You really want a small hunting knife to field dress a deer. What you’re doing is akin to surgery, and you wouldn’t want a surgeon to pull your appendix out with a bowie knife. That said ...

Photo by Dustin Lutt / Rockhouse Motion Learning (or remembering) how to field dress a deer can feel overwhelming, but if you have a sharp knife and a reasonably strong stomach, you’ll be able to ...

Introduced a little over six years ago, the New West KnifeWorks 4″ Outfitter quickly announced itself as a premium USA-Made ...

Field dressing a deer is a massively important piece of the harvest, and there are a few tools that every hunter should have to make the process all the easier. At Hunter Ed, it is always stressed ...

The best hunting knife isn’t just another tool in your arsenal; it’s the tool you turn to when the time comes to harvest and every minute counts. From field dressing to survival tasks ...

Some hunters prefer to split the pelvis for access to the rectal tract, but you can bypass this step if you aren’t comfortable wielding a buck knife through thick bone. With your paring knife ...

If you use your knife mostly for slicing cuts—field dressing, butchering, cutting cord and wood—stop right now. The medium-coarse stone leaves microserrations in the steel that give it more ...

Once the dry heaving subsides, you’ll have learned an important lesson: The best knife for field dressing isn’t a big honkin’ blade, it’s a sharp controllable knife that can make a few precise cuts to ...

These are handy for cleaning yourself (especially if you forget the gloves), as well as your knife and saw—and for tidying up your buck for pictures. Q: Do you need a saw to field dress a deer?

Some hunters prefer to split the pelvis for access to the rectal tract, but you can bypass this step if you aren’t comfortable wielding a buck knife through thick bone. With your paring knife ...