Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: mcginnis6010 on July 06, 2012, 11:36:08 pm
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Well my son killed a rabbit today in the garden. So I started to skin it out in hopes of having so roasted rabbit when I found these in it.and it looked like they were eating the rabbit from the inside out
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those are bot flies and their babies......yumm..... reminds me of the lion king...lol.. >:D
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those are bot flies and their babies......yumm..... reminds me of the lion king...lol.. >:D
Yep! Nasty larvae!
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I've found nasal bot flies in a deer skull while cleaning it. GROSS
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Do these make the animal unsafe to eat?
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dont know about eating,,we call them woofs,,common in the summer time
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Gives me the heebe jeebes just looking at that ...id be afraid thet would eat me from the inside out :o
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Yea this was the first time EVER that I have thrown away fresh meat. I don't know if it would be safe to eator not it looked like they were just under the skin though.
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I don't think the bot fly larvae will affect to meat but I don't know that for sure. It is a parasite and once the larvae pupates it leaves its host. Google "Bot Fly" and see what it says.
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I've killed a lot of squirrels with those larva in them. We called the "wobble" when I was growing up. If it was a successful hunt and we had enough squirrel meat for dinner, the infected squirrels were tossed, mainly because those things were gross. If the hunt was not all that productive the infected squirrels went in the pot. I usually soak all my squirrels and rabbits in salt water in the frig over night.
I've not had any ill effects from eating game with bot fly larva in them. Oh wait, years late I did come down with bowyer-istis. Maybe the bot flies had something to do with my bow building addiction. :)
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It is my understanding that they don't affect the meat at all, but I have to admit I have tossed a few critters that were infested with them.
I have killed bunch of deer that had them fall out of their nose after the deer hit the ground. I have never found one anywhere else on a deer. Every deer I have ever recovered has been consumed, except two I found the next day after very hot nights. They looked more like a balloons than a deer, I am sure the coyotes enjoyed them.
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We always called those botfly larva "wolves" around here, and they're in a good percentage of rabbits and squirrels until it gets cold and frosty in the fall. They won't hurt the meat at all, they just look gross. You can trim around them. Almost every wild animal has a whole ecosystem of parasites living in it-deer have specialized worms that live in their nostrils, brains, and even velvet antlers. I'm just glad that we don't have the human botfly here like they do in South America and Africa-they do the same thing, but to people.
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Google "Bot Fly" and see what it says.
Before you go and google bot flies, go on a three day fast. Be dang sure your stomach has NOTHING in it, don't even swallow your spit for 3 hours ahead of time. Nasty little boogers.
Cooking the meat would kill the parasites, but how hungry are you really?
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Yep they can affect horses and cattle also.....thats why we wait til it gets cold to hunt squirrels and rabbits around here. We also call them "wolves".
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Always called them grubs here growing up. Only hunt rabbits and squirells in months that have an "r" in them and usually won't find them buggers.
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Always called them grubs here growing up. Only hunt rabbits and squirells in months that have an "r" in them and usually won't find them buggers.
That is what my dad taught me. There is a reason why rabbit season is only in the cold months.
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Around here they are called worbles. Oldtimers say they don,t hurt the meat, but i was never hungry enough to try.
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Yea my son didn't know there is a season for rabbit he just saw it in the garden eating my lettuce so he shot it with his pellet gun. Afterward I had to tell him it wasn't the right time of year to kill rabbits and there was a season for them in January.
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What you son shot wasn't a rabbit. It was recycled lettuce. ;)
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Called them woovs in South Carolina.Didn't shoot rabbits or squirrels till after the 1st hard frost. Gross man !.....' Frank
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In West Virginia I found them in squirrels. Called them "Warbles" but have heard them called "Wolves".
Never seen one on a rabbit, but have seen a ton of fleas that would jump off as the body started cooling.
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Those things make you loose your appetite in a hurry. When I was a kid killed a rabbit and it had one on each side below the skin about where the kidneys are located. Didn't eat that bunny and never hunted rabbits unless the month had an "r" in it.
Most dishwashers get up to about 170-180 degrees. That's enough heat to kill most vegetative (live)cells. The human body has more bacteria cells in the stomach than human cells.
You could fry those gusanos and eat them, but no thank you.
Cipriano
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Yea that's what I was thinking and tossed the carcass and kept the pelt. Course another reason for hunting rabbits in the colder months is they have thicker pelts so this one is rather thin but workable.
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I have three words for you...dollar menu McD....ohhhh wait that is just as discussing.
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That's why I don't hunt squirrels in the spring season or the early fall,around here they are full of them,we call the wolves also.They say they won't hurt you,just trim around ,but like others ,I ant that hungry just yet. :) :)
Pappy
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They look like bluegill bait to me, I'm thinking a combo hunting and fishing trip
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The two kills ive made with my dads 30-30 rifle the animals a bull Moose and a Stag Caribou or reindeer as some calls them, they were almost blaze orange when i was panching them, i left them and told wildlife about it they called me a month after each report and indeed the animals had tumor growths and cancer thru out their bodies, some glad i didnt eat none, they smelt like a rabbit that was left out in the heat for a month, and ive never seen bot flies, some glad too id be a herbivore some fast if i found one in my kill lol