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Favorite critter cleaning knife?

I just got high speed so i can do pics as soon as i get some new cords for the camera,it was re-worked with some seriously thick sambar stag ,making it really grippy and super comfortable for long periods of use.
 
I've seen a cadet do a very good job on a deer.

I used to have this co-worker, Andy. Andy was a good old farm boy from down by Mt. Rogers in south western Virgina. He was an older man and he took me hunting down on his familys old place. He got a deer an hour after dawn with an old Harrington Richardson shot gun with a slug. His only knife was his Buck 303 pocket knife and he used that little knife for EVERYTHING! That morning I watched him do a deer with it, and he worked like a surgeon. Afterward it got washed and oiled with a few drops of 3-1 and that was that. Andy tought me that the high dollar gun and custom knife don't mean much. Its the man behind the gun and knife that makes the difference. I learned a valueble leason that morning from him.

The 303 and 301 are maybe the best allround pocket knives a man could have.
 
jackknife said:
I've seen a cadet do a very good job on a deer.

I used to have this co-worker, Andy. Andy was a good old farm boy from down by Mt. Rogers in south western Virgina. He was an older man and he took me hunting down on his familys old olace. He got a deer an hour after dawn with an old Harrington Richardson shot gun with a slug. His only knife was his Buck 303 pocket knife and he used that little knife for EVERYTHING! That morning I watched him do a deer with it, and he worked like a surgeon. Afterward it got washed and oiled with a few drops of 3-1 and that was that. Andy tought me that the high dollar gun and custom knife don't mean much. Its the man behind the gun and knife that makes the difference. I learned a valueble leason that morning from him.

The 303 and 301 are maybe the best allround pocket knives a man could have.
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Jackknife.. We had a guy just like your friend on our deer lease for a long time.He always killed as many or more deer than anyone.All he ever used
was two stockman knives.He said that was all he needed.Now you did it.
I am going to have to get a 303 for my backpack now.:D
Hawkeye
 
300Bucks said:
OK Joe, The good guy glove is thrown down, being a straight arrow, wearer of white hats, supporter of the "American way", backer of NRA and holder of a almost exact copy of Goose's scout card here is the picture.
Elk gutting 101 teaching Deer only young guys to get out the king size guts. I should of got a close-up but I can have signed statements of evidence it's a "303" in hand.
Except for a folding saw to split pelvis. 118 and 121 to "de-bone".

I have to use a 300 or it just wouldn't be right......:D

P.S. Dad gum good Buck, and with a bow too.
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So I'm guessing that the guy in the middle, the one pointing, is saying something like, "thats where I seen that 303 last, musta fell in". :D :D
Nice elk!!
 
I am sorry Joe . I forgot to tell you nice deer. Glad you got him.

I think PackRat is out there right now with a yard stick trying to find one bigger.:D:D
Hawkeye
 
Joe, I think he was saying "You mean I got to stick my arm all the way down in there !"

Could have been like the two young guys I walked up on in the woods a couple of years ago. Neither one had thought to bring a knife deer hunting, so they were getting ready to try to stick there fingers in the bullet hole and "tear" the deer open. I loaned them a knife, a 307 as I remember, then asked if any more of their relatives were hunting nearby. When they said, no, just them, I went ahead and hunted, otherwise I was going to the truck. :eek: 300$s
 
Joe, Great buck, no deer for me yet but when i do get one we have an old Pre 1968 Buck skinning knife to use on him back at camp. I picked it and a Kershaw Survival knife up at an auction for $15.00. My brother in law processes a few deer every year for some local guys, I know he has used that Skinner on at least 100 deer over the years and will probably do a few hundred more before it is all said and done. Nothing pretty about the knife, the blade is worn and scratched but still a great user.
 
Thanks guys. I have spent many hours looking at pictures like that with other guys staring back with big grins on their faces....I am very surprised to see me holding the deer this time! :D
You know Hawkeye, my biggest regret is that I did not take a picture like the one in your avatar! I was totally going to do that so that I could show the knife in action but I forgot. :(

STDK, good luck on your hunt! I hope you get the chance to use that old skinner again!
On an elk hunt in Colorado, there was a camp of guys next to us. They shot a nice cow. They came by and told us about it and we asked why they did not have any of it on their backs. They said they did not have a saw. "these elk are a lot bigger than the deer round our parts!". We offered our saws and a day later they finally accepted. The ranger came by, saw the elk and told them it was all spoiled because they took so long to get it out of the woods. What a huge waste. :(
I think it is really a good idea to have a mentor of sorts when a person starts hunting. Someone to show them the ropes and such.
 
You know Hawkeye, my biggest regret is that I did not take a picture like the one in your avatar! I was totally going to do that so that I could show the knife in action but I forgot. :(

You know Joe ,your rack is to wide on you deer for that knife to fit anyway.
if I shoot one that big I will forget too.:D:thumbup:
Hawkeye
 
Hawkeye5 said:
You know Hawkeye, my biggest regret is that I did not take a picture like the one in your avatar! I was totally going to do that so that I could show the knife in action but I forgot. :(

You know Joe ,your rack is to wide on you deer for that knife to fit anyway.
if I shoot one that big I will forget too.:D:thumbup:
Hawkeye
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I'll take that as a compliment and thank you very much!!:D
 
I recently field dressed a substantial UPS package with my latest regular 110, an 'Academy' special at $21.99, from September. It made quick work of the re-enforcing tape. A light touch fileted the top outer flap of the box without scarring the inner box, and left the writing on same intact - a nice touch.

I carried out a similar, but more delicate, operation carefully retrieving my new Bear 597D, won on Evil Bay for $44 inc s/h, from it's outter skin. That fine Damascus blade sure looks 'at home' mounted in my display case.

Stainz
 
HonkerRusty said:
Ok, I was wrong about the deer being a "Mulie". Not much else I can say.
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Heck Honker,,,I would have called that a mulie also. Looks a tad different than the white tail in these parts. There are several sub species.


Really fine Buck Joe!!!! Very nice rack!!
 
Well,
I just finished butchering my whitetail buck that I bagged this weekend.
I used my S30V Vanguard and my father used his S30V 803 Skinner.
Neither knife needed sharpening during the whole process. I love these things!!!
Definately my favs!!!!
Sorry I didnt include pics of the deer but the macro setting on my camera isnt enough to photo the antlers ;) (LOL)
 
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