When I saw this knife I thought, "This will unzip a deer like nobody's business." Turns out I was right. This little knife is the best field dressing knife for deer I've used (or even seen). It's razor sharp right out of the box and stays sharp through the whole job of field dressing and skinning. A few strokes on a sharpening steel and this one's ready to go again. I haven't liked folding knives for field dressing before because they tend to get gummed up and are difficult to clean out. The E-Z-Out Jr cleans up very easily with just warm water. One tip I can pass along is that the tip is very sharp and can easily puncture the guts if you're not careful. I lay my index finger along the back of the knife and just over the tip then insert it under the skin, sharp edge up and 'unzip' the chest and paunch. Its compact size makes this very easy since the whole thing fits in your hand. Working inside the body cavity is just as easy for the same reason. It fits in your hand so the end of the knife is never far from the end of your fingers. That way you don't accidentally cut your other hand or something you don't want cut.