119 & 110 - Not the best for deer hunting?

I love my 103 skinner for skinning deer and bear,I do sometimes use it to dress them too,flip it upside down and its the coolest little rig you can imagine.
 
Frisky, I can't find my zip drive with the deer and Buck knife pictures right now. But after trying several Bucks on bucks.

I have to agree with Ratty , who got me using the 121 to do the cutting up and back strap removal .and J.B.who got me using a 110 for the same parts he does. But like me maybe you should try different one's out for yourself.

Happy cutting.
Jeff
 
Looks like we're getting somewhere. So many people use the 110 folder as their deer hunting knife, I figured there must be a reason. That's why I posted. Now, we're getting good reasons for its use. I still see the 119 as too much knife for gutting and hide removal, but the bowhunter, Ron LaClair, has posted pics of squirrels he skins with a huge bowie, lol! This fall, I plan to get a deer and open it with the seatbelt cutter blade on my SAK Fireman. Then, I'm going to complete the job with a Fallkniven WM1. After that, I'm going for a second deer and I'll try the 110 if I'm lucky enough to get another deer. I hunt on the ground with a recurve.

Joe
 
I too enjoy using the 103 Skinner, pair it with the 121 and you've got a first class twin set that will handle any large game animal all the way up to Bull Elk. Also, the Selector Skinning blade is a fine one too. These two have a nice deep belly that excells at these type jobs.
I'm glad we can discuss this without going awry. DM
 
I like using one of my 110s for field dressing. Not the greatest action pic, I had to hold the camera...

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I've got several 110's and have used them many times on deer and hogs. I also have a 119 that's been used numerous times on deer and hogs. They both work ok, on one or two at a time. Any more than that and you will be resharpening before your finished. The way I butcher animals I use my knives for everything, including dismemberment of the animal. The best combination I've found, that works for me the best, is using a folding box cutter to make all my initial cuts around the ankles, and up the inside of the limbs. Then I use a Queen D2 skinning fixed blade knife to finish the skinning and dismembering. When I'm in the field and need a knife for field dressing the animal in the field all I use is a trapper, or stockman model. I use these two models for the spay blades on them. The spay blade works well for making the cut on the stomach for gutting. The spay blade is less likely to cut into the guts, and works well for the gutting. The clip blades on those pocket knives works great for any other cuts necessary. The only thing you have to do is clean the knife good after using it, which I do with any knife I use. I like using D2 because it holds a working edge a very long time.
 
Come on David, this is real knife talk, don't miss out.......

Selector to open, gut and skin, 103 to skin, 121 to butcher into cloth bags.
Gator aid and Snickers to carry up hill to truck............No permit draw this year...........300
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Frisky said:
Looks like we're getting somewhere. So many people use the 110 folder as their deer hunting knife, I figured there must be a reason. That's why I posted. Now, we're getting good reasons for its use. I still see the 119 as too much knife for gutting and hide removal, but the bowhunter, Ron LaClair, has posted pics of squirrels he skins with a huge bowie, lol! This fall, I plan to get a deer and open it with the seatbelt cutter blade on my SAK Fireman. Then, I'm going to complete the job with a Fallkniven WM1. After that, I'm going for a second deer and I'll try the 110 if I'm lucky enough to get another deer. I hunt on the ground with a recurve.

Joe
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Be sure and let us know how that seat belt cutter works !

Like has been said, and we have seen many personal preferences. If someone has a favorite method, and it works for them, the meat is in the freezer. :thumbup::D

JB, You gotta try the rock bud... But you will have to quit hanging em upside down..lol..

I hang em by the neck with the rope up as high up the neck as I can get it. Lot of sausage meat up in that neck.

Also hanging them by the neck, when I am out there by my self and a part is ready to come off, I slide the cooler right under that part and as I cut it loose, can drop it right in.

But thats a different thread.... :D

And I agree with JB in that the 110 is as good as I have used for making the leg slits.

Oh,,,and come time to cut off the forearms and even the head, well I have this big chompin pair of tree limb cutters that does a much faster job than trying to separate those joints with a knife. But a big 119 would be good for that, next to the tree cutters.
 
300Bucks said:
Come on David, this is real knife talk, don't miss out.......

Selector to open, gut and skin, 103 to skin, 121 to butcher into cloth bags.
Gator aid and Snickers to carry up hill to truck............No permit draw this year...........300
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What did that critter weigh CH? If you could weigh the parts...
Can't drive the truck to it?

And then there is that funny white stuff ?????? :D
 
Pack Rat said:
How do those cuts do with the serrated blade?
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Good question! I don't like the serrations, as the blade "catches" at the transition point between the plain edge and serrated portion of the blade. However, this particular knife is my first from the Custom shop and I'm quite fond of it, so it sees a lot of hunting time. Not a lot of cutting when it comes to field dressing, but knowing where and what to cut make the difference. I remember a friend of mine using a single blade from a broadhead to field dress a whitetail. He had left his knife at camp.
 
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Good question! I don't like the serrations, as the blade "catches" at the transition point between the plain edge and serrated portion of the blade. However, this particular knife is my first from the Custom shop and I'm quite fond of it, so it sees a lot of hunting time. Not a lot of cutting when it comes to field dressing, but knowing where and what to cut make the difference. I remember a friend of mine using a single blade from a broadhead to field dress a whitetail. He had left his knife at camp.
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Good point about the serrations....

Would have loved to have watched a butcher by broadhead...wow...lol
 
After studying the 110 closer, fat and crud getting deep within it should not be a problem, as you guys point out. Now, SAKs look like they could be a nightmare for field dressing. I have a Fireman that has the seatbelt cutter I mentioned. They also have the Hunter with a similar blade but call it a gutting blade. That or the SAK Dual Pro might be good dressing knives, but I bet Buck knives would stay sharper longer. The SAK belt cutter on the Fireman looks like the ultimate design to zip open the abdomen. The entire tip is rounded over and can't possibly puncture the guts. Wipe the blade off so nothing gets inside the knife and switch to a regular blade for the rest of the field dressing process. Anyway, that's my plan for the next deer. A friend gave me a Fallkniven WM1 and I promised to use it on a deer. That's why I'm gonna hold off on getting a Buck 110. I guess another reason I shunned the Bucks was grip material. I like rubber-gripped knives when the weather really gets cold (I'm in MN) and also for a good grip even in hot weather. I'm not that experienced at field dressing deer. Most of my knife work was skinning furbearers. The last deer I field dressed was no problem until I got the guts out. I stared at the gut pile and asked myself, I wonder what would happen if I made a tiny incision here? Anyway, I made a mistake making that tiny incision but dragged the carcass away from the mess, lol! I didn't contaminate the meat but got a bit gun shy about clip points, even though the knife I was using was great until I goofed around with the guts. I suppose that proves it's not so much the knife as the user.

Joe
 
Pack,

She weighted just under a million pounds, after the last load went up the hill......that white stuff is some type of artifical foam placed around by the Colorado board of toursim to enhance hunters visual experience. After all CO is a ski destination......

The next day, when up on a hill in the background, I looked that way and a Bald Eagle was sitting on the rib bones keeping the ravens at bay. I have heard ranchers call them those "white-headed buzzards". Winter was coming, meat it meat.....

I did not leave a knife by the bones this time....

ch

Pre-selector ownership, this was my starting conbination.

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The 110 and the 119 will both work. My favorite, however, is the rubber-gripped Vanguard.

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300, I've used that red handled model you show to do a Elk as well. It works and has some good features. The steel does not hold an edge as long as Bucks. Plus, on that you had to really clean to get the goo out of the blade well. DM
 
Man I'm ready for the season. Sent in for my doe licenses Saturday and all these pics-whew. Heres a bad phone pic of last season-not much of and action photo:(

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Ecolite 110 did a fine job on 2 whitetails in the same day.

For larger game, I prefer the Tempest 154cm:D
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I guess it's time for a story.....

Yes, I remember it well. My cousin and I were drinking coffee, eating ham sandwiches and chocolate cake and warming up after a cold morning on the deer stand and we got a frantic call from an in-law (and his son) who had shot a deer. They badly needed somebody to show them how to separate the unfortunate deer from its guts. (Brand new deer hunters.) We mobilized.

So, we get over there and, lo and behold, they're standing by this huge whitetail with a massive, 10-point typical rack......about 250 pounds of deer. So the Dad tells us how they came to shoot the monster and we gradually get around to the gutting out issue and he says, "Use my knife."

And he proudly pulls out a brand-spankin' new Buck 119 (which looks huge, even next to a really big deer).

So I say, "Wow......that's some knife if you're going to war (he was in the National Guard) but, luckily......I have a deer gutting knife right here."

Ignoring his confused protests, I pulled a 2 and 3/4 inch Buck 444 out of the vest pocket of my old Woolrich hunting coat and proceeded to separate deer from insides rather quickly.

Now.......I DID have a 110 on me (the 444 was a spare that I always kept in my hunting coat) but I was teaching.....and wanted to make a point so the poor dub would get it.

I did use the saw blade of my Leatherman to split the pelvis and sternum, but I'd do that no matter what knife I was using.

So he says, "Wow......all with such a little pocketknife."

And I said, "Yeah......you'll find that the more experience the deer hunter gets.......the smaller the knife gets."

Never saw him carry that damned 119 again.

Maybe he took it to the war.

;)
 
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