What kind of fixed blades do hunters go for?

golok

golok

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I thought I pose this question before those people who actually go out into the field and use knives they carry with them.

Considering the terrain and the things-to-do which come as part and parcel of a hunting trip, what would usually be the type of fixed blade that a hunter would go for?

Better ask the experts, I thought. :)
 
I like marbles knives, I like the Old Timer Sharpfinger, I like a Lee Reeves custom in 52100 to name a few.

I field dressed a Whitetailbuck yesterday with my Swamp rat Bandicoot.
 
I like the Woodcraft design, I find I use a lot of sweeping cuts during outdoor work. The woodcraft style design is great for that, while not carrying the point too high.
 
I hunt with a black powder rifle, so there is a need for a slipjoint for uncapping the rifle.

I have carried many different knives. I will list some of them.
SRKW Bandicoot
SRKW Howling Rat
Spyderco Chinook
SAK Soldier

Kind of carry whatever I am in the mood for that day.
 
Golok,
When I'm hunting, I carry a 5" bladed drop point hunter in cable damascus and whitetail antler that I made, along with a Case trapper in my pocket.

Todd
 
I carry a Boker sheath knife with a traditonal German hunting blade. I also carry a slip joint, usually a 4" trapper.
 
Half the fun of hunting is buying accessories, that's why there are so many :D

I typically carry a Shane Sibert Matter Separator on my belt and usually a small Dozier skinner, or other small fixed blade in a slip sheath along with a SAK Huntsman in my fanny pack.

If I don't want to carry another small fixed blade I'll sometimes sub in a 4" folder like my BM 720 in the Sibert's accessory pouch.

I like carrying a big fixed blade because I can chop clear an area to sit so I don't get thorns in my butt and I can chop the heads off of my small when I field dress them. (that is if it's still there after I shoot it ;))
 
When hunting on the ground, I carry a fixed blade drop point about four inches long. This year, it's a Fallkniven F1.

When hunting from a treestand, I carry a locking folder like an old Schrade LB7 or recently, a Spyderco Native.

Good hunting,
Bob Scott
 
For field dressing deer, I like just about any 3" drop point. I'm Carrying an old Imperial Frontier 422 (made by Camillus, 1975 or so)I'm not interested in gut-hooks, and see no real purpose for them. I've already used a new favorite, a Bowen sheath knife that I really like, although the point is not that dropped.

For small game, I dont use a knife! I know, what a rebel I am. I use game scissors, by Gerber. I kill dozens of squirrels and bunnies every season, and trust me, scissors are better, faster, safer, neater.

I always carry an Old Timer Buzz-saw trapper when hunting. The saw zips right through a deer's pelvic bone, or cuts branches out of the way. The steel pick and tweezers are very handy.

Just my very strongly held opinions, however!
 
I carry a Buck General for big game. A few blows on the pommel and the blade cuts right through the pelvic bone, and the long blade makes it easier to reach in and cut. For small game(birds) I carry any number of fixed blades or folders, although, I only use them for cutting the wings since I "breast" them clean.
 
Perhaps I'm the oddball here, but I use a Finnish puukko (go figure).

By next year, I hope to acquire one of these.

Peace.
 
For deer, I've settled on the classic "Loveless" style
four inch drop point hunter. The one I've been using for the
last three years is the GM model by Geno Denning. I like it
so much that I bought an identical one for my hunting partner.
Between the two of us, we've dressed out around fourteen deer
with them-(and a small saw).
For birds, I use a pocket knife. In my case, either a swiss army knife or
a small Sebenza.

Over thirty plus years of hunting, I long ago came to the conclusion that bigger is not usually better when it comes to field dressing game.
Sharper always is.
 
Sport said:
For deer, I've setteled on the classic "Loveless" style
four inch drop point hunter. The one I've been using for the
last three years is the GM model by Geno Denning. I like it
so much that I bought an identical one for my hunting partner.
Between the two of us, we've dressed out around fourteen deer
with them-(and a small saw).
For birds, I use a pocket knife. In my case, either a swiss army knife or
a small Sebenza.

Over thirty plus years of hunting, I long ago came to the conclusion that bigger is not usually better when it comes to field dressing game.
Sharper always is.
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Another Denning fan here. Pretty good bang for the buck IMO.
Jim
 
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