Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
I have never done it and I never will. I have seen it done and I can gut a rabbit with a knife just as fast and not squeeze or burst the guts inside the rabbit. When I gut a rabbit, everything comes our without being smashed into the inside of the rabbit. And for the record, I have gutted hundreds of rabbits and I am not afraid to get a little blood on my hands, I am a hunter.
+1 and I can guarantee you that not everything is removed doing it that way and what has burst inside the rabbit has then contaminated the meat, especially if it's quite a length of time until you get home to finish the job. Why not take a few more seconds and make one quick slit with a pocket knife and not risk bursting anything in the process?