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What is your preferred blade length for a deer hunting knife and why?
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What is your preferred blade length for a deer hunting knife and why? 3" Just short enough for me to get my index fingertip over the tip of the blade so when I "zip" the gut cavity open I do not puncture intestines,without cutting myself. 3" is not ideal to me to cut in around the anus to free that up ,too,but it's close enough to do the job. To me all other cuts besides these are short,trimming cuts.
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2 3/4" to 3 1/4" with a slim profile. I like a small blade.
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2 3/4" to 3 1/4" with a slim profile. I like a small blade. That'll work,lol
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never more than 4 inches, with something around 3 1/2 being best suited for me.
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I can get it done with 2 to 3 inches...give or take a little on either end. I've even used those Micro Canadians from Bark River and did just fine. I've found over the years that I can get done what I need doin' with less than what I once thought necessary. Our ancestors did it with chipped prices of obsidian and chert. It ain't rocket science. Now, regarding doing it with a fine handmade custom fixed, drop point blade...that's an enjoyable experience altogether different...like drinkin' a real good bourbon
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About 3.25" with a fairly slim profile...
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3.25 give or take. I have done em with more but it sure is not needed
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3" is about right for me. I can handle a 5", but that is just about tops on length. The knife needs to allow a lot of dexterity and control. For me, over 5" gets kind of clumsy. But if I were heading to the woods and staying there a long time, I would go with the longer blade and struggle through any dexterity issues I might have.
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2 3/4" to 3 1/4" with a slim profile. I like a small blade. Yup
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3.5" - 5".
A 5" blade doesn't bother me a bit, as long as it isn't too wide....
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Holy Smokes. I am just learning to get close enough for an archery shot.... I haven't started deer wrasslin' an stabbin' yet.
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You do the wrassling and stabbing with hogs, not deer.
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Lately I've started carrying two. A Wyoming knife for gutting and a Schrade old timer in a sheath for anus work. No weight and they quickly get the job done. Use to carry a Buck 110 but this combo works better for me.
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Eat Fish, Wear Grundens, Drink Alaskan.
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Nice Phil Wilson's. I have been after one of his for a while.
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Phil's well worth the wait. Stay after it.
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