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Curious about how you all carry your fixed blade hunting knives in the field. Do you carry your knife in the sheath on your pants belt? Or sheathed in your hunting pack? I've always carried on my belt because I wanted the knife ready to hand. Not sure why because I always have a folding pocket knife in my left front pocket and usually use that for routine cutting needs like lunch stuff, trimming a limb here there, ect. I reserve the fixed blade for working on game when I get lucky. I read that many guys put their "hunting knife" in their pack. Curious what you y'all do and why. Appreciate your responses...
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No reason why, specifically, but it's always been on my belt. Maybe because the sheath has a belt loop.
Never really gave it much thought. Just what I've always done.
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Mine rides in the pack. always worried that it might somehow come out of the sheath when tracking through the thick stuff.
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On my belt ,but more often in a coat pocket .
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Folding buck 110 on my belt, fixed blade knife in pack. Keeps the fixed blade protected and sharp until time to dress a deer, smaller package on belt for less interference with day pack. And still have a serviceable knife handy if I leave pack in truck!
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...it's always been on my belt. Maybe because the sheath has a belt loop...  Thinking back to my youth, this is likely how my habit started.
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Depends, but 9 times out of 10 in my pack. Though I've got at least 1 largish folder in my pocket.
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I carry a legal sized rotation of belt carried fixed blades
daily. Usually a stockman in the pocket.A little
Schrade Sharpfinger is a regular belt carry. Why?
IDK, I just like 'em.
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I like to carry one on my belt. I like to have one in my pack too.
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Always on my belt. Never carried it a single other way......
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I used to carry it on my belt exclusively. I've recently starting carrying a neck knife more often, though this is always one strapped to the left shoulder support of my pack.
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Do those of you that cary on your belt use a pack with a waist belt?
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Leatherman on my belt, when I have on pants.......  Knives in my Nimrod Pack, which has a waist belt..... And a turtleneck when hunting.......always.
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Knife pocket - won't buy hunting pants w/o a deep pocket on the right upper leg.
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Fixed blade goes in my pack ('wilderness' hunts, or left in the truck when hunting around home). The only time I use it is when game is on the ground. Don't need it in a hurry at that point. Less likely to get lost.
Always have a standard 2 bladed trapper in my pants pocket. It gets the light duty cutting needs, lunch, etc.
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Do those of you that cary on your belt use a pack with a waist belt? Nah, I removed the packs waist belt. I don't carry enough weight to need it. However, I'm exploring the gutless method of game handling so I might be packing the game out which might have me using the waist belt. Hadn't considered that conflict. Thanks!
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Leatherman on my belt, when I have on pants....... Knives in my Nimrod Pack, which has a waist belt..... And a turtleneck when hunting.......always. Was pretty painful last time I hunted without pants.
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