RC-3 for Field-Dressing Deer?

No, it's just that the coldest town in the country happens to be one of Idaho's major hunting hubs... the deer are frozen by the time you track them down ;) then you have to break out the RC-5 to chip them out of the glacier face.
 
I used the RC-3 about 2 years ago to dress a doe. The small blade wasn’t too cumbersome or unwieldy, it flowed into the cavity nicely to cut the back straps, and I was able to cut around the $)@)-hole with good old knife precision. The point was thin enough to penetrate what I wanted, and the generous choil was irreplaceable when choking up on the blade with blood covered hands. It worked wonderful compared to all these abominations with thick ends to compensate for the steel they took out for the “gut hook”. That RC-3 will do just what you want it to, when you need it. Clean up was great too, and even most of the fat grease came off of the Micarta.
 
i plan on using my izula and or RC4 when i field dress one this year. ill take pics if i think about it.
 
you know I thought the RC5 would be way too beefy to dress a deer, but the knife is so well proportioned and balanced I think it wouldn't be hard to do. That said I have my scandi edge now, so...
 
The RC-3 should work great.

I've field dressed many deer and prefer a smaller blade for that type of work, 3" or less. Just a plain old barlow or stockman pocket knife actually works very good for field dressing, especially working inside by feel. Less blade to cut yourself with.

For skinning, I prefer a blade between 3" and 4 1/2" with a good belly to it. I have used many different blades that are similar in shape to both the RC-3 & RC-4 and they all did a good job. Blade sharpness is very important.
 
RC-3 worked just fine. prefer the 4 for complete field dressing...
pics anyone? actually i posted them last season ...
 
lol i used a buck 110 on my first one a year or two a go. We didnt need a fixed blade. Lol however IF I had a rat i woulda used it :grumpy:
 
@ years ago my hunting partner and I too 3 smallish whitetails (110-140 pounds) and use 1 Ontario RAT-3 on all of them with no sharpening required. I can only imagine that the RC-3 will be as good if not better - although I'll be using the RC-4 this year...


blake
 
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