I hate gutting rabbits summer, winter or any time. I watched a pal do one, what an eye opener, he squeezes the rabbit with one hand then puts the other hand next to that moving down the body, when his hand is a couple of inches from it's arse, he put the rabbit agaist his leg and whacked the last couple of inches of the rabbit and the whole lot shot out from the back, clean fast and no smell plus corvid bait.
I hope that all makes sense, brilliant to see.
Phil