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Duck is good. Pigeon is not bad either, just a pity there is so little meat on the breasts for the amount of work you need to put in to get it.

Whats your take on pukeos? I only tried it for the first time a few months ago, but I was really impressed with it and would happily eat it regularly if they were not protected with a closed season.

Rabbit is good, and there is no shortage of rabbit around here. I could supply my family with an endless supply of fresh rabbit meat, but after my 12th experimental rabbit dish I was banned from bringing any more rabbit into the house...

Hare is flippen delicious! I came up with a Hare and Coke recipe in the slow cooker, served with some mash... excellent!

We should ask Nunga to start a "Recipes" section where people can post their "Game and Pest Recipes"
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I'd go duck sux (never liked it) pidgeon is delish, quail very white, clean meat, pheasant the top. Rabbit is ahh, hare really is a good meat.
Pukeko in a crock pot for about 5 hours sorts the meat, I wouldn't drop it as a food source, but never use it as one.
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A thread on eating our quarry and recipes etc sounds like a good idea.

I've never shot Pukeko for the pot only culled a few. I was put off by the old joke that you cook Pooks with a Maori adze head and boil it for three days and three nights. And then eat the adze head.

Maybe I should try them, but technically it takes a game bird licence and the 12 gauge I think. Are they still listed game birds? I've not shot a bird season for a few decades and the licence is getting pretty dear unless you're doing a lot of bird hunting - which requires a dog.

Yeah I'll happily eat pigeons but the two Doves I nailed were so tiny under their feathers with a very skinny breast - you'd need 4 for a feed for one. And so tasteless I wouldn't bother again.

I love rabbit and I'm sure people who don't know better would swear it was chicken. 

I usually cook smaller birds like me Mum cooked quail - skin and clean them and stuff them and wrap a rasher of bacon around each bird. Then cook them long and slow with lots of basting so they don't dry out. The butter rich moist stuffing helps too... I do the same with rabbit back legs. The tiny back steaks are good for stewing but you need a few of them.  
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A friend of mine tried Pukeko. And I watched a programe where they cooked it. Very gamey was what my mate said.

You can get permits from Fish and game to shoot them if they are a pest. I've shot a few for clients. Even tried seeing if the local marae wanted the feathers, but struggled to find anyone.

Personally I can't get my head around eating what i'm shooting. I've started skinning rabbits, and they go to dog food. Would love to try tanning a hide.
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sh*t Pauly find a place that has owls an hawks, falcons, recovery. They might be into the meat. Even the zoo?
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You have to be careful with that. A lot of places will not take dead carcasses if they have been shot due to lead been still there. I looked into that a couple of years ago with the place up the road and thats what they told me
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Head shot only?
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Pauly... rabbit is home grown, free range, antibiotic free, just about as healthy as you can get.
Same with hare and possum.

Ive been skinning and dissecting a lot of rabbits for this sub 16 comparison video, its a lot of work, especially caping the heads to see what the head shots do.

PS: dogs eat rabbit skin, and fur they've been doing it for as long as they've been eating rabbits, which is about the last 10 million years!
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Pauly, you don't know what you're missing mate...love those bunnies.
Man this lead poisoning business is getting PC and out of control I reckon. I must have eaten a lot of no. 8 Quail shot in my time, let alone the no. 5 duck and pheasant shot.

Maybe I should be dead...I can understand keeping it out of waterways because it will stay there but the odd bit of shot or pellet never killed anyone. I think.Ermm Surely all the lead on roofs keeping rain out that went straight into the house water tank back in the day didn't kill anyone?
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I read once that it's very likely you will get Leander poisoning from air rifles pellets due to the additives they use to make the lead harder for use in air rifles and other projectiles. The lead they use in roofs and lead windows are a purer form of lead and therefore softer and breaks down faster if digested.
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