Let's See Your Hunting Knives

[Wandering_About]

Iz Turley custom (my pattern). Before that, I used ESEE-3s for deer. For skinning and small game/birds I actually usually use an ESEE Izula II nowdays.

 

[festerfromnzed]

These are my (basic) hunting kit depending on what im hunting....Hattori is my pig sticker....Backwoods drop point is my deer knife...DH Russell is general camp knife...Sharpfinger i use only for (ringing)....Western hunter is birds and small game......I have used just about every knid of knife profile and find that these styles best suit my needs......FES

 

[Codger_64]

Another vote for Sharpfinger! YAS!! :thumbup:

(yours is a late 80's-early 90's production)

What the heck is (ringing)??

 

[festerfromnzed]

Another vote for Sharpfinger! YAS!! :thumbup:

(yours is a late 80's-early 90's production)

What the heck is (ringing)??

Amen Codger!..Sharpfingers rule!!....Ringing is the term we use (Downunder) for cutting the A$$hole out.....FES

 

[Codger_64]

Ahh! Well that make sense. But I use mine to completely do the butchering most times. And I just breasted two mallard ducks with it last night.

 

[Damn_Animal]

Busse MUK was my blade this year didnt take any pics of it bloody but can post a pic later tonight

 

[festerfromnzed]

Ahh! Well that make sense. But I use mine to completely do the butchering most times. And I just breasted two mallard ducks with it last night.

Codger..I couldnt agree with you more..I too have used my Sharpfinger for complete field dressing,and on ducks and pheasants..It is without peer for its versatility and functionality in my opinion..I just PREFER to use it solely for ringing as i have a very edge on it just for this purpose..Ringing with a blunt knife aint no fun!...heres a pic of a samba hind i field dressed with it (samba hair is very coarse)..It handled it no probbys....Headshot at 60 metres with my 22/250......FES

 

[Codger_64]

Nice one! They are larger than most of our Southern whitetails by half again it appears. I am jealous of your hoist! Mine is not seen in this picture, but it is one of the larger of the five I butchered this fall and winter.

 

[ty_higg]

Here's mine SOG seal pup elite makes a bad ass skinnin knife SOG nw ranger jungle primitive old timer 150t Outdoor edge fold and zip knife leatherman small game case trapper benchmade griptillian and SOG sogzilla

 

[festerfromnzed]

Nice one! They are larger than most of our Southern whitetails by half again it appears. I am jealous of your hoist! Mine is not seen in this picture, but it is one of the larger of the five I butchered this fall and winter.

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Codger...I dont know if you have Samba over there?..They are an indian swamp deer that were liberated here in 1910?...They get as big as your Elk i would say...here is the biggest ive shot (encore 25/06)..It weighed 506 pound gutted..We had to quarter it to get it out of the creek it fell into (lotsa swearing i can tell you!)..Very hard animals to kill with one shot.Poor little Speedbump sure struggled with that chore!!

 

[Codger_64]

There may be some on a few exotic game ranches, but no free range established herds that I am aware of. Elk have in recent years been reestablished in small herds in the East, but I've never seen or hunted them when in season. Permits are very restrictive where hunting is allowed.

 

[festerfromnzed]

There may be some on a few exotic game ranches, but no free range established herds that I am aware of. Elk have in recent years been reestablished in small herds in the East, but I've never seen or hunted them when in season. Permits are very restrictive where hunting is allowed.

Over here we call Elk,Wapiti...They are primarily in Fiordland in the South Island..As with all our introduced deer species (reds,wapiti,whitetail,rusa,fallow,sika,samba and (moose?)...we have an open season and no permits are required...All deer are classed as vermin here and have been since the 1930,s.........FES

 

[kyturkey]

Here's one I had made for deer hunting

turkey/small game knife

 

[JNieporte]

This is my favorite big game hunting knife. It is a good skinner, and works well for field dressing. It was one of the first ATS34 models that I was aware of.

I just picked up one of those. Didn't have a sheath, but I found one that fits. Full tang, ATS-34, US-made by Camillus.

 

[mrn8]

Here's one I had made for deer hunting

Nice, I'm really diggin' that deer knife!

Here's what I've been using for years on deer. Heck, it even sent one person to the hospital when they sliced a tendon with it.

The KFU will be my new one for coyote and most likely will carry it when I deer hunt:

 

[totallynotalex]

Is that a fb griptilian?

 

[Larry from Bend]

I just picked up one of those. Didn't have a sheath, but I found one that fits. Full tang, ATS-34, US-made by Camillus.

Hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of it. I guess Camillius isn't a high grade knife maker but I think they did a good job on these. Mine has dressed & skinned Elk, Deer, Antelope, Sheep and Caribou. Seems to be excellent steel and heat treatment.

 

[VTguy17]

My newest is this custom Fowler

 

[Helle]

The ones that have seen the most use for me.

My birden knife Boker 93H

Swamp Rat Howling Rat and a Busse Game Warden

And my old self modded short Ka-Bar

 

[Wildog007]

And my old self modded short Ka-Bar

[/QUOTE]

Nice!! I'm liking that Kabar.