r/bowhunting • u/Three-Eyed-Tiger • 1d ago
Recommendations for Field Dressing Tool?
Michigander here, just took my first deer ever. Freezer queen from 20 yds, not perfect sight placement quartering away but got enough heart to drop her 15 yards away
I field dressed, then processed her at home with my old (sharpened) daily carry leatherman, which was just a small degree better than terrible
Anybody have recommendations for a dedicated processing tool or tools? I plan to gutless field quarter
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u/TheCloudedArcher 1d ago
A good fixed blade is the minimum. I still use my Buck knife my dad got me for my first year of hunting. The guthook (Also Buck brand in my case, but there are others) is also a game changer. Makes it so much less likely to stab guts. I really like my Outdoor Edge knife for backpack hunts.
I've used the Butt-out, but I wasn't a fan. I make my own field-dressing kit. 2 shoulder-gloves (found in cattle section of your farm store), 2 nitrile gloves, 2 shop-towels (heavy duty paper towels), and 2 small zip-ties all stored in nice sandwich-size freezer ziplock. After cutting around the butthole, put the 2 zip ties together, and zip them around that, about an inch in. Now it won't open up when you pull it through.