| Although guns and rifles are generally used to kill | | | | the hook to precisely open the abdomen exactly |
| game, it is the knife that will prove to be a | | | | where you intended.o "Clip Point" Blade - These |
| hunter's best friend for not only dressing the | | | | knives can act as an alternative to "gut hook" |
| animal, but also cutting chords and opening cans | | | | blades. "Clip point" blades are thinner with a more |
| of food. Hunting knives come in all shapes and | | | | pointed blade tip. This is useful for opening an |
| sizes, and choosing the one that best suits each | | | | animal's game without cutting too deep and |
| individual hunter will make big game hunting an | | | | reaching the intestine. |
| even more fulfilling experience. | | | | No matter which knife you decide to use, it is |
| Fixed blade knives tend to be the best blade for | | | | essential that you make sure the knife is as sharp |
| dressing big game. Fixed knives are permanently | | | | as possible. Make sure to bring along a knife |
| open, making them tougher and more resilient | | | | sharpener, as blades can become dull during the |
| than folding blades. Fixed blades usually come with | | | | dressing process. |
| a sheath for safe keeping. There are three main | | | | The best part of hunting may be the moment |
| types of fixed knives:o "Drop Point" Blades - | | | | that you are finally able to taste the animal that |
| These knives have a defined curve that makes it | | | | you've just hunted and dressed. After hours of |
| easier to skin larger animals. This blade can also be | | | | waiting for the game to come into your |
| used to gut, butcher, and split the animal's pelvis | | | | viewfinder, the perfect shot, cutting the animal up, |
| and rib cage.o "Gut Hook" Blades -- "Gut hook" | | | | and roasting it over an open flame, there are few |
| knives have a large grove near the end of the | | | | greater joys for a hunter than taking the first |
| blade that is designed for opening the abdomen of | | | | bite. Without the proper hunting knives, it will be |
| the game. These knives are used by puncturing | | | | nearly impossible to experience that explosion of |
| the animal with the point of the blade before using | | | | flavor. |