Whats your favorite Deer Hunting Knife?

[HighlandLofts]

What's your favorite deer hunting knife?

I have a fixed Schrade Old Timer knife I have used for years, I'll post a picture when I get new batteries for the camera.

SCHRADE Old Timer LARGE SHARPFINGER Full Tang Fixed Knife + Sheath New! 152OTL | eBay


I bought a fold up blade Havalon Baracuda knife for skinning out cows, I will be buying a fold up Havalon Pirana for deer hunting this deer season back there in New Yorkistan.

Havalon knife | eBay

 

[Airborneguy]

I use a knife I got from Buckmasters years ago. I honestly believe it’s the only knife I’ve ever actually bought myself.

It’s a little big (fixed blade), but it is sturdy and I can hit it with a rock to cut right through the pelvis.

I just sharpened and cleaned it yesterday after having gutted my buck.

 

[Acer-m14]

you got some balls and skillz hunting deer with a knife ...


i have a Schrade fixed now .. just need to get me a deer ..

 

[HighlandLofts]

My balls are bigger then most and smaller the some, But life goes on.

Now that most of broome county is open to rifle hunting, I'll be useing one instead of my old 16 gauge Ithaca model 37 with a scope mounted on. I have killed a bunch of deer with that shotgun.

I have a few rifles back there for deer hunting. I picked up a 30/06 Browning BAR & put a scope on it two years ago from Kurt Stienz KJS gun shop up in Bainbridge. And I have an old Marlin 336, 30/30 that belonged to all three of my brothers at one time or another.


KJS Gun Shop

 

[Acer-m14]

jump to 3:50 or just watch ..

should you deploy your knife or not .. LOL .. if you read his comments .. he was setting up a stand and when done turned and see this guy .. then watched ..

 

[kgun12]

A Buck knife what else!

Seriously it's my buck knife, my dad gave it to me when I was 16, I carry it anytime I'm in the woods. It's kind of like having my dad with me.

 

[Saltwater60]

I have a benchmade fixed blade. I forget the model it's nice.

 

[DoD1776]

jump to 3:50 or just watch ..

should you deploy your knife or not .. LOL .. if you read his comments .. he was setting up a stand and when done turned and see this guy .. then watched ..

TO bad that deer was shot and killed

 

[cgrutt]

I'm not a hunter and love a good knife but couldn't help but thinking a carpet razor might be great for field dressing a deer. I had to cut a lot of commercial carpeting over past several days and those blades are cheap and cut through thick carpet like butter...

 

[HighlandLofts]

When I was working at the 550 cow dairy farm I got the cows that did the back leg split and other cows that needed to be put down that were edible. I did one once with a razor knife and a hand saw. I bought several knives and the best one for skinning the cows was the fixed blade Havalon Baracuda. The incerts are cheap and razor sharp. one blade will do a whole full size 1'100 pound cow and still be good enough for other stuff until it was time to do the next cow. I have a few fixed blade knives for the gutting and taking the head & legs off at the joints. I also bought a electric saws-all for splitting them in half and then spliting the halves in half, down to quarters.
I had all the beef I could ever use and sold a bunch of them for a dollar a pound hanging weight. It took me two & a half to three hours to shoot it, skin it, gut it, quarter it up and drop it off at the local butcher shop. I use to average around $650 a cow, Gun money. I bought a bunch or revolvers with the proceeds.
If you remember from the other forum I bought my "NUT GUN" with cow money, a 4" - 327 Federal Magnum Ruger GP100. I took that revolver out last Sunday shooting and my six yer old grandson shot a half a box or 32 shorts and a full box of 32 Long through it. He loves that gun.
I did buy a couple of Gut Hooks for opening up the cows, money well spent.

I'm going to buy the fold up Havalon Pirana knife for this deer hunting trip back to New Yorkistan.

 

[cgrutt]

Yeah as I said not a hunter. Probably still good to throw a few in a GOOD or FA kit lol. I think it was $7 for 100 and they're all individually wrapped like back in the good ol days.

 

[JohnD13]

Mine would be a Buck knife too, given to me for Christmas about 50 years ago by my Dad. Still takes a great edge.

 

[cgrutt]

Mine would be a Buck knife too, given to me for Christmas about 50 years ago by my Dad. Still takes a great edge.

A keeper for sure! That's great to hear treasure it and pass it down when the time comes. My dad was not a gun guy by any stretch but bought me three guns when I turned 16. A rim fire, center fire and shotgun. Til this day still not sure why and wish he were here to ask him. Needless to say they will always be with me and already have my son's name on them...

 

[MilesTeg]

I use one of these.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00H...-bcd8-8cefd974306c&pf_rd_i=3413611&th=1&psc=1

I really like the blade profile and length. Someday I might upgrade to a nicer knife but it will take a lot, there's nothing about this knife I don't like.

Now for processing deer I have boning knives from a friend that works at a butcher shop. They are dirt cheap and work amazing. If I could find a commercial venue I would buy some more. The one downfall is you have to sharpen them regularly. The good part is a cheap pull sharpener is all you need.

 

[Jmac00]

being a heating contractor, I just use a piece of 30ga sheet metal, I slice my hand open every-now-and-then with it so WTH.

actually, I use a Kershaw roughneck, it's dedicated to gutting deer. It is (as my wife says) stupid sharp.

 

[HighlandLofts]

I love the responses to this question The one knife I really like was a cheap two blade knife my EX bought for me from my oldest son for X-Mas one year when he was about six or so. I used that pocket knife for a couple of years, we were taking a ride over in the Dryden area on the East side of the Chenango River and we seen a few does out in a field. I stopped to take a look at them and the Ex-wife said don't shoot any of them, then my oldest son said "Shoot one, I never seen you shoot a doe". So one of them took a 16 gauge slug and went down. I put the gun away in the car and went out to the deer, It still had some fight left so I was going to cut it's throat. When I stuck it, it kicked and the knife went flying in about six inches of fresh snow never to be found again.
I wish I still had that knife to give back to him here shortly when it's my time to cash in my chips.

 

[Catskillkid]

Schrade here myself (and one that was made back when the plant in Ellenville was still operating) though it's a folding one. Dad got it for me when I first started hunting. Wouldn't use anything else.

 

[Doc8404]

TO bad that deer was shot and killed

How do you know? Is there a story?

 

[DoD1776]

How do you know? Is there a story?

Nahhhh just wanted to be a buzz kill

 

[Acer-m14]

@HighlandLofts check this out if you want to try and find it .. The Ring Finders

 

[Wolfspotter]

I've always liked my Gerber Magnum. I don't deer hunt anymore but couldn't resist the vintage Cutco 1763

 

[NirvanaFan]

I love my Havalon Piranta. The thing is awesome. I just pop a new blade on when one gets dull.

For anything that may need torquing the blade I use a Buck folder. I think it's a 286, but I remember paying way more than what they're currently going for. Maybe they use a different steel now than they used to?

 

[Yeti]

I carry the Buck Alpha hunter with gut hook,doesn't get used much the deer population is down here.

 

[camper4lyfe]

I have a folding Buck knife that I got in one of those $20 kits from Walmart. Came with a gut hook, bone saw, and handy dandy carrying pouch. I've never used anything but the knife. The knife itself has a rubberized handle, and has a heck of an edge on it (it helps that I never use it). I couldn't tell you which model it is, though.

 

[Shadow rider]

I use this Buck...

 

[HighlandLofts]

I used my grandsons pocket knife on two deer this morning.

 

[Robin]

Bought this at a yard sale about forty five years ago, says Edge Brand, Solengen Germany. Had to replace the pommel about ten years ago and thats about the tenth sheath I made for it. Lord knows how many deer and other critters I gutted, skinned and even butchered with it, ground blinds, tent poles, pegs I have made with it, cleared limbs for tree stands. Takes and holds an edge and is heavy enough for some good hacking. Fits my hand real nice, so I keep on using it.
Robin

 

[Podmonkey]

Damnit!............. I done it again.

 

[Chuck]

Havalon piranta bolt. Blade wears out just replace it with another. Scary sharp best skinning knife I have used yet. Perfect for field dressing and only weighs a little bit.

 

[Paperpunch]

I love knives, and I have quite a few. However, my hunting ed. teacher said save your money and buy a $5 filet knife at Walmart. It's all you need and you won't cry if you lose it in the woods.