Thread: How soon should I process a freshly killed rabbit?

We used to peel the skin off like a jersey using the cut across the back method described earlier. We did not bother gutting them, we simply took the back legs and back straps, and sometimes the front if there are no holes. That is almost all of the meat and you dont need to gut at all then. The back legs are a it like chicken drums and are 75% of the edible meat on the animal. The two back straps are nearly a sausage between them, and the rest is toothpicks with a bit of meat flavour attached - A bit like eating a sparrow. ........