I'm just curious what other people like to use when field dressing their deer. I'm not trying to start some kind of a flame throwing thread of mines better than yours kind of thing but, just genuinely curious what other people use since I always do a hack job of field dressing deer and this year was no exception. I'm not going to blame or give credit to the knife for me doing a bad job, I just found that this year got me thinking I should ask people with more experience than myself.
Normally I just make one cut on the lower belly, then slice up the gut trying not to cut open any intestines. Once I hit the sternum I baton through it with the knife so I can finish off some stuff up top. Once that's all done, I finish off the lower end work and call it a day. I don't fully process the deer myself, I just drop it off to a butcher.
The knife I used this year was a Jeff White butcher and it's is a great outdoors knife, but I found myself wishing it'd been a little shorter, and more of a sharp point. Not complaining by any means, just thinking of what to use for next year. The knife I used last year was a JG custom and it's only an inch or so shorter, but that made it that much more maneuverable inside the chest cavity. I tend to always think I need or want a big sturdy knife, but my plan for next year is probably just going to be taking my little esee JG3 or something that size.
Normally I just make one cut on the lower belly, then slice up the gut trying not to cut open any intestines. Once I hit the sternum I baton through it with the knife so I can finish off some stuff up top. Once that's all done, I finish off the lower end work and call it a day. I don't fully process the deer myself, I just drop it off to a butcher.
The knife I used this year was a Jeff White butcher and it's is a great outdoors knife, but I found myself wishing it'd been a little shorter, and more of a sharp point. Not complaining by any means, just thinking of what to use for next year. The knife I used last year was a JG custom and it's only an inch or so shorter, but that made it that much more maneuverable inside the chest cavity. I tend to always think I need or want a big sturdy knife, but my plan for next year is probably just going to be taking my little esee JG3 or something that size.