What's your standby Whitetail hunting knife?

[NDGuy]

Life is too short for ugly knives fellas

 

[LostArra]

Whatever you use - I put a bunch of reflective paracord on it. Makes it super easy to find if you’re working in the dark and set it down.

I've never understood camo-handled knives for field dressing especially at night.

 

[TheWhitetailNut]

An original Marbles Mini Woodcraft has been through all my deer (and everything else) for the last 25 yrs.

 

[taxidermybycam]

Either a fillet knife from Walmart that's 4 inches long or a size 22 scalpel. There's not a whole lot to field dressing or cutting up a deer. And a sharpener is always close by.

 

[RifleDisciple]

This will be my go-to hunting knife once I make my Dad a replacement. He didn't quite click with this due to the handle size and he likes a clip point blade. I made this out of 154cm stock with elk antler scales. He will get a clip point with larger handle and I'll take this one since I really like the drop point blade shape and the handle fits me well.

Backup is a vintage Western L66 boy scout knife that I picked up at a flea market. Pretty good skinning shape with a pointy tip if needed.

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[T-town]

a pair of Buck 110's have been my resharpened mainstays for the past 25 years. Anything new and sharp is what I prefer nowadays.

 

[TylerDurden3]

Bowman Knives. Great dude. Great knives

 

[Huntndog]

Browning folder . Has two blades for zipping and cutting and a saw blade which has been handy for trimming small branches if necessary.

 

[VuduDoc]

Benchmade Steep Country for me. Love the jimping up front. Perfect size for my preferences. I have to sharpen it every 3 or so deer. Field dressing and skinning only. I butcher with other victorinox blades. (Pic from knifecenter.com)

 

[brancher147]

I have an old fixed blade gerber. Cheap knife and soft steel but it sharpens easily with a rada wheel sharpener and stays sharp for an entire deer deboning gutless method. I use a havalon for skinning. Haven’t gutted anything in years

 

[Utahelk21]

Pretty hard to beat the outdoor edge for value

 

[jdl25]

Whatever Benchmade is in my pocket at the time always works. Sharp is the key.

 

[Honyock]

Benchmade Hidden Canyon Hunter

 

[sheajeff]

Bench made mini bug out or the bench made steep country, they both get the job done

 

[OftenOutdoors]

This is one of my favorites.

 

[RBell24]

Life is too short for ugly knives fellasView attachment 885554

I'd say you have an adequate supply of quality knives!

 

[AlwaysChasinTailNHorns]

Bradford Textured Guardian 3 - M390 Steel do it all kind of knife.

 

[S-3 ranch]

I use a old M2 steel Gerber ( with toilet paper roll and electric tape sheath)
And a m390 spyderco
Plus I keep a carbon steel Moraknifv ready for backup

Life is to short and some days to cold to carry a beautiful knife with crappy steel

 

[bullnose]

I've been the using straight edge version of this cutco knife for the last 25 or so years to field dress whitetails.

 

[Kyguy]

I've used a lot of different knives over the years but a Buck 550 Selector 2.0 always rides along, with a selection of spare blades. The Cold Steel Pendleton 3v Mini Hunter completely processed a couple last year and was still popping hair afterwards. I like rubber handles. I've got a 3v Master Hunter too, but I carry it while hiking and camping, not so much for working on deer. Mora's do a great job too for the minimum investment, especially the carbon steel ones.