What knives or other tools do you use on moose in the field?

[tim]

you could also subsititute a couple of rescue pulleys and carabiners for a block and tackle. lots less weight and will get the job done. Basically a z drag kit from a raft. That is what I had brought.

we also had a kill bag. This bag, had our chunks of rope, game bags, pulleys, biners, slings, bone saw, citric acid, ect, ect. that way we could grab one dry bag out of the boat and have everything we needed in one bag to process our moose. IT worked pretty well that way.

 

[mcseal2]

you could also subsititute a couple of rescue pulleys and carabiners for a block and tackle. lots less weight and will get the job done. Basically a z drag kit from a raft. That is what I had brought.

we also had a kill bag. This bag, had our chunks of rope, game bags, pulleys, biners, slings, bone saw, citric acid, ect, ect. that way we could grab one dry bag out of the boat and have everything we needed in one bag to process our moose. IT worked pretty well that way.

Good idea, I was thinking along the same lines. Have one knife and one game bag on me and the rest of the gear in a dry bag to grab. I could take a load of meat out the first trip, bears aren't supposed to be an issue where we are, and then take all the other stuff back in.

I'm hoping to have a very short pack-out but not have the moose die in the water. Not sure it will end up that way, but that's my goal and one I'll try hard to accomplish.

 

[mallardsx2]

-Good heavy duty game bags
-2 Sharp Knives with sharpener
-Contractor grade garbage bags
-Bone Saw
-Lots of para-cord (Very useful)
-Spray bottle with mixture of pepper and lemon juice (Spray bag with this to keep flies off if its warm)

Thats really all you need.

 

[mcseal2]

Got the moose out in 4 trips each following the bone in rules. It took us about 3.5 hours for the two of us to break down each moose. After that it was 8 trips to pack one out: one trip for each quarter, one trip for both rib slabs, one trip for neck and trim meat, one for loins and tenderloins, and one for the head. Moose are a lot of work! We used a Wyoming saw, Bark River clip point hunter knife, ZT 452 folding knife, and a Kabar folding hunter knife for most of the work. We had a Outdoor Edge zip pro we used to open the hide that worked awesome when sharp but dulled quickly. The knives with better steel never needed the sharpener just the ceramic steel I had. Here is a pic of my bull.

 

[AKaviator]

Great bull! They are a lot of work, but worth it!

 

[mallardsx2]

Way to go!!!

 

[Winchester]

Beautiful bull !! Nicely done.

 

[CrimsonArrow]

That's a beauty!

 

[hunter25]

Outstanding!!
I don't think I'd ever want to manage one alone

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[Tim McCoy]

Same here Tim, I have a 20" Estwing camp axe for splitting the breast bone and pelvis, works great for splitting them down the backbone too.

Ditto.

Along with rope/winch/comealong to move it if necessary.

 

[mcseal2]

I took and used for camp chores a Gransfors Bruks small forest axe. The first couple days before camp chores were done I used it a lot. I would definitely take it again. That said I have chopped bone with an axe before and I chipped up the blade on a Gerber axe badly doing it. The GB has a lot better steel than the Gerber did (and costs a lot more to replace) but that turned me off of using an axe on game a bit. I ruined the Gerber chopping leg bones off antelope quarters instead of just sawing them off. It was 100% my fault, I chose to do that, but I was disappointed that in 8 legs of light boned antelope I had ruined that Gerber axe. I take an axe on every trip to this day, the same GB small forest axe, but I don't abuse it. I use a knife and saw for most everything and have the axe if it's needed.

In my UTV I carry a canvas Ray Mears sheath/case that holds my GB small forest axe, a Bob Dustrude folding bow saw, and a Cold Steel Recon Scout knife in SK5 steel. I have hunted enough places that I can't guarantee I can get out the way I came in if the wind blows that the kit listed seems like a good survival kit start. I feel that tools give me more options than gear, and those tools cover most of the bases that tools can cover. I'm very willing to learn ideas, keep them coming!