Bugs Bunny’s Carrot-in-Elmer-Fudd’s-Shotgun – For Real

If you had the good fortune to grow up watching Bugs Bunny cartoons, you saw ol’ Bugs pursued by shotgun-totin’ doofus Elmer Fudd.

You also saw Bugs win again and again, often by plugging the muzzle of Elmer’s shotgun barrel with something–such as the ever-present carrot. Doing so generally resulted in the shotgun exploding or backfiring in the face of Fudd, with no harm to Bugs.

Well, someone asked the Demolition Ranch folks about it, and they gave it a try. You can view the results in the video below.

Be warned: It ain’t pretty.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.