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Nevermiss1
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Are hatchets good for hunting?
I would like to add one blade while hunting and I was confused if a hatchet is good for hunting. A knife is too small and was thinking to buy a hatchet. This article gives me some options https://www.toolazine.com/best-axes-hatchets-camping-backpacking-hiking-survival/ the Husqvarna 13-inch looks cool. Any suggestions, please?
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BUT...the Woodmans Pal is are far better multi-use tool, and way better than a machete....I've been packing one for about 40 years..the only difference between the one in the ad, is that mine has a stacked leather handle and a knucklebow... I have quartered a lot of deer with it, not to mrntion clearing brush around my blinds and chopping wood for fires.
https://www.woodmanspal.com/
However, when killed the elk you see in my avatar, Linefinder was there with his hatchet, and we used it to split the pelvic bone. I tried my saw, but it just didn't cut it (pun intended). It's fair to say he made a believer of me.
Also, you can use one for more than just field dressing an animal. If you need to build an emergency shelter one some mountain, it's nice to have.
So may answer now is "depends". If you plan to hunt a large boned animal such as elk or bigger, a small hatchet is nice to have.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Caveat....if it's that sharp it's not a camp tool...it'll dull too easily. But as a field dressing tool, it's darn hard to beat.
Mike
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Mike
N454casull
If you have a spike camp close to where you plan to hunt in the backcountry, having a tool that doubles for wood cutting/splitting and bone work duties with sharpening tools (read: draw file and a couple of small honing stones) available, can be a big plus. Once you kill a mulie or elk, you can hone it up sharper and cut through big bones with ease.
Again, size does matter when you're dealing with bigger game...and that might not be a feasible trade-off if miles of mountain hiking are in play and every ounce counts.
Bow saws are amazing. You can prune big trees with a good sharp one. But in my opinion you can't beat a good sharp hatchet for busting pelvic bones. I think a tomahawk is too light. That may be the only thing they're useful for cleaning an animal for but for that reason I think they're indispensable.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
I just seperate the rear legs at the joint.
HOWEVER- at the new property, there are no improvements. A hatchet will be in the hunting kit I bring. Along with a hoist, machete, rope, extra knives, etc....
Depends on the hunt is I guess the best answer.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
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