Knife for Duck & Goose Hunting?

[desmobob]

I was out in Suffolk County(Long Island) on Saturday. Didn't get any birds. Everything was flying a good distance away and didn't want to come in(or couldn't hear) to the sounds of the duck & goose calls. Better luck next time, I guess.

Next time, try it up my way in the marshes around the southern part of Lake Champlain. Plenty of ducks and no corrosive salt water! (Just bottomless clay marshes to get mired in.)


Good hunting,
desmobob

 

[acemaster]

I think the best knife is actually a pair of scissors, not a knife at all, when it comes down to cleaning waterfowl or doves. I have a few pairs of "paramedic scissors" that work great.

 

[mtwarden]

My all-time favorite waterfowl knife is an A.G. Russell Bird & Trout. It just seems to be perfect for breasting out ducks and geese. You can get it in a choice of steels, last time I looked.

As for the blind making chores, I bring a cheap Ontario machete for that.

Good hunting,
desmobob

this or something very similar- thin and small for ducks/geese (you can add any upland birds and trout to that as well )

 

[valcas1]

I was out in Suffolk County(Long Island) on Saturday. Didn't get any birds. Everything was flying a good distance away and didn't want to come in(or couldn't hear) to the sounds of the duck & goose calls. Better luck next time, I guess.

What town were you hunting? I was out Thanksgiving morning on Mecox bay in the Hamptons.

One of my favorite duck breasting knives is the AG Russell Woods Walker. I agree with what others have said that the knife you use for cleaning is probably not going to be the same knife for blind construction.

Paul

 

[d_filgate]

Grohmann Belt knife, #2 trout and bird. best knife for what you are doing hands down.

+1:thumbup:

 

[K Williams]

What town were you hunting? I was out Thanksgiving morning on Mecox bay in the Hamptons.

One of my favorite duck breasting knives is the AG Russell Woods Walker. I agree with what others have said that the knife you use for cleaning is probably not going to be the same knife for blind construction.

Paul

Timber Point & Fireplace Neck tidal wetlands.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7780.html

 

[Dannyboy Leather]

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[sherlockbonez]

The best knife I've used is an old case trapper. A good bird knife has to be thin in 2 ways. It's has to be thin spine to edge and of thin stock. Otherwise, any knife is plenty for cutting up a few ducks and geese.

As for building blinds, I use my SE salt folder when cutting up cattails and rushes. I never needed a knife for hunting on fields.

 

[K Williams]

After looking at a lot of videos on YouTube, it looks like the regular fillet knife is also a favorite for cleaning waterfowl.

 

[Mannlicher]

I know the OP said 'fixed blade', but just as an example, let me show this Case XX Changer with different blades.
A quick change gives you a number of different solutions, and over the past 15 or so years, this knife has performed well on fish, birds, reptiles and mammals.

 

[sherlockbonez]

Fillet knife are good providing it's a 4" blade. I find the longer blade too whippy, but works well never the less.