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Show Suggestions for cooking rabbits The increased interest in cottontail cot-tontail rabbit hunting in Utah is extending the hunting season for many hunters. The excellent excel-lent table meat provided by the cottontail is a bonus in addition to the fine sport of hunting this fleet-footed game animal. Some hunters have expressed concern about the possibility of contracting tularemia from handling rabbits. It has been stated that approximately 90 percent of human cases of tularemia tul-aremia throughout the United States come from rabbits, but the incidence of the disease among humans is uncommon. Infected rabbits die within a week or ten days after being stricken, and there is little danger dan-ger of incurring the disease during the winter months. Hunters should avoid rabbits that do not run readily. |