The best all around hunting knife is a sharp knife. I’ve seen people with expensive several hundred dollar knives and inexpensive $40 knives and in every case the sharp knife whether cheap or expensive was the best knife.
When I think of a “hunting” knife I think of a general purpose fixed blade (5 or 6 inch blade) Bowie style knife in a leather sheath on my belt and preferably with a stag handle (I just like stag handles) A knife like that is what I’ve carried my whole life camping, hunting, fishing, any time I venture into to wilderness. I’ve used it for everything from cleaning fish, breasting duck and pheasant, caping pheasant and duck to use for fly tying materials, skinning out and butchering deer and other game, shaving wood for kindling, cutting everything under the sun, and the list goes on and on.
But generally I use a specific purpose knife for what ever I’m doing. For example for cleaning and filleting fish I use a fillet knife. For caping a pheasant a smaller thin bladed knife. For big game I have a set of special knives (and saws).
If you want a good all around hunting you can’t go wrong with Buck.
And keep it sharp. I tell everyone learn to use a stone and steel and you will have the sharpest knives of anyone.
