around the yard. It looks to be a
>>>>>cast-off pet as I can get within a foot of it. I shooed it off everytime
>>>>>I saw it. I didn't find any evidence of it being in the gardens. The
>>>>>past week or so, it has reappeared and there are signs of damage in the
>>>>>garden. It has nipped off anything that is sprouting in the vegetable
>>>>>including herbs and flower gardens. Now this is war! I sprinkled a
>>>>>healthy dose of cayenne pepper around the vegetable beds to discourage it
>>>>>before I start planting. The darn thing has clipped a lot of DH's
>>>>>sprouting business - maple trees - so more cayenne pepper. I have no
>>>>>choice but to trap this thing. I'm tempted to turn the little bugger
>>>>>into rabbit stew! Any good recipes?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Aw, but they're so cute!
>>>
>>>Yeah, they are really cute until they start feasting on your garden. All
>>>that time and effort will be down the tubes and your reward is a fat
>>>grinning rabbit running around your yard. Nope the thing has to go and
>>>the sooner the better!
>>
>>$100 will get you a nice, quiet pellet rifle that's accurate enough for
>>about 300 feet. Bye bye bunny.
>>
>>
>
>
> $27.00 at Wal-Mart for a cheap Crossman.
> But there are better ones.

With my aim it would take out all the neighbours and never hit buggs
Not that taking out a couple of the neighbours would be a bad thing
but I'd rather take care of buggs without getting myself into trouble.

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article >,
> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
>
>>~patches~ wrote:
>>
>>>That's what I intend to do unless I chicken out and
>>>do the release thing whick I likely will.
>>
>>Not around here, I hope. :-)
>
>
> She could also take it to the local feed store.......
>
> Or animal shelter if she is desperate.

Or what I could do is get DH to build a movable pen so the rabbit
couldn't get out. Then every other day move it to another area of the
lawn. No more lawn care service

"Mary" > writes:

>Why not contact your local animal shelter, borrow a humane trap, and
>catch him? He probably was a pet, and should be given a proper home
>somewhere!

I have to agree. It's not the rabbit's fault some stupid human let
him go. He got bred for a pet and wasn't treated responsibly, and it
would be sad to kill and eat him because of it.

Stacia

~patches~ > writes:

>Our human society rents the humane traps for less than we can buy one.
>I'm using my neighbours. The only proper home this little bugger
>deserves is in my tummy at the moment. I'll calm down and will more
>than likely do a release but right now I'm a little ticked off!

You sound like my husband. He thinks our dumb cat Simon does stuff
just to **** him off. I keep having to remind him that they're just
animals, for heaven's sake. They don't gloat and they don't set out to
ruin things. Like I said, it's the human who bought him and let him go
who's responsible, and the human definitely knew better. The rabbit
doesn't. He's just hungry.

Stacia

~patches~ > wrote:

> Any good recipes?

Here is a very good recipe from Café de Fédérations in Lyons Patricial
Wells published in her _Bistro Cooking_. I posted it some six years
ago.

Victor

Lapin à la Moutarde Café de Fédérations
Café de Fédérations' Rabbit with Mustard Sauce

1 fresh rabbit (about 2 1/2 pounds; 1.25 kg), cut into 7 to 8 serving
pieces (or substitute chicken)
1/2 cup (12.5 cl) imported Dijon mustard
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons peanut oil
1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce; 15 g) unsalted butter
1 bottle (75 cl) dry white wine
2 medium onions, finely chopped
1 tablespoon superfine flour, such as Wondra
Several branches of fresh thyme, or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 imported bay leaf
Chopped fresh parsley

1. Evenly brush one side of each rabbit piece with some of the mustard.
Season generously with salt and pepper. Heat the oil and butter in a
large nonreactive skillet over medium heat. When the fat is hot but not
smoking, add several of the rabbit pieces, mustard side down; do not
crowd the pan. You will have to cook this in several batches. Cook
until brown, about 10 minutes. Turn the rabbit and brush the second
side with additional mustard. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until
golden brown, another 10 minutes. Transfer the rabbit to a large
platter and continue cooking in this manner until all the rabbit is
browned.

2. Add several tablespoons of the wine to the skillet and scrape up any
browned bits that stick to the pan. Add the onions and cook, stirring,
until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat.
Sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir to coat. Pour in the
remaining wine, the thyme, and bay leaf. Add all the rabbit pieces.
Return the skillet to medium heat and simmer until the rabbit is very
tender and the sauce begins to thicken, about 1 hour.

3. Transfer the rabbit and sauce to a warmed platter and sprinkle with
parsley. Serve immediately, over buttered fresh noodles or rice.
Yield: 6 servings

Glitter Ninja wrote:

> ~patches~ > writes:
>
>
>>Our human society rents the humane traps for less than we can buy one.
>>I'm using my neighbours. The only proper home this little bugger
>>deserves is in my tummy at the moment. I'll calm down and will more
>>than likely do a release but right now I'm a little ticked off!
>
>
> You sound like my husband. He thinks our dumb cat Simon does stuff
> just to **** him off. I keep having to remind him that they're just
> animals, for heaven's sake. They don't gloat and they don't set out to
> ruin things. Like I said, it's the human who bought him and let him go
> who's responsible, and the human definitely knew better. The rabbit
> doesn't. He's just hungry.
>
> Stacia
>

I understand that, truly I do. We live on the water so wild life is a
norm here. Some are distructive and some are beneficial. My neighbours
all trap anything that is distructive. To date, I have had the opinion
that as long as it doesn't come in my home, I'll leave it be but this is
now affecting by garden. The thing is he is already ruining some of my
earliest crops including some herbs and DH's soon to be forest.
Ultimately the person who let him loose is at fault but we have no idea
who that person is. We know the rabbit and my veggie gardens cannot
co-exist otherwise we will be going hungry. So I do have to make a
choice. The rabbit goes. The trap is set for tonight. If we have no
luck catching him well call in the humane society. My neighbour also
set his traps. Understand most of us here have big gardens. A rabbit
can do considerable damage in very liitle time. If I don't catch him
someone else will and they might not be as cheriable as I will be.

~patches~ wrote:

> Or what I could do is get DH to build a movable pen so the rabbit
> couldn't get out. Then every other day move it to another area of the
> lawn. No more lawn care service

I had a pet rabbit when I was a kid we moved the pen around every day. It
was my pet so it was one of my daily chores. No need to clean the cage
because all that organic fertilizer stayed behind. I just moved the cage
over one cage width every day, though the lawn was too big to expect "Tex"
to mow the whole thing for me in the course of a week.

Glitter Ninja wrote:

> I have to agree. It's not the rabbit's fault some stupid human let
> him go. He got bred for a pet and wasn't treated responsibly, and it
> would be sad to kill and eat him because of it.

Rabbits get away. We had neighbours that had a large outdoor pen. It was
quite common for the rabbits to dig a hole and sneak out. They had so
many rabbits in that pen that they probably didn't care if some went on
the lam. Heck, they were probably hoping some would run away from home so
they wouldn't have to feed them and look after them any more.

Glitter Ninja wrote:

> You sound like my husband. He thinks our dumb cat Simon does stuff
> just to **** him off. I keep having to remind him that they're just
> animals, for heaven's sake.

Dogs do things out of stupidity. Cats do things to **** you off. I am
quite convinced of that.