I wouldn't use anything but a short/drop point in the field, esp for dressing smaller deer. Even moose, you don't need to carry more. The last thing I want is to get a cut while both hands and a long blade are fishing around inside a deer trying to find a windpipe to cut off.
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Yep. If that blade sticks out much past the end of my finger I'm not too sure where it is or what it's up against. Don't want a bad cut anytime but especially not out in the woods. One guy I knew wore a pair of ordinary cotton gardening gloves while field dressing and skinning. He felt that even the cotton might give him just enough protection to stop a deep cut. At one time I saw gloves made with Kevlar or something which were sold as protection vs knife cuts.
