Sometimes you just can't win...

[bearski1891]

ive got an idea that solves everyones problems. get lots of live traps, and give your daughter a few peter cottontail pets! you dont have to drive, the population goes down, daughter is happy, and the rabbits dont die!

[moonhead]

oh, and knapp...i enjoy the pink floyd reference in the title, whether intended or not. i've had that song off the division bell stuck in my head since i saw this thread.

So i open my door to my enemies
And i ask could we wipe the slate clean
But they tell me to please go f@*# myself
You know you just can't win

well, that's what i thought of anyway....

maybe you should open your door to your rabbit enemies.

[knapplc]

oh, and knapp...i enjoy the pink floyd reference in the title, whether intended or not. i've had that song off the division bell stuck in my head since i saw this thread.

So i open my door to my enemies
And i ask could we wipe the slate clean
But they tell me to please go f@*# myself
You know you just can't win

well, that's what i thought of anyway....

maybe you should open your door to your rabbit enemies.

I did open my door to my enemy - I was standing in my doorway when I shot them.

The Pink Floyd reference was purely unintentional, but welcome nonetheless. Serendipity!

[Dadd]

A very well told story knapplc!
It shows that you enjoy writing.

My comment on the wife angle: Typical
Kinda like when my wife tells me I'm not doing something right, but has no answer as to what I should do to fix it.

And the shot sound pretty impressive considering what you were shooting through, and with what. Nice shot!

And the rabbits? Eh. Can't really curb the population without killing them. I guess you could use a trap, but I'm sure wherever you release them at wouldn't appreciate the additional rabbits in THEIR yard. May as well hunt a few to quickly cull the numbers.

[moonhead]

rabbits need prophylactics.

[Guru13]

you shoulda invited me over, i woulda cooked them things up and we'da had a good meal, they taste just like chicken I swear, just imagine when there eating your produce out in the backyard.

had the same problem, not with the wife thing, with the rabbits, they was eating my mom's produce at our house, and my grandpas at his house, basically did the same thing you did, minus the amazing shot, but it wasn't bad I might say, popped a squirrel as it was running inside its whole, he was eating all the corn, and I love corn.

[Dadd]

I can't wait for knapplc's story about how he keeps the cat population down by leaving alka-selzer around the property.

[flotsamnjetsam]

Dont kill it unless you plan on eating it.

CONEJO EN SALSA DE ALMENDRAS
(RABBIT IN ALMOND SAUCE)

1 Rabbit, cut in pieces
3 TBLS Oil
1 Onion, chopped
5 Cloves Garlic
20 Almonds, Blanched & Skinned
1/4 TSP Cinnamon
1 TBLS Chopped Parsley
10 Peppercorns
2 Cloves
1/2 TSP Saffron
1 TSP Salt
3 TBLS Water
1/4 Liter (1 Cup + 1 TBLS) White Wine
2 Bay Leaves

Rub the pieces of rabbit with salt and pepper and set aside. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onions, 4 cloves of garlic and almonds with the rabbit liver, if available, just until toasted. Remove them to mortar or blender and crush with the cinnamon, parsley, raw garlic, peppercorns, cloves, saffron and salt. Dissolve in the water. Meanwhile, in the oil in the pan slowly brown the rabbit pieces. Add the mortar mixture to the rabbit with the white wine and bay leaves. Cover and simmer until rabbit is very tender, 30 minutes to an hour, depending on size of rabbit, adding water or light stock if more liquid is needed. Great over rice.

Serves 4.

Guess noone liked my recipe.

[knapplc]

I can't wait for knapplc's story about how he keeps the cat population down by leaving alka-selzer around the property.

No, no. I only use my powers for good - never evil.

I have no beef with the local cats. They harass my cat and all, but they're not destructive so I say live and let live.

Same thing with birds. I could shoot them all day long but why? They're not doing anything.

It's just that the rabbits have become so destructive. That's the problem.



Flotsam - sorry, I'm not too interested in eating these guys, so I didn't comment on your recipe. I might try that with chicken, though.

[Dadd]

No, no. I only use my powers for good - never evil.

Said the Dr. Evil.....