What saw are you guys using to help with rib bones on your deer and elk?
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What saw are you guys using to help with rib bones on your deer and elk?
I just cut the meat off the ribs for hamburger, leaving the bones in tact. I didn't answer the question you asked, I know. A hacksaw is probably your best bet, not as course as a bone saw, but should be good for cutting through ribs. Just speculation though.
Trying to borrow a chainsaw?
I've used a pac saw like this one for 33 years. The blade is stout enough for elk ribs and vertebrae. Mine could use a sharpening. But I've never cared for the leather sheath--too heavy.
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If I were to get another for hunting I'd get a folder like this:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/SILKY...8.uts?slotId=2
The bright colored handle is a plus.
^^^^this, everything.
I have a cheapy folder with a black handle. I put bright orange paracord lanyards on all my hunting gear.
If you're lucky enough to pack elk out with livestock--horses or mules, one would typically use canvas panniers. It's important to cut and load the carcass so the bone ends face out and don't poke the pack animal. With a pack animal you don't need to save weight by deboning in the field which is time consuming and risks contamination. Keeping the meat (and hide) on the bone and using game bags helps keep the meat clean until it gets into refrigeration and on to the butcher table.
A bone saw is used in the field to cut the carcass into carry sized pieces. Eight sections plus the head works well for efficient loading. After removing the legs, I cut the across the ribs about 6" from the backbone in order to keep the backstraps intact. Then the spine is cut in half through the vertebra between the 4th and 5th rib bones. I do this at the time of field dressing whether packing out on my frame backpack or bringing in the pack animals.
I like this a lot. I like the double blade option. I have a saw that has large teeth which I didn't care for while cutting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hummer
I cut out the meat between the rips two years ago and thought how much faster and easier it would have been with a bone saw of some kind.
Yes and I plan on never returning itQuote:
Originally Posted by TFOGGER
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Originally Posted by Irving
That's a very good idea. I hate having to hunt for my knife when I'd just laid it down a minute ago--somewhere.
I have a folder similar to what Hummer linked. I keep it and a swingblade in my pack. It has seen a lot of big game and going strong. I like that is doesn’t need a sheath, isn’t as big and bulk as carrying a big saw and you really don’t need to do that much cutting.
I completely deboned a deer this last season in about and hour on my garage floor. Would have been a lot faster if I hung it up and had the stainless table I want to get.
I've been using the Schrade SCAMP5, folds up pretty small for a saw and its a knife to boot. I use my normal hunting knifes for gutting and skinning out with these blades as a back up, but I use the saw most out of this kit.
https://www.propertyroom.com/l/schra...knife/11996346
That looks like an awesome price, but how easy is it to change blades when everything is bloody?
Wyoming saw that breaks apart is what i use for backpacking.. i cut weight so dont take the leather case.
We use something similar to this: Gerber Game Saw
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Browning makes one too
That's what I carry in my hunting pack. Very effective, small, lightweight, the t-handle reduces grip induced fatigue (and won't slip from my grip if I'm all bloody) and the blunt end eliminates getting the blade into where I don't want to cut. The added plus is the orange "easy to find when you lay it down" handle.Quote:
Originally Posted by CO Hugh
I also carry up to 10 of those heavy duty "box of rags" type of paper shop towels to wipe my hands with then wrap my used blades in before dropping them into a gallon ziplock bag. I'm not putting a soiled blade back into my scabbards.
I would loan you my chainsaw, but.........
I used to use a much smaller fold up saw when I first started hunting very young. While it was great to carry it sucked to use to me. The blade was not rigid at all and was a lot of work to cut much. Now I use the Wyoming saw and couldn't be more impressed with it. It packs up small in it's case, plenty rigid to cut the pelvic bone, legs, neck etc. For rib meat I usually just trim it off with a knife as well if I see enough to save.
Yes, I carry baby wipes, and my friend used to work at a Hospital so he got us unused surgical gloves that had been opened, long gauntlet and sized nicely.Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
I’ll second the Wyoming Saw. Available in three sizes. Fully breaks down, and when assembled is a stout enough saw you can put some muscle into. Comes with both bone and wood cutting blades. Nice to have if you need to make a quick meat pole, a fire, or whatever else you might encounter.