Transporting heavy game the EASY way

[Choctaw]

Nothing, but an ATV really works that well on my place. Try pushing a wheel barrow over hog rooted up ground. Heck, you can barely WALK on it without twisting an ankle.

Yeppers. Fields look like the Somme after the pigs finish with them.

 

[Peakbagger46]

I shot a small 2yo 6pt southern deer about 8yrs ago about 2 miles into Wayne National Forest and man did that suck! No vehicles allowed, 80 degree hills, foot paths 2 foot wide, rocks, etc. 4.5hrs to get that sucker out of there and after that i said its gotta be 150'' or larger for me to ever do that again. I actually quit going down there because the drag out was too much.

That actually sounds like the makings of a pleasant pack out. Quartering or (better yet) deboning on the spot would have been a one trip job. Just need a few game bags. Probably less than 50# of boneless meet on that whitetail, and some form of established trail to boot!

Dragging anything larger than a cottontail uphill is terrible.

 

[George P]

Dragging anything larger than a cottontail uphill is terrible.

Dragging anything than my sorry butt uphill any more is terrible.............!

 

[MCgunner]

That actually sounds like the makings of a pleasant pack out. Quartering or (better yet) deboning on the spot would have been a one trip job. Just need a few game bags. Probably less than 50# of boneless meet on that whitetail, and some form of established trail to boot!

Dragging anything larger than a cottontail uphill is terrible.

Hmm, well, that would be illegal in Texas....the deboning. You can't debone it until you get it home. I think quartering is okay, though. But, then, we don't have any public areas where one would have to pack anything out not using a vehicle of some sort and we don't have any animals that heavy except exotics. If I'm paying some ranch 10 grand to shoot a Nilgai, by God THEY'D better do the packing! LOL!

 

[Axis II]

That actually sounds like the makings of a pleasant pack out. Quartering or (better yet) deboning on the spot would have been a one trip job. Just need a few game bags. Probably less than 50# of boneless meet on that whitetail, and some form of established trail to boot!

Dragging anything larger than a cottontail uphill is terrible.

Ohio we used to have to check them in at a check in station so that option wasn't legal.

 

[LNF150]

For years I used a really long children's plastic toboggan for duck decoys or rolling a gutted deer onto then pulling it. Now I quarter deer out.

This picture was from NM. My former wife drew an elk tag one year, got her set up then she made a incredible shot on a huge cow elk. We quartered and packed it out of a canyon to a flat area. I walked back to the truck and got one of these 'garden' carts I'd brought along. It worked 'OK', definitely saved on the back and knees. Took one person pulling and the other pushing in that mud, but it hauled out an entire quartered elk (loins, neck meat and all) in one trip. If the wheel base were wider on that cart it would have been perfect for that particular job.

 

[nigelmore]

I use the wheelbarrow for my garden and also for other outdoor needs. It's easy to carry stuff on these types of things, The model is a bit older but it is working fine for me.
It looks like the same as this picture.



Photo source: Reviewpen

 

[alsaqr]

Dragging a deer at my advanced age is difficult.

i often hunt on a large military base. My truck has a deer hoist: i usually drive to the animal and hoist it into the bed but sometimes that is impossible, in which case i walk out to the nearest road, stand there and look pitiful. Soon a couple strapping young US Army hunters will come by. All are willing to help an old guy: i always give them some packaged meat when the animal is processed.

 

[MidRoad]

We use a deer a deer cart when there is now snow. This one sits a little lower than usual and has a steep camber on the wheels (like the wheel chairs used by disabled athletes). Being setup like this it's alot more stable than a higher cart with verticle wheels. Down side is ground clearance. When there is snow on the ground a plastic sled with a rope works pretty well. My brother and I always hunt together ,or are just a phone call away so never need to drag alone really. Same goes for my dad, he hasnt dragged a deer since my brother and I were old enough to hunt.

One-time helped an old friend (no longer friends at this point) drag a bear he took a pot shot at with a bow,took two hours to find and finally put it down. can't stand suffering critters,especially as a result of an idiotic shot....I was so pissed at him. In the end Fat Black bear + nothing but our belts wrapped around his neck + a mile drag = one crappy day. NEVER AGAIN!

 

[kanook]

I've been using that style cart for about 12yrs. I recently purchased the larger tire wider wheel base cart. The nice thing is flipping the handle and using my lawn mower to pull it around.

 

[MCgunner]

I've seen guys hauling their deeks, marsh chair, ammo, and such in carts like that out in the marsh at the WMA (duck hunting). I've never thought they'd work that great, maybe when there's a drought on, but mud would muck it up I'd think. It's hard enough just WALKING in that stuff. Those plastic sleds are pretty popular out there.

 

[Sav .250]

3 options. Game cart or my ATV. Or at times, dragging. Location has a lot to do with the .......how too.

 

[George P]

And the best for rough terrain would be horses!

 

[MCgunner]

And the best for rough terrain would be horses!

Well, ATVs only eat when you use them. If you're gonna use horses, might as well buy a helicopter....cheaper upkeep.

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

Thanks .308 Norma!

I haven’t had a belly laugh like that in a long time!!

Sam