SteveBurton
Formerly 'Jackmonkey'
Hogwash! I've skinned an elk with a 3 inch blade in 5 minutes from 6 feet away and never got a drop of blood on it. Only boomers use 8 inch blades anymore.The 3 inch blade has enough length to skin a whitetail deer "example on left" but you must have a blade 8 inches or longer to ethically skin an elk." Example on right".