Best backcountry bone saw

[JLS]

Wyoming II - The long one. Have wood blades and bone blades in the scabbard

My fav as well.

 

[JLS]

You knife only guys don’t save shanks?

Can’t take bone across state lines in many places anymore.

 

[Beignet]

Can’t take bone across state lines in many places anymore.

Big gubmit can pry the bone-in shanks out of my cold dead hands.

 

[jbseamus83]

I’ve used one of these little 5oz $20 goobers from Gerber in the past.

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Comes in handy for trimming the handle off your toothbrush in the backcountry when your pack weight gets overbearingly heavy. I don’t recommend using it to wipe with though.

I've used a folding Gerber saw for years. Came with 2 different blades fine tooth that I use for bone and the other I use for branches. Has worked great for me, has it's own little carrying case, weighs next to nothing and is there when I need it.

 

[COProfs]

Thanks for all the info!

 

[blueridge]

haven't figured out an easy way to get the ribs with a knife yet.

Rib roll. I will never saw/hack them off again.

 

[elkfanatic]

Rib roll. I will never saw/hack them off again.

What's a rib roll? Can you explain? Maybe I could leave the saw at home and instead take a full handled toothbrush and full roll of tp this year

 

[kansasdad]

What's a rib roll? Can you explain?

Here is a demo where the ribs are hanging:

Go to 30 seconds in to watch a sped up table top demo on rib section, but the cuts are made from the internal side:

 

[Bambistew]

I pack either a 14" Stanley handsaw or 10-12 folding pruning saw. I've found that a wood cross cut blade cuts faster, and won't plug up as bad.

I'm not a fan of Wyoming saws. They are heavy and don't work as well as a straight blade without a bow. I have two of them and original which is 2" longer than the current production, and the WY 2 "double length" one, and never use them. I don't need a saw often but when I do I don't like the limitation of the bow depth, or set stroke length. A 14" WY bow sawing across a 12" moose skull suckasssssss. Some areas we have to take the ribs out on the bone here so need a saw, a little folding one works fine. Also packing a moose skull isn't high on my list, so a saw goes moose hunting. Otherwise the saw is mostly for cutting firewood around camp.

 

[elkfanatic]

Here is a demo where the ribs are hanging:

Thanks. I've been processing critters since 8 years old. Never seen it done like that. If I get lucky in November I'll have to try it.

 

[teamhoyt]

See bambis post above, these saws are cheap, work better than anything, lay flat against the back of you pack and light weight. Cut horns off in a few minutes.

Cutting the horns off is the only use for a saw as far as butchering goes. All else can be done with a knife.

 

[longtail55]

This outta do it

 

[Stocker]

You guys are suckers and not true Mountain men. I don’t carry any blades, I just find rocks and fashion them into tools after I make a kill.


Instead of hunttalk this place should be called, continuingthehubtingindystrialcomplextalk.

 

[2rocky]

Here is a demo where the ribs are hanging:

I measured a record book P&Y Tule elk for the fella in the cowboy hat last year.

Here is a good 'un with a gutless quarter...You will have to yard out the guts to make it work...

 

[kansasdad]

^^^^^
Ooooooh @2rocky that is a great demo on how to do that. I appreciate that the camera gets right in to the action, unlike the two that I linked.

 

[SSGOldfart]

I have a Wyoming saw. But I don't pack it. It stays in the truck. I use it a lot.

Same here,they also come with a extra blade great for cutting wood or bone. very light weight,rides on the belt too

 

[painbow]

Silky has worked fine for me - but I'm typically only removing a couple of ribs to get the heart and liver.

 

[perma]

You can break down a moose with nothing but a decent knife. Don't be ghey.

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