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I've got the Gränsfors Outdoor Axe, which is slightly longer handled but every bit as awesome. Taking antlers off a skull, chopping the spine to get to the tenderloins out or for making a warming fire, that thing is always attached to my pack. Love it. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/OgWVxqb.jpg) Don't ask about the one tenderloin....long story.
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Don, I’ll leave er stock....
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
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Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I've got a Gransfors and a Wetterlings. Steel quality seems about equal between the two. The Gransfors handle is better, being actually boiled in a vat of BLO, it doesn't swell/shrink with weather/humidity changes so the head remains tight year round. The Wetterlings handle is just surface varnished and does swell/shrink. The Wetterlings sheath is much better than the Gransfors though, being made of much stiffer leather and having a built in belt carrier with slots .
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Christened ours yesterday on a doe!
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What do to guys use a hatchet for when cleaning deer?
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Splitting the pelvis, for one.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Campfire Kahuna
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found a deal at LL Bean for a GB hatchet. It arrived today, but I believe I'll just gift it to my son for Christmas, and keep the little Wetterlings I have been using for many years. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/PTbZ81o.jpg)
Sam......
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Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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he does. The lad shot a fat 4 point this morning. I took the little ax out and he used it skinning and processing the buck. It sure works well for that purpose. I'll wrap the empty box for Christmas. lol
Sam......
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Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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Thanks for the reminder on the Gransfors Bruk hatchet. Citi sent a 25% off LL Bean postcard and I had lost track of the expiration date, which was today. Ordered one this morning. $105 + 6% Caesar's share (FL).
Believe there are also 25% off downloadable coupons floating around.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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What do to guys use a hatchet for when cleaning deer? The back edge is pretty handy skinning when nearly frozen..
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What do to guys use a hatchet for when cleaning deer? Gotta admit that while aware that there is more than one way to skin a cat (or a buck), I'm a little puzzled about that one myself.
"Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants". --- William Penn
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a sharp, small hatchet makes a great skinner. The hatchet can be used for easily splitting the breast bone and pelvis if you feel the need. Smacks right through those leg joints as well.
Sam......
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I've always used a saw, but am open to trying different ways. Does it make a mess? Seems there would be bone fragments everywhere
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I've always used a saw, but am open to trying different ways. Does it make a mess? Seems there would be bone fragments everywhere careful use of a sharp hatchet does not mean bone fragments. The chest is relatively soft, the blade just slips right through. Heck, even a saw means there is some bone detritus floating around
Sam......
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Happy truck came today. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/86097.jpg)
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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