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Originally Posted by
troy2000 
If we had waited until freezing weather to kill 'em in the desert I grew up in, we'd have had a long wait... 
But we religiously avoided hunting them for food in the summer anyway. My dad taught us not to eat them in the months that "don't have an 'R' for rabbit," as he put it. That would be May, June, July and August; and we usually threw in September to be sure. I don't know whether that was just a tradition brought from colder climes by earlier generations of the family, or whether it actually makes a difference in this area too... |
That's exactly what my grandma said. I asked her if it was rabbit season once. She asked me if there was an R in the month. I took the hint it was march guess what was for supper. Yep Chicken?!! I think the same thing goes for squirrel.