rabbit nMost of the wild rabbits used for food are caught by hunters using wire snares. However, when I was growing up wire was never used, but instead we made "_rabbit slips_" with twine used by fishermen and known as "sail twine". This is how it was done: First we bought a "_ran_" of sail twine, and rolled it up into balls such as women do when knitting. When we went to the woods and found a rabbit "path" we would cut off a piece of twine about eighteen inches long to make a slip. Next we would put the twine around a small fir tree and draw it back and forth until the twine was covered with turpentine. This served two purposes; to stiffen the twine so as to form a"_bight_"; and to remove the scent o...