Cutting up your own deer?

This coming fall I want to do my own deer. What is a good knife for deboning and cutting up the meat?


Thanks,
jr 1968

 

I dress, skin and do most of the butchering with a Case pocket knife. I will use a small filet knife to cut roasts into steaks once I'm in the house but I have never needed special knives to process deer.

I did buy a havalon skinning blade last year but after snapping blades constantly I threw it out.

 

A sharp one!

 

I have a 4" rapala presentation filet knife that I have had for 30 years. I have gutted and skinned bear and deer with it, fileted countless fish, you get the point find a quality knife that feels comfortable in your hand that is what is most important.

 

I use a good 3 1/2" drop point knife to cut up the deer and a filet knife to cut my steaks. But if I had to you can process the whole deer with 1 knife.

 

I usually use my Buck knife that I gut with and a fillet knife. Helps me to have a steel handy to keep my edge.

 

Outdoor edge has a small set, filet knife, Skinner with a sharpner pretty nice set to get you started.

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This year I accidentally left my old gerber folder in the woods after gutting my first buck. I had a bunch of Cabelas Card points so I picked up a Cabelas Alaskan Vanguard by Buck. I usually skin and debone my deer while hanging with my hunting knife. Then I take the whole deboned quarters and cut into chunks for burger or cut steaks/roasts with a 7" Rapala filet knife.

 

I like to have a bunch of sharp knives. If one gets dull, I grab the next one.

 

Filet knife is the best knife for the job! Just remember to mind the joints and where you cut its very easy to dull an edge trying to force your way through a joint

 

all you need is a short blade so you don't get hung up anywhere while butchering. I personally use a JMForth blade but I will also use my Buck knife to cut the big steaks and roast off the bone. I would also have some sort of fillet knife for cleaning all the fat off.

 

I have a three piece Dexter Russell filet set that I use for everything!! Awesome set and extremely sharp!

 

We just use fillet knives to debone and cut up the meat.

 

I don't do my own as much as I used to because I have a guy who does mine for free in Pa, but I did my own for years. Fillet knives are nice for fat and silver-skin removal. Otherwise, as already mentioned, keeping them sharp is more important to me than the style of knife.

 

I've used a Buck 110 folding hunter for years. Just keep it sharp. Once inside a fillet knife is the ticket.

 

A Wusthof boning knife.

 

I use a Havalon Piranta for everything. I will gut the deer and also skin it with the same blade.

Piranta Edge Skinning Knife - Havalon Knives

 

Buck knife for gutting. Buck knife and fillet knife for cutting off and up meat.

 

I use a buck knife and also use a filet knife.