“I never had enough pelts to make a decent coat.”
Rabbit doesn’t make a very good coat, the skin is too thin. It does make a wonderful glove or mitten though, with the fur turned to the inside.
That would be fine here in Pocatello. I'm somewhat annoyed that we have few rabbits in the local area. Many years ago the rabbit population was infected with a nasty virus that attacked the rabbit's eyes. It decimated the population (on purpose). They are starting to come back. We haven't had our first hard frost, thus it is too early to be hunting rabbits. It's customary to wait until you have one or two hard frosts to kill off the sick rabbits before hunting any for food.