What knife do you like to dress game with?

dipbait said:
Brad the Butcher. Do you ever use a fillet knife to remove membrane from meat?
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No I prefer a thin but stiff blade, like a boning knife or a well used(thin) butcher that has a fine ground edge.

I like to feel the tension of the blade sliding under the membrane/silverskin and blade flex causes me to break through instead of slipping underneath.
 
i've only done small game, using a buck 110...though i have or can get a newer or "better" tool, i'm just used to using the 110 for the task...
 
Furync said:
Yeah I chucked the cord when I was done and kept it naked until the end of deer season (naked izula is the way to go for cleaning game). Now it's wrapped again (going camping and stuff), cord is cheap anyways...
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Seems reasonable - that's what I was figuring on doing with my sweet new BK-11.
 
I like to use fixed blades. Kind of a PIA to get all the gunk out of a folder. Usually I use a skinny bladed Benchmade and a Buck. That way if one starts to go dull, I just use the other. :)
 
You can field dress an animal with anything that's sharp. It's not hard. Some things will make it easier - gut hook is faster and safer for the meat if you're squeamish or haven't been shown how to gut an animal. It's nice to have a tool to cut through the aitch bone. Depends on the animal as what would work best. I use a Schrade Old-Timer Honesteel on deer. It has a chisel edge that works fine. It's a good field steel as well.

I do not carry a fixed blade knife in the field. A bad fall makes them too dangerous. i suppose a Kydex sheath would be okay, but I don't want any more stuff on my belt.

I butcher animals with standard butcher knives (boning knife and something to slice with) and a meat saw.
 
trukreltrog said:
I like to use fixed blades. Kind of a PIA to get all the gunk out of a folder. Usually I use a skinny bladed Benchmade and a Buck. That way if one starts to go dull, I just use the other. :)
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:confused::cool: I've seen your cool knives, I'd figure you'd make yourself a hunting knife?
 
I have used dozens of different knives on Deer and other Large animals. My family owns a farm that raises Meat Cows so I have had alot of practice since I was a kid.

Right now for Deer I use a Gossman Hunter but I used my Scrapper 5 (with a thinned out convex edge) on my last deer and it did very well. The gossman has stag handles with good texture and is in D2. I love D2 for a game cleaning steel as it gets a toothy edge which I love for field dressing/boning/meat removal.

When I am actually processing (creating steaks what not) I use a boning knife almost like a Filet but with less flex that I keep rediculous sharp all the time. Like Brad the Butcher mentioned. Actually Brad's advice sounds pretty darned good for anyone who is reading this for reference.

I HATE folders for doing deer or any animal that I have to cut up into a chest cavity with. I get the blood in the handle sometimes and if I have my druthers I will use an open backed folder if I HAVE to use a folder. I followed up a doe last year into some Bull Rushes here on the Eastern shore for a guy and he didnt have a knife on him :rolleyes: and I had my waved Endura(left my pack in the field as anyone who has gone into bullrushes knows its muddy, wet, thick and nasty). The handle was fantastic at staying grippy but those little holes got filled with fat and blood and was a real biotch to clean. My father uses a Lakota Little Hawk folder and has for years....he loves the folders for game, I do not. To each his own.
 
I use Dozier and Crotts for my hunting knives.. I used the Crotts model one on 6 deer and the edge was still sharp.. I touched it up with a strop when I got home and I swear it was sharper then when Dan sent it to me.. I found that the Orange G10 was great for finding the knife once I set it down to work on the anal cavity.. You don't need much to field dress most critters.. I shot a brown bear once and the guide pulled out a little case folder and a sharpening stone and went to work.. he skinned the whole bear in 4 hours with that tiny little folder.. I shot the bear before I got the knife addiction, and I wish I would have had a Dozier then.. I am going to be carrying a Dozier K19 this year and looking forward to slaying some whitetails with it..
I leave an Izula in my bow hunting pack all the time.. I sometimes blast off work early and have been known to not have my Dozier with me. The Izula works fine..
 
I have been using my Buck 102 Woodsman since 1979 and it has served me very well. Any sharp knife that you like the feel of will do. I have also used an Opi #8 a few times with great results.
 
I use a 3" to 4" inch fixed blade. I find a fixed blade is easier to clean the fat and blood off of. Most of my deer lately have been dressed with a Bark River "Fox River" model or a Buck 105 "Pathfinder". I have used a Case Trapper on small game though.

Wes
 
I've been using a Buck Vanguard in S30V for several years now. Couldn't be happier.
 
I have used a 100-125 different knives to dress big game. Probably 350 or so critters not counting hogs and cattle. I was a hunting/fishing guide for 15 years or so. One year we did three elk with a Vic Fireman, Had a bag of gear stolen from camp. What would I buy for the average hunter who hunts a deer and hogs, Nothing much better or cheaper than a Mora Clipper, Stainless are just as good for hunting as the carbon. NO Maintenance.:thumbup:

Stomper and othewr makers can make one for you that is just what you want. DPK is a very under rated maker here too IMO. Many good folders out there too including the Bucklite. Three inch blade is plenty.
 
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Did alot of skinning with the little Greco / Lile caper shown here with the Bagwell

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This little Blackwood been up many a mountain and done alot of work

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Gonna give this one a try this year Krein pocket Bowie P Long cape Buff sheath

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also wanna try out this little laminated blade from Foster

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the lone gunman said:
For many years I cleaned all my game (deer,squirrels,turkey,fish) with a Buck 110. Worked just fine,,THEN,,I became a Knife Nut and things got complicated for some reason. Damn It.
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I know, the 110 and Case Trappers probably dress thousands of whitetails every year. I never realized they were less than up to par, until the internet came along. I use a BRKT Fox River mostly, but many times I have used whatever pocket knife I had at the time, and a saw.
 
I usually use a Custom shop Buck 110, but I have a variety of knives I like to use.

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