Anyone ever use a folder to field dress a deer?

Sure I've gutting 50 or so with folders. Everything from SAK to Shrade LB7 . Last few years a Old Timer stockman 80T ? carbon steel, got it like new for 10 bucks at a gun show .No big deal swish it around in a mud puddle or creek, at home flush with hot
H20, dry ,sharpen, lube .
 
Used to use a Buck 110 and/or an Uncle Henry Bearpaw. Used those knives on some 40 or so deer. Used a SOG Revolver (blade with gut hook on one side, saw on the other) to help a friend dress out an elk. Rancher on a big lease that I used to be on in Texas could field dress and skin a whitetail in about 10 minutes flat with a small two blade pocket folder that he kept as sharp as a razor. I've never seen anything like it before or since. Thomas was one of the original Band of Brothers in the 101st Airborne Division who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He is gone now and I miss him.
 
I picked up three LB8's and three LB's that I'll use in a pinch. Thanks for all the replies guys.
 
Field dressing a deer doesn't require a large knife. I've used many sizes and types but it's a lot easier to reach up inside to sever the trachea with a small folder.

The important thing is to remember to clean the knife when you're done. If you shoot a deer at sunset, field dress it, drag it out, drive home (or to camp), skin it, butcher it, etc., it can be fairly late when you're done. Don't cut corners on taking care of either the meat or your knife.
 
I once dressed out a folding deer with a fixed blade knife. In May 1985, a friend of mine broadsided a deer on his motorcycle. He was OK except for a tine puncture in his stomach, but the deer completely folded in half around the bike. His gas tank was 18" tall and 3" wide!
 
TX Archer said:
Field dressing a deer doesn't require a large knife. I've used many sizes and types but it's a lot easier to reach up inside to sever the trachea with a small folder.
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Good point TX. Lots of people think you need a monster knife to dress an animal like a deer. Mostly because they have never done it before, they imagine that you are cutting though dinosaur bones and breaking spines, etc. My last three deer I cleaned with a karda from the kukri I have on my Polaris. What is far more important than the brand of knife is the shape of the blade and of course how sharp it is. Truthfully, most people probably clean deer with their cheapest knife simply because they don't want to get their good ones dirty!
 
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