Originally Posted by
Divenut2
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Sharp Knife is key, and it does not need to be a long blade. I think a very sharp 3-4" blade is just about perfect. I have used an old Buck folding knife with a 4" blade for 30 some years and found it to be just right for field dressing game.
Yup I have field dressed a lot of deer over the many years I have been hunting. I have collected over a dozen knives in that time but always seem to fall back to my Buck 110 folder. Easy to carry and is small and lite enough to go on my belt or in my pack. Keeps a decent edge and is easy for me to sharpen. On thing with a folder though after using you have to make sure you clean out the inside of the handle for both moisture and chunks of meat. I had a nice commemorative Gerber folder that got put away with some meat left in the handle. I must have missed it after butchering a deer on the last weekend of the season. The following year I pulled it out and there was a pretty deep pit on the blade about halfway along it. Live and learn I guess.