1ST official trad kill

[COWBOYROY]

my judo tip,my BEN PEARSON hunter and the eyes GOD gave me helped me to get my first trad trophy hopefully i can find somewhere to hunt to pursue what I LOVE TRAD HUNTING      

[Toklat1]

Congratulations! May your harvests continue  

[bailebr3]

congrats...my first was a bunny also! man are they fun to hunt...and challenging. GREAT JOB!!

[deadpool]

and my first was a bunny!
thier the greatest way to start of imho

[el oso]

What a monster!LOL    Good job dead eye. Tater is seting here with me and he got so excited you would have thought he shot it. BTW he sead thanks for the tickets.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Many happy returns of the day, Danny!

[Boar Hog]

nice shooting, our rabbit season does not open untill Nov.

[Lashbow]

After many misses I finally tagged a Big Jack Rabbit, Hare actually. I blood trailed it 100 yards and never found it. No easy target or kill. Congrats, the first is under your belt. Now keep em coming.

[bayoulongbowman]

I see ur Jacked!!!!      

[frassettor]

great job          

[COWBOYROY]

thanks guys that acutually was a cottontail maybe on vegatables ? steroids many more obstacles to climb but #1`s behind me
                    danny

[Orion]

Congrats.  Nicely displayed as well.

[Bard1]

yay!  nice shooting cowboy!  Congrats!  may your path be filled with many more successes!
Derek

[LEOPARD]

Congrats! That's a nice looking bunny!  :D  Well done!  

[BUFF]

Attaboy

[MYSTIKBOW]

Way to go there fellow Lefty!  Love that Zebrawood Pearson too.   How are the cottontails down there this time of the year?  Can't hunt em up north here after March but I'm not sure that I'd want to they generally carry some kind of parasite.

[el oso]

We dont have a closed season on wabits in TEXAS. WE hunt them for many reasons. IN the winter we eat them In the spring and somer we keep them out of our gardens. We boil them in a pot outside with vegitables that the rabbits distroyed and make a stew for our dogs, or pigs. and sometimes in parts of texas whole comuneties get together for rabbit roundups just to thin them out.

[COWBOYROY]

WELL IF I SHOOT I EAT IT ,OR GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS SOMETHING TO EAT THANKS EVERYONE.I`M READY TO STICK MORE NOW.SORRY FOR THE CAPS ON,JUST A BAD HABIT. YOU SHOULD SEE MY HAND WRITING I PRINT 99%OTT AND THE OTHER 1% SOMETIMES ADD TO MY 99BOLD
              THANKS AGAIN ,I LOVE MY NEW FAMILY
                         DANNY

[Brian Krebs]

cottontails and snowshoes are such good eating! The 'parasite' that concerns people is actually a disease; and its a good idea to use rubber gloves and check the liver on a rabbit.
 If the liver is yellow; and not a deep red color we normally see; it could have tularemia (sp) which you can get from contact; but if the rabbit is cooked- your ok ( if you have the courage to eat it).
 Fat and healthy rabbits often have fat deposits in the liver; and they will be yellow spots on a liver colored liver; and are not an indication of poor health or disease.
 If the liver looks sick; best get rid of the rabbit; and wash off your arrow.
 In the winter; those rabbits that have tularemia or other diseases very often are to sick to survive the stress. The 'first frost' does not kill them; or protect you from those rabbits that have the disease- and have not died from it.
 But take that healthy rabbit; cut the skin over the middle of the back and yank the skin off in a blink; wash it in water; if you want: soak it in salt water or a vinegar solution.
 Cut up the rabbit; roll it in a tempura mix (can be flour with spices) and fry it ( you can just spray pan coating in a pan- and not deep fry it).
 then dip the cooked rabbit in ranch dressing; and wooo wooooooo  good stuff!!

[COWBOYROY]

thank you brian he had a good healthy looking liver and was pretty fat for a cottontail.
                   danny