The Rabbit Wringer

[seedywen]

If you are looking for a way to slaughter rabbits, easily and humanely, the rabbit wringer could help.

www.therabbitwringer.com/html/online_store.html

A friend of mine recently purchased by mail order both the wringer and the processing station. She's tried the wringer now a few times and it has solved a few problems for her.

Am done butchering my own rabbits for this year but when she butchers hers next month, am going to help her.

[plantsnobin]

I ran across that video the other day on youtube. Nifty, but the price was a little high I thought, for something that most people could pretty easily make at home. The no squealing part was great. No blood pooling at the neck either.

[johno]

Warning: Graphic violence ahead.

I've helped Dad slaughter rabbits a few times. Our method is to hit them in the head with a hammer and hang them on a fence post, then skin, etc. This works fine unless the executioner is squeamish about how hard he hits them. You don't want to just knock them out...

[Alan]

I ran accross this last year and decided to use a 10 inch pole barn nail driven into a cedar post on the trellis and bent at the same angle as the wringer, works well.

Personally though I prefer an old cage and a .22 rifle. Direct shot behind the eye and they die immediately.

[seedywen]

Agree that the price is a little high but thought it might give other people another option. I know it gave me a different idea on how I might butcher in the future.

The friend who bought the rabbit wringer is loosing flexibility in her fingers plus she always has to butcher alone. The device allows her to do the job with ease now plus she doesn't like the forceful stunning.

I do the stun thing but don't enjoy performing the deed,and the blood does like Karen mentions, often pool at the neck.

[wildseed57]

I've never used any thing like what has been posted, which is probably a useful item if you have a lot of rabbits to deal with. A hammer is a bit much for me, My dad showed me how to simply hold them upside down by the feet and simply hold your hand like a blade and hit them right at the base of their head where their neck connects to their skull. If done right you will hear a crack and the rabbit is dead, if not he is stunned and you just give the head a quick pull and twist which breaks the neck. I have used this method for years and find it pretty humane and not as messy as a hammer if you accidentally hit them to hard. I once killed a big rat that way and hit him on the head to hard, I will never do that again.
George W.