VETERAN rabbit shooter Peter Golden says the lure of the bunny gets in your blood and just won't go away, writes SARAH HUDSON
They call him Peter Rabbit.
And not because he bears any resemblance to the children's book character.
While his parents may have christened him Peter Golden, to the folk around central Victoria he's simply Peter Rabbit.
What else do you call one of the state's oldest continual rabbit shooters, one who targets wild rabbits that are on-sold to markets and high-end restaurants?
"They think I come out of a Noddy book or something," Peter says.
"Bob Hart (Herald Sun food critic) came up to the Redesdale Hotel and had rabbit pie. He wrote that the local game supplier was Peter Rabbit.
"It's just stuck. Everyone knows me as that now."
Given he's been in the trade for 35 years, Peter's pedigree is a substantial one, having seen major changes in the industry, not least the demand for the product itself.
"Rabbits aren't a poor-man's tucker any more. Restaurants are lapping them up and I'd have no trouble selling more," he says.
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