Badger Attack for hunting knife?

chickenfried

chickenfried

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I was all set to get a Bark River Gameskeeper for hunting. Now the Badger Attacks are starting to hit credit cards. Sadly I can only have one. You guys are obviously biased :p . But how do you think the Badger attack would fare as a deer and hog hunting knife, dressing em not killing em ;) . I'm thinking it might be larger than needed.

Here's my new hunting rifle Tikka T3 lite in .308 with a zeiss conquest 3=9x40 :D
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sweet rifle!!

i think the new badgers will make a good all around hunting/camping knife.

they appear to have a good belly for skinning, and the choil will give you a good grip.
 
Nice rig. Those Conquests absolutely rock for the money. I've got the same glass on a Winchester 70 in .30-06.

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And the Badger makes a pretty good hunting blade. The whiskey is for deer camp at the end of the day. :D

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The new versions should fit the bill quite nicely as well. However, you're right in that the TAC versions are going to be bulkier. If it's a thinner, smaller blade you prefer (and I do), then the BR Gameskeeper is going to satisfy you a little better. One of the things that bother me about a lot of the BR hunting knives is the lack of a guard. The new Badgers do effectively have a guard in the form of a handle curve and talon hole. The Gameskeeper too has a guard, though still a bit smaller than I like. When hands/gloves get bloody, the last thing you want is your hand slipping down on a sharp blade.

I've been moving away from bigger knives (like the CS Master Hunter) to smaller and smaller fixed blades for dressing deer (though I have begun carrying and using a Gerber bone saw for the pelvic bone). In recent years, I went from the Master Hunter to a Buck Vangard in ATS-34, a smaller knife. Now, I tend to either carry a Safari Skinner or a Denning custom hunter, even smaller knives.

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Still, you NEED to pick up a Badger. Once they leave the shop and the company store as offerings, you'll never see them at these prices again.
 
If the BADGER TAC is anything like my BA3 you will love it i have field dressed over 20 deer,2 antelope, wild hogs. The blade is the perfect lenght, my nephews have taken 7 deer that we had mounted and you know when saving the cape i stop at the breast bone that means i have to go up in further to get everything out so the BADGER has saved me many times when its dark using flashlights, 20 degrees, and me knowing i have sometimes 2 more two dress out. Where i live you can take 2 bucks and 2 does so yes late in the season i have had 3 deer on the ground courtesy of my nephews!!! Sorry so long but i ordered 4 badgers 2 apeice for 2 nephews then i will order more for me when they come in. BADGERS ROCK :thumbup:
 
Thanks for the comments. Especially about the choils it is kinda small on the gameskeeper. Just phoned to clear up the CC problem on my Busse order :D .

Beautiful model 70, guyon. I'm usually a blued steel and wood kinda guy. But decided to go against my usual buying habits with my latest purchase . I tried to consider only utility, not aesthetics:grumpy: . Still it was hard to choose the tikka over this used kimber 84m with a beautiful tiger striped wood stock.

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the kimber was priced to move at $600:eek: and it was a .308. Supposedly only one box of ammo through it;) . But my thought process......Buying a used rifle is a crap shoot, I'd rather buy new than inherit someone else's lemon. Also from my research it seemed like the tikka was more of a sure thing.
 
I have that exact same rifle, well with a burris. The Tikkas shoot great althought try getting an extra mag 100+ from most dealers! I'd put it up against just about any rifle and certainly any in the lightweight hunter category. They really deliver on the under 1" groups.
 
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