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Mr. CLinord also warned of the need to folly cook bear meat. “Bear meat can be a trichinosis carrier,” he said. ■

The Old Dominion also abounds in small game mammals, with cottontail rabbits and gray squirrels heading the list.

As with deer, small game should be field dressed and cooled quickly. According to Mr. Clifford, skinning of small game is often done before removing the entrails. “When skinning, avoid spreading scent gland secretions to the meat,” he advised. “Rabbits have scent nodules under their forelegs. Remove these glands before freezing or cooking the meat.”

Be sure to wear plastic gloves when field dressing or handling rabbit meat to guard against tularemia(rabbit fever). Cooking kills the tularemia bacteria.

Following is a quick method for field care of rabbits, squirrels, and other small game. (This method is

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