Originally Posted by
rockport
I never really thought about gutting with it. Ive never even taken it in the field. I mostly use it around the house/camp to break down large chunks of meat like loin/sirloin into steaks or slice watermelon etc.
I gut everything with a swingblade and do my skinning with nessmuks like this
I often split the pelvis, three ways to do this, either a saw, a serrated knife or a knife big enough to hack with. Only one way to know for sure is to try it a few times.
I tend to try for one tool (knife) that does it all. My current knife with a serrated blade gets the job done, but it is a pain.
I skin them at home mostly. I generally have them in the cooler/refer pretty quick with the hide on.