Rabbit

You can trap wild rabbits with fresh lettuce and carrots placed inside a sturdy metal, wooden or plastic box with a spring side-door opened upwards, which springs shut when the rabbit enters it, much like a mouse trap. One can always make a sturdy cage out of sticks, (whose thickness depends on the animal you want to catch), which are tied together with several layers of strong twine. Cannabis is the strongest natural fiber, but in its absense even straw can be used. If you're even slightly mechanically inclined, you should be able to figure out how to make the release lever snap just at the right time. Long strips of rubber cut from old truck tire's inner-tubes can be used as a spring. There's usually plenty of scrap metal lying on the ground anywhere in the world, to make just the right kind of shape for the lever-release and step.

Depending on where you live, you can expect to catch not only rabbits with this, but most of your larger rodents and small herbivores. I have made rat-traps that work that way, and have caught many rats. Never used it for rabbits, somehow there were always enough cows and sheep and goats around if I wanted meat. To actually use rabbits as a source of food, you need many traps like that one, or a large 'mass' trap, which I don't really know about. The problem with this trap is that now you have caught this fluffy little wild rabbit, and alive, to boot. You'd have a hard time killing it, especially if you have children around. You wouldn't do it unless you were actually starving, and even then I know some people that would prefer to starve. I do know several other traps that present you with a dead rabbit at the end, but their description is pretty gruesome, so if you're interested - you can mail me privately on this.

Offered by Sol.

Rabbits can be a dangerous meal if you eat too many of them. Wild Rabbits (not domesticated) are not all that nutritious, so relying on wild rabbit in one's diet leaves one malnourished. Just a word of caution.

Offered by John.

Wild rabbits often carry Tularemia. Always wear gloves when skinning or preparing them, and don't touch or consume diseased animals.

Offered by Toni.