No R in the month

[BillinOregon]

This rule is applied to refraining from eating shellfish -- especially oysters -- in months without an R because this period coincides with the months when red tides can make shellfish toxic to humans, at least in the Pacific Northwest.

 

[SOLANCO]

That's an interesting rule. Never heard it here in the U.S., but at least un The South our small games seasons tend to be December, January, February, and a little bit of March. It's illegal to hunt rabbits any other time in GA or AL. No shooting bunnies at Easter see?

As a coastal boy we also stuck hard and fast to only eating oysters in months that end in Ber.

Spent the better part of my life in the seafood business. That "ber" rule originated in the pre refrigeration era. A hot oyster is not a happy oyster.
On this coast (East) oysters spawn in the summer months and they are not at their best. Still, they are edible and people do eat them.

 

[Cattywompuss]

Spent the better part of my life in the seafood business. That "ber" rule originated in the pre refrigeration era. A hot oyster is not a happy oyster.
On this coast (East) oysters spawn in the summer months and they are not at their best. Still, they are edible and people do eat them.

For us oysters are off limits from June until September. We have a season in GA and harvesting them is just illegal so while we might be able to eat them, it is not permitted. Overharvesting and toxic kill offs from the port and other bad stuff in the water has made reestablishing colonies necessary here too. Funnily enough, when I was a kid I had few greater fears than jumping off the boat at slack tide into an oyster bed.

As an aside, my grandmother who passed last year fondly remembered hunting sea turtle nests as a child for the eggs. Talk about something you can't do anymore! Fines if not prison would follow quickly.

 

[Henry Miles]

Sea turtle eggs are right up there with manatee ribs...

 

[SOLANCO]

Sea turtle eggs are right up there with manatee ribs...

Don't know about turtle eggs, but I do love sea urchin roe.

 

[Griz44Mag]

During WW2 the wild rabbit was one of the main types of meat here in the UK ,then the rabbit was seen in large numbers it was common to take 50 -100 rabbits from one hedge row bolting them with a ferret also netting them with a long net of 50 yards and a good dog then the Sundays lunch was a rabbit it was a cheap meal . One of the main sport for rabbits was following the horse or tractor binder at corn cutting time this provided some good sport and a good bag. this came to almost a holt in 1953 with the introduction of the man made decease known has myxomatosis this was terrible decease to administer to any animal most rabbits are now immune to it but for some it still has outbreaks it is spread by a flea that lives in the rabbit holes . It killed the demand for rabbit which are now eating by only a few and will not reach the numbers that it once was .
Feltwad

Corn cutting time

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Now that's what I would call a REAL family outing. Good times during hard times. Building character.

 

[Lone Carabiner]

the hares/rabbits that live until the leaves drop are the healthy (and lucky) ones.

 

[Celticstoneman]

This is interesting in that my late father-in-law taught me that the R rule applied to digging up and trans planting trees. Only trans plant successfully in an R month. Of course we are in Illinois, we don't have a coast or shell fish

 

[Cattywompuss]

This rule is applied to refraining from eating shellfish -- especially oysters -- in months without an R because this period coincides with the months when red tides can make shellfish toxic to humans, at least in the Pacific Northwest.

We'ms especially lucky in GA to have never seen a red tide. Reckon we been abstaining from oysters a bit longer than Euros have been in Oregon. But haps perchance the Native folk been doing likewise there longer.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Seeing as the weather is still cool here I carefully selected four buck rabbits this afternoon. Three for dog food and one perfect specimen for me.
I don't get where feltwad is coming from. I use to sell over a 1000 rabbits a year and the buyer wanted them year round. I dropped off during hot weather due to fly.
In the UK we don't have contagious disease transmission between rabbit and humans.
Some crop harvesting starts in August as well!
Rabbits in the UK are shot all year round. They will breed all year round in a warm area but usually only really stop for November, December and January. Peak breeding months are May, June, July and August as long as there is no drought.

 

[Tom Compton]

Tularemia, rabbit fever, is a very dangerous disease and can be fatal. As a youngster I would take them at any opportunity with a pellet rifle. So I never have actually been "rabbit hunting" but spent all my woods time hunting squirrels. The occasional bunny was fine with me.

That’s the word! Tularemia. Thanks Hanshi

 

[Feltwad]

A 1000 rabbits a year was it a dream ? or maybe if you had a Game Dealer business
Feltwad

 

[Britsmoothy]

A 1000 rabbits a year was it a dream ? or maybe if you had a Game Dealer business
Feltwad

Are you calling me a liar or just being arrogant again?

 

[Kestrel]

In the US - there are 15 species of rabbit\hares identified.
My favorite (to eat) are the Eastern cottontail found here in Central-Northern Texas.
There are 6 species of cottontails in the US - small differences in size and colorations splits them into the sub species.
When hunting with a friend many years ago in Tennessee we hunted cottontail and they were definitely different that the Texas variety.
In Texas, they inhabit all but the western arm of the state, which has its own distinct species of cottontail: the desert cottontail.
https://www.google.com/search?q=rab...i57j0i22i30.6679j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

And of course, in Texas, the rabbits are as big as pitbulls. Cuz everything is bigger......haha. Hoping to hunt some big hogs your way in the coming year

 

[toot]

ELMER FUDD would know. after all he has hunted them for 75+ yrs! he never got sick eaten one of those PESKY WABBETS! then again we have never seen him KILL ONE of EM??

 

[GREENSWLDE]

During WW2 the wild rabbit was one of the main types of meat here in the UK ,then the rabbit was seen in large numbers it was common to take 50 -100 rabbits from one hedge row bolting them with a ferret also netting them with a long net of 50 yards and a good dog then the Sundays lunch was a rabbit it was a cheap meal . One of the main sport for rabbits was following the horse or tractor binder at corn cutting time this provided some good sport and a good bag. this came to almost a holt in 1953 with the introduction of the man made decease known has myxomatosis this was terrible decease to administer to any animal most rabbits are now immune to it but for some it still has outbreaks it is spread by a flea that lives in the rabbit holes . It killed the demand for rabbit which are now eating by only a few and will not reach the numbers that it once was .
Feltwad

Corn cutting time

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Your photo looks like ours except we was lucky. We ad a Fordson Standand not an Irish draft.The days of Reaper/Binders and pesky knotters failing!! Wi was uzto followin on rebinding loose sheeves.. Oh,the days of chasin down Shuches wi a nob stic at the last triangle.. an watchin out for the guns when Charly borke..

 

[GREENSWLDE]

I was always brought up not to shoot ground game when there as an "R" in the month cause they would more than likely be "in Kindle"..may be with a second brude.. OLD DOG..

 

[Britsmoothy]

I was always brought up not to shoot ground game when there as an "R" in the month cause they would more than likely be "in Kindle"..may be with a second brude.. OLD DOG..

Sure, but they have young as early as January in the UK.
Any taken by me in May are bucks to conserve them. That means I don't shoot bolted rabbit, only stalked so I can observe the bucks.
I don't always get it right no.

As soon as this inclement weather passes and it warms up then I will be letting off them. Some folk though will keep shooting them. Forestry will gas them and worst still spread disease, illegally.

 

[Feltwad]

Another image, tea break at corn cutting time from my collection of old photos .
Feltwad

 

[Ponderosaman]

I don't hunt rabbit. I like to share my game with my family. Its part of the fun for me and my wife won't eat rabbit. It is legal to hunt them year round here in AZ. I know people that shoot them when the jump them while quail hunting. There are two main types of rabbits here, cottontails and jackrabbits. I don't know anyone that hunts or eats jackrabbits. A more rare cousin of the jackrabbit is the jackelope, which I have seen, but mostly does.