I figure some off you knife guys would know of a lot of different options.

I need a compact saw for cleaning deer to elk sized game. I had one years ago but left it in the snow on the side of a mountain in Colorado. Something compact enough to carry but with at least 6" of saw blade. Would one of the interchangeable blade kits do?

Thanks for any help.

I have no clue. I just picked up a small folding saw I thought I would try out, it is from the 50's it appears and I picked it up at a junk store.

I bought a foldable Browning saw (#921) last year. It has only cut up one animal, but the darned thing is sharp as heck! Set up as a folder, there is a detent pin that has to be depressed to open it, and the same pin evidently locks it open. Pouch and all was about $50 if memory serves. It fits in my fanny pack.

I bought a Gerber back in the late 90s for my first elk hunt, and the blade snapped halfway through the bull's pelvis. I think this Browning is tough enough that won't happen.

only saw i have used was a stanley folding drywall saw.
pretty light. uses sawzall blades, holds two or three extra in the handle.
that being said; i use a very small axe 99% of the time
mike

Thanks guys, apparently they don't make the 921 anymore, it's a 922.

I carry one of these with me: https://www.amazon.com/Bahco-3...3CQ0A9W9SXG9AN6CEAKW

Definitely worth hauling around in my opinion. Not as good as a proper bone saw, but small enough to easily carry in my knife roll, and does the job well enough.

Years ago I wanted a game saw but had little cash to spare. I went to the hardware store, bought a Saws All blade that looked like the right tooth pattern, cut it down, rounded the sharp edges, wrapped one end with electricians tape and put it in my pack. I have used that saw for 33 years now, same saw. It worked for me.

I use a Wyoming II saw. It's in a camo pouch that wraps around my waist as a belt. It has short and long bone blades and a long wood blade. Works well for sawing trees to about 6" in diameter for firewood. The saw is agile enough to split the pelvis of a large elk without cutting the intestines.

Wyoming saw. I would recommend it highly. I just spent over a week in the mountains. Some had brought a folding saw. I grabbed it and bent the blade. Got my Wyoming saw out and it worked great and I sawed a hell of a lot of wood. In conjunction with the Wyoming saw, I used a Swedish ax, Granfors Brux (sp) to limb the dead wood. They worked perfect together. I was sawing wood up to 8 to 10 inches in dismeter

Thanks again, guys

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Originally posted by Bwana_500:
I carry one of these with me: https://www.amazon.com/Bahco-3...3CQ0A9W9SXG9AN6CEAKW

Definitely worth hauling around in my opinion. Not as good as a proper bone saw, but small enough to easily carry in my knife roll, and does the job well enough.

I have the same one.

I keep a drywall saw handle and sawzall blade in my pack. No big deal if you lose it, you can replace it at any hardware store for just a few dollars.

I keep a pack of replacement sawzall blades and a cordless sawzall in my truck.

Rocky Mountain PAC-SAW


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Originally posted by Ray B:
I use a Wyoming II saw. It's in a camo pouch that wraps around my waist as a belt. It has short and long bone blades and a long wood blade. Works well for sawing trees to about 6" in diameter for firewood. The saw is agile enough to split the pelvis of a large elk without cutting the intestines.

That sounds like a lot of unnecessary work......splitting elk bones with a saw. We use the gutless method to break them down (several videos out there). It's fast, clean and it is still easy to get the tenderloins out. A knife with a 3-5" blade works perfect.