I am looking for recommendations of a good deer butchering knife. I will just be using it for deer processing, nothing else. I just processed my first deer and it was a pain because I did not have the right knife. What brand would you recommend me getting?

Thanks,

Brian

I do all of the boning with my regular hunting knife. It has a 3" blade. Then I go into my tackle box and get my fillet knife. I do all of my trimming with it. It is light and very sharp. I remove all the silverskin just like filleting a fish.

My fillet knife works wonders for cutting up steaks and deboning, I use my hunting knife for skinning and gutting. A good meat saw is also a necessity. I have a gerber tree and bone saw with a small blade that works awesome.

mathews said it near word for word I too use a fillet knife on all but the skinning and gutting and use a gerber combo saw that comes with a bone blade

If I ain't huntin',I'm trappin',If I ain't trappin',I'm fishin'
If I ain't fishin',I'm wishin'!

I'm going to disagree with MATTHEWS. I never saw through bones. I hang the deer up and strip the big boy clean. Take all the meat you want right off the frame. Then I clean and cut with my fillet knife. I think the bone dust makes the meat have a funny flavor.

For final cuts, I much prefer a good, long, straight edge carving knife with a scary-sharp edge. It makes butterfly cuts a snap.

JRW

I've been using a basic fillet knife that I purchased cheap from Walmart. Works just fine. As a backup, I use another fillet knife that came with out kitchen knive set. I'd love to get that Gerber butchering set though and keep it for just game.

Like TrapperDave, I too avoid cutting through bone.

-Mike

I use my 4" folding Buck Hunter for all deboning. I then use a very sharp filet knife for the rest including getting the fat and membranes off the muscles.

anyone seen the butcher kit gerber puts out?

Sooner

"Size isn't important, but it HELPS!!!"

Ask your local butcher where you can buy Forschner knives. They are only $15 each and all butchers use them. I have the skinner, fillet and boning knives. They take a lethal edge quick and are the best for your meat cutting bag.