Question abt rabbits

[Freebooter]

Hello all,
A buddy told me today he arrowed a rabbit the other day while deer hunting. I asked him how he cooked it. He said he did not keep it because it had wolves. What is that, and how did he know?
Thanks,
FB

[Freebooter]

I meant to say, I know wolves are some sort of parasite, but how did he know it had wolves. Are they something that yuo can just see?
Fb

[Chris Shelton]

is that perhaps the one where the liver has spots??

I am ashamed cause I should really know since I kill and eat LOTS of rabbits  

[Longbow Jake]

Man I hope someone knows I likes havin wabbits.

[Larry L]

Quick Google search turned up the below.  Doesn't sound very pleasant to say the least and certainly explains why he wouldn't eat them.

http://www.allaboutworms.com/wolf-worms

[ishiwannabe]

I would think a rabbit would be loaded with worms this time of year. If my memory serves me correctly, wolves may be a slang term for bot fly larvae....

[Stiks-n-Strings]

The proper term is warbles and they are bot worm larvae. Don't eat it.

I always check the liver on rabbits as well and if they are spotty I won't eat those bunnies either.

Need to wait until it get's colder to eat bunnies.

Stiks

[Mocsin1]

Animals get them in there neck. You will see a swelled up place and a black looking hole or sore in the middle. If you squeeze it there will be a black looking larva looking thing come out of it. Its pretty nasty. Usually see them in the summer and early fall. I've seen cats, squirrels, rabbits, and a few dogs have them. I wouldn't eat an animal that had one in them.

[OkKeith]

"Wolf Worms" is a commonly used name for Screw Worm Fly larvae. These are fairly rare in North and Central America after a program of releaseing litteraly BILLIONS of sterile male flys during an erradication program.

More likely they were "Warbles". The paracitic larvae of a species of Bot Fly. They are pretty common in rodents and rabbits.

Just looking at a critter with a big worm crawling around inside of it, pretty easy to tell that you don't want to eat it.

The other disease mentioned is most likely Tularemia (Rabbit Fever). It's usually less prevalent in the colder months. Thus the old saying of "Only eat rabbits during months that have the letter R in them". Thorough cooking of the meat and careful handeling during cleaning takes care of it.

I love to bust the bunnies too! Stewed, fried or hasenpheffered they are hard to beat as a cold weather meal.

OkKeith

[OkKeith]

Everyone else beat me to it! I took too long to check my spelling.

OkKeith

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Yeah keith the liver spot's is rabbit fever.

Another note on rabbits is to never feed your rabbit dogs raw rabbit parts. It could give them a bad case of worms of many sorts. I know alot guys do it but I never do.

Stiks

[Looper]

Yep, wolves is another name for warbles.  It's basically a big maggot that feeds on a mammal until it's ready to turn into a fly.  They'll get on any mammal, but are fairly common on rabbits, squirrels, and cows.

[nybowman]

I've never seen it before, but i have seen the spotted liver. I wouldn't eat it either.

[Blackhawk]

Yep, I only eat rabbits after a frost or freeze.

...and "September" has an "R" in it, but that's when I see lots of them.