Anyone use a sawzall to 1/4 their deer?

my buddy has a reciprocating saw especially for cleaning a deer.

We use a saws-all and have a traditional meat saw for backup. Ours is the standard size. We can do several deer with no worries on battery life. We clean it with the hose between deer and use soap/brush after each weekend.

A compact may work just as well, never tried one.

All the time. Use it to cut the hooves off, head off, split the hips, etc

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harbor freight, cheap and 1 year warranty. yes, it can get messy

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great idea. No sense in spending $150 on a good one that may potentially get tore up

I killed one in Missouri ten or so years ago at dark when the temp was 2 degrees. The guide put it on the skinning rack and said he would clean it the next morning. I watched him cut the back straps out with a sawzall the next morning in -1 degree weather with a 20 mph wind.

It was the damnest thing I'd seen in my life up to that point.

If I was to do that id get one from harbo freight.

But, you don't need a saw a skinning knife and you can quarter a deer just as fast once you know what you are doing. I've quartered plenty of deer and elk with just a knife, you don't want to cut through bone with a saw or you are doing it wrong. Just follow the natural muscle seperation and cut between the bones. Plenty of western game youtube videos. There's one where the guy from Muzzy ( what's his name?) quarters an elk in like 5 minutes.

a sawzall seems highly unnecessary for cleaning a deer

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All the time. Use it to cut the hooves off, head off, split the hips, etc

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Same here.

Are you my brother-in-law?