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May 14th, 2012 at 11:27 am
Kind of a fussy way to do it. I think most people do buy knives too large for field dressing – especially for deer. But I still prefer a folding saw for the sternum and the pelvic bone.
May 14th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
I’ve only used a single knife – Buck 110 – to field dress a deer. Though in the last year I got myself one of these beauties I haven’t been able to bring myself to use it.
May 14th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
I’ve only taken apart one deer. I used my trusty Spyderco dialex, that I’ve been carrying for like 5 years. I gutted it in the field then skinned it (whole hide for a rug) and butchered it with just the one knife.
We did use a rusty saw to break the carcass down a bit for the coyotes.
May 14th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Favorite knife, Blackie Collins design, Gerber bolt lock, 3″ drop-point. $35.00 in 1985. Put a Flicket on it so I could open it one-handed. I have cut through rusty bolts and puttied a window pane with it. And a lot of other things in-between. It’s still going strong.
May 14th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
I can’t even tell you how many deer I’ve dressed and quartered, all with just a blade. If you know your anatomy really well, no saws are necessary. I do agree with the first post that people tend to get too big a blade for their hunting knife. I prefer something like a drop-point blade to reduce the worry of puncturing anything while dressing. I also usually take a separate knife to use for splitting the sternum and pelvis. It’s not necessary, but it keeps the sharp knife sharp. I’m not a fan of how much meat was exposed on the ground in this vid. Anyone that has dressed a deer knows exposed flesh is like glue. It’s best to keep exposed meat to a minimum until you are at final processing.