Looking for one that is not made in f ucking CHINA..

Stanley Sharptooth <$15

Wyoming saw. I’ve had one for 20 years.

Every 2-3years, I go down to Lowes or Home Depot and buy a miter box saw. I think they call them cross cut saws now. About $15. I use them every year on elk

Take a look at Knapp on eBay. Best saw ever made!

Take them to your local saw shop every few years and have them sharpen it. I’ve had mine for about 20yrs.

Yep 👍

9 inch pruning saw blade for your cordless sawzall.....

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I've done that, and it sure does work if you're OK with the weight or hunting off horses. I saw a small chainsaw used one time too. Other than the bar oil getting on things, it worked pretty good.


As far as a bone saw, the original Wyoming saw is what I have used for quite a while. I believe there are some knock offs out there....so make sure to get it through Wyoming Knife products. I've quit carrying it though, since I discovered using a good hatchet, and don't even use one of them anymore on critters since going completely gutless. All a guy needs is a knife and knowledge of the joints.

Wicked tree saw, with bone blade.

I haven't used bone saws for decades. Just a hatchet to split the brisket and the pelvis, then a sharp knife to cut into and through the joints.

I have little personal experience with using saws on animals as I am a solo back pack hunter so everything gets broken down with a small kestrel (A+!!!) knife and packed out deboned. The times I’ve hunted with others that prefer to drag out animals whole or literally cut into quarters I have seen generators with recip’s, large bow saws, hatchets or just a heavy bladed knife with a nearby stick used to hammer it through sternum and pelvis, used.

A couple years ago as I was leaving a quick morning hunt I ran into an older fellow that I’d met a couple times over the previous days prior, headed into an area near where I’d been glassing from a bluff. He’d shot a decent bodied muley off a ridge and was circling in below as far as he could get with his truck. It dropped in an extremely rough area! As he didn’t have a pack and was headed in on foot with a small fluorescent toboggan, I offered to help knowing he was in for a rough morning ahead. He pulled out a “Japanese pocket saw” (folding keyhole saw) his son had bought him wearing a 12tpi blade and sliced through pelvis and sternum like butter. I have to say I was impressed even if it isn’t my style. It was a slog of a pull out and for my help he gave me that saw though I tried to tell him I didn’t need it and would most likely never use it (holds true).

For those that like to do things that way I do recommend that little pocket saw and at 6” and 4.4oz it’s not much effort to carry. https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/hand-tools/saws/keyhole/63146-japanese-pocket-saws

Yep for the third time. As a side note, I drilled holes in my end handle for a slight weight savings with no adverse issues.

Wyoming saw.

We did that last year. For what we do, which is lopping legs off at the ankle and occasionally cutting moose ribs, I don't think it is worth it. You make the fastest part of the job slightly faster. So you turn 6 minutes of cutting with a handsaw into 2 minutes of cutting with a sawzall. Even fully mechanized, that isnt worth it to me. Now, if you are splitting ribcages down the spine, thats a different story. But we have avoided that so far, and I hope that luck holds.

My vote goes to the stanley sharptooth.

Wyoming saw!

Vern, it looks like Stanley makes several versions with different teeth. Which do you prefer? Thanks.

As others have stated.

10" Smooth Cut

I have used a Gerber Sliding Saw with a bone blade for years. Made in the USA and it has always worked well for me.

Sazall. With s meat blade.

It's cheap Chinese, but we've been using these for over a decade:

$8 from Harbor Freight

If still available, a Sierra Saw, and cheap at that.

Didn’t specify if you were in the woods or at home but in the woods, 14” or 18” Wyoming saws are hard to beat. The 11” might work on deer but is nearly worthless on an elk (been there and done that). At home, sawsall works great.

I have had a Wyoming saw for well over 20 years. Can't go wrong with them. Compact amd built to last a lifetime with just a little TLC now and again.

This.

Bone saw just to split the pelvis in the field, or for major bone cutting putting up an animal?
Lot of difference in the recommendation depending on the use!

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Wyoming Saw

I have a folding Bahco made in Sweden. Came with a Bahco (Mora Companion) knife. Both great and not expensive. Recommendable.

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Havolon has a saw blade for the bigger knife.

They make a 2 blade handle that holds one big blade and one of the small blades.

Why they didn't just do 2 big blades is beyond me but it is the smallest saw you can pack that will actually do work and you have a somewhat useful small blade in addition.

I've heard of peoiple using chain saws on moose, using veg oil for the bar, dedicated saw, I suppose. Seems a little much.....

I have used that little Outdoor Edge saw that comes in their elk hunting kit the last couple years on caribou. Someone gave me the kit, and I have a couple other Edge knives as well. Pretty good stuff.

I butchered 3 caribou with the Edge kit this year, plus field dressing them, and two others field dressed last year. Have not yet needed to sharpen the knives with anything other than the sharpener that came in the kit.

far better than the CampUSA butchering kit I was gifted with some 10-15 years ago.

Off topic for saws I know- I also have. couple Knapp saws which I've used for over 40 years. One needs sharpening. Badly....

I've heard nothing but good about Wyoming saws, never owned one. Never had the occasion to buy one....

Hatchets work but heavier than a saw.... BTDT too.

Another Wyoming saw vote

Other then removing a skull plate, I've never needed or wanted one. For skull plates I've used hatchet, wyoming saw, regular hardware saw, and chain saw. I think the regular hand saw was my favorite. If there isn't access to a power saw.

I’ve got the short and the long Wyoming saws, had the long one for 30 years, been used a bunch, damn good tool

Ive got all three sizes of the wyoming saws, the 11" is my least favorite, I bought the last of the cases and parts from the guy at wyoming saws to make couple 14" saws which is my favorite, the 18 1/4" works great but I get by with the 14" for my uses!