Rabbit fur...

[bvanzalen]

No matter how hard I try, I always end up with residual rabbit fur on the meat after I clean a rabbit. Just when I'm ready to start cooking, I find more fur. What a pain.

Is there any trick you guys use? Ever use a flame?

[tangleknot]

Is there any trick you guys use? Ever use a flame?

Read that trick a while ago and we have been using it since. Works great for the ones stuck to the silver skin that are such a pain to get off of squirrel and rabbits.

[bvanzalen]

Ok...I'll give it a try.

[Hi Ho Silver_Joe]

Peel and gut your rabbits as soon as you shoot them. The fur comes right off while they're still warm. Leave the fur on 1 foot so CO's can I.D the critter.

[bvanzalen]

I do that....still get fur on the carcass that's hard to remove.

[Nine Milly]

You may want to try using a hide knife. They are flat at the tip and take off the fur leaving the entire hide whole. Then you gut the rabbit. Just a trick that I saw a trapper use once. I personally have never tried it.

[Thunderhead]

Burn the hair off ? Yucckers. They do this in commercial butcher shops after skinning your deer.........stinks like hell , and I can't see how it wouldn't affect the taste of the meat.

I take the rabbit/squirrel and while running fast, cold water on it in the sink, scrape the meat with a parring knife. This will remove all the hair.
Done deal.

[FREEPOP]

When it's warm I hose them down before skinning. Wet fur doesn't fly around.

When it's cold, I have a small gambrel and hold with one hand and skin with the other. Then when rinsing, I get rid of fat and hair with my fingers and as Thunderhead said.

[jackbob42]

I pull the slime/jelly stuff off while under running water during final cleaning. Gets all the hair too.