I don't see any reason to use a hunting knife to butcher a deer at home. Look at butcher knives. I use a swing blade in the field and a forschner curved boning knife to skin/butcher and the rest of the year it serves as a great kitchen/butcher knife as well.
The swing blade is hard to beat in the field. The gutting blade is awesome.
Get something with a good belly on it to butcher so your not just using the tip of the knife. This is why I prefer the Forschner knife. It has a good belly but also a sharp tip. Its great for every thing after the deer is out of the field. I use the outdoor edge zip blade to made the initial cuts which really limits hair flying and covering meat.