The first step which is done out in the field just after the rabbit has been killed, is to remove the urine from the rabbits bladder, this is to help avoid puncturing the bladder which would contaminate the meat during gutting. Before gutting your rabbit, make sure it has cooled a bit, this to avoid it bleeding during gutting, which would further contaminate the meat.

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Magpies are one of those birds which seems to know exactly when to take off, and that is when you are just just pulling the trigger, even more so than other corvids). It is no good hoping that you will be able to creep up on a magpie, or happen across one on one of yours walks around your shoot. The are always on the alert and because of this you have to employ some tactics, and these will more than likely include a hide or a hiding place.

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