another
I mentioned one of my favorites, guess I'll mention another. I've skinned and quartered most all of my whitetails with a Buck Mini-Mentor.
This is not a large knife by any means, more like a "bird/trout" model w/ a 3-1/2 in blade +/-. Because of that, it carries easily in a pouch type sheath, despite the fact it is a fixed blade. I like the tacky rubber handle, a good grip, wet or bloody. I like the hole in the butt that allows attaching a lanyard. Very handy when skinning, or gutting. You're knife is attached to your wrist by the lanyard, and if you have to release the knife to pull at hide or entrails, the lanyard retains the knife, you don't have to search for a place to put it. A roll of the wrist returns the knife to your hand, very quick and handy. The only catch with a lanyard is that if the cord is dangling from the sheath or pocket, a limb can snatch it as you walk, and you'll be knifeless. I'll normally untie the lanyard ( a looped piece of para cord) if I'm going to hike/walk with the knife on my belt to avoid that possibility.
Of course, the MiniMentor is discontinued. Buck also made a larger "Mentor", which would likely work well for critters bigger than a typical whitetail. I think it may be gone too.