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I don't have a pretty one, just a practical one. I bought this Gerber Gator Drop Point folder knife and sliding saw back around 2000, both have served me well. If I had to buy again right now, I would probably be interested in this Gerber Hunt Kit, which is kinda homely in it's practicality.
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Buck Vanguard. I've tried a bunch and it seems to work best all around.
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What do you use the saw for?
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What do you use the saw for? Tell me you have never been hunting without saying you have never been hunting!
A 380 in my pocket is better than a 45 in my truck!
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What do you use the saw for? Tell me you have never been hunting without saying you have never been hunting! Well I’ve never used a saw on game. Everything is taken apart with a knife. Even elk and moose. Maybe I am doing it wrong.
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A pair of 80 something year old Remington RH4 hunting knifes.
Grumpy old man with a gun.....Do not touch . Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Don't bother my monument and I'll leave yours alone.
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A Buck 102 I got in 1981 when I was 12. It has been used to make at least one cut on every single animal I have ever taken.
If it looks good, you'll see it If it sounds good, you'll hear it If it's marketed right, you'll buy it But...If it's real, you'll feel it Kid Rock
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What do you use the saw for? Tell me you have never been hunting without saying you have never been hunting! Well I’ve never used a saw on game. Everything is taken apart with a knife. Even elk and moose. Maybe I am doing it wrong. If you’re deboning everything to carry just the meat out you may not use one. But a saw can come in handy for the pelvic bone when you’re just gutting the animal to drag out whole and want to open up the back hams to cool down. I’ve been using a puma folding lock back for years. My son gave me a puma game warden folding lock back that has a saw blade. I got to use it for the first time on a black bear last year.
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What do you use the saw for? Tell me you have never been hunting without saying you have never been hunting! Come again? Guess I’ve never been hunting.🙄 When I thought I was hunting I carried a havalon. Just got an outdoor edge knife to try out. I like easy sharp. And I’m really good at dulling.
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What do you use the saw for? Tell me you have never been hunting without saying you have never been hunting! I have not only never used a saw on game, I have not in the past 58 years seen anyone use a saw on game. My current favourite, it is also excellent for fishing olives out of a jar.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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I have two my boy made and a couple of Buck knives??
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You meaning Boye as in the arizona maker ?
Woops- shoulda read that more carefully
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LOL, I ordered a Mora Companion 3 years ago that's been the bomb. It was sharp out of the box and holds an edge. Been used on deer, rabbits, pheasants, squirrels, etc. Goes in the dishwasher after each use. The price makes it worry free.
SS with an orange grip and a hard plastic sheath (also orange). Worry free use and that orange handle is easy to find. The plastic sheath works great despite my initial misgivings, cleans easily and can in the dishwasher with the knife.
After handling the first one I ordered a pink one for the GF (ex) and another orange one for the horsetrailer.
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Buck Vanguard. I've tried a bunch and it seems to work best all around. Hard to beat a small drop point of decent quality. I laff at the newbie hunters that take a 6" knife out for field dressing deer.
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What do you use the saw for? Tell me you have never been hunting without saying you have never been hunting! I don't carry a saw while hunting either.
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The last 4-5 years, it's been a Grohmann stag handled #1. It replaces a J A Henckels that I've used for over 40 years.
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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Havalon Piranta I bought off the classifieds here several years back to give one a try - haven’t used anything else since! My brother makes very nice knives and have a few of his, but this thing is always sharp, feels good in the hand and is “surgical” when cutting down into joints, etc.
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Saws seem common for Whitetail...at least where I've hunted...after skinning down to the head area, a saw is the way to go to remove a Buck's head to take to the Taxidermist. I'm not talking about backpack hunting...the saw I use and that the guys I've hunted with is a cordless sawzall. That saw makes quick work of removing feet/legs, etc. from the quarters and shoulders that you don't need to take home for processing or to a processor.
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Your taxidermist hates you.....
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77 78 era buck 110 Ain't used nothing else honestly. Totally staged picture with heart and lungs posed... 🤷♂️
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