RE: knifeless skinning method
If I'm going to eat my rabbits, I'll do a few things. First, have a canteen of water to wash them out in case you rupture the innards with the shot, secondly, I case skin (cut around the ankles and down the leg on the tail side of the anus, then peel the skin back like a sock, pulling it inside out on the way down.) I get that up past the bottom of the ribcage, then open the abdominal wall and pull out the entrails, more or less like F.d.ing deer. That swinging them around crap always leaves me with a bunch of their crap inside them, and a BIG mess on the outside.
GOTTA LOVE THAT MARLIN MAGIC!!!!