Why Eat Rabbit Meat?

We have looked at rabbits as a food source here before, including:

People still love to talk about it, because bunnies are so cute! And so delicious.

The video below is from the “Good Simple Living And Homesteading” channel on YouTube, and it does its best to convince folks that raising rabbits for their meat is a good idea.

So why should folks get over their worries about eating cute little critters and start munching out on wabbits? Here are some reasons, according to the video:

In the 1940s and 50s, rabbit was “as common as chicken” on supper plates across the USA.
Rabbit meat has more digestible protein than any other meat.
Rabbit meat is very lean and is quite low in calories, cholesterol, and sodium.
Rabbits multiply very quickly.
Lowest bone-to-meat ratio.
You can sell it for about ten bucks a pound.
Low environmental impact.
Cooks up like chicken.
Yes, you CAN survive on rabbit meat.

Check it out and let us know what you think. Ready to start raising bunnies on your back yard?

I’m not… mainly because I’m an unprepared goob who relies heavily on the grocery store and retail in general. But maybe I should…

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.