I’ve never hunted Elk, however it is a dream of mine.
I do hunt whitetail and I prefer a drop point with about a 3-3.5” blade.
I just feel very awkward with a large knife field dressing a deer.
I coached high school football for 35 years and came into hunting approximately 11-12 years ago.
When I started hunting I saw an article on a guy who made his own knives using an old edge trimmer blade and thought to myself I can do that. Thus begun my venture into making my own knives.
This is the knife I’ve used the last two years, and I carry it on my hip while hunting.
it has performed very well.
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this is the style knife I prefer to use.
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As I said, to me longer blades feel awkward for field dressing (whitetail not an Elk), but I have used them.
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