general hunting question

[skiking]

4-500 yds, I would just drag a deer out. 1/4 mile isn't very far, I have drug out 10-12 deer that were more than 1.5 miles in. Anymore I just plan on boning out whatever I shoot and packing it out, I also almost always hunt more than 2 miles from my Jeep and I hunt by myself most of the time. Getting game out of the woods isn't a concern for me until I arrow an elk 5 miles in and don't have any help, then it is just a bunch of work and a few long days.

 

[broken6r]

Ya know....my deer hunting typically involves dragging a 180lb+ muley up and down hills for over a mile, taking on average 6+ hours to get it to the truck. Take your hand, grab your kill by the leg, and start walking.

 

[redneck2]

Problem with cutting one up to carry it out is the check-in. At least in Indiana, we're required to take them to a check station. DNR catches you cutting up a deer in the woods and you're considered a poacher.

 

[broken6r]

That seems like a......ridiculous? law. Up here as long as you leave evidence of sex naturally attached you're good to go.

 

[336A]

Problem with cutting one up to carry it out is the check-in. At least in Indiana, we're required to take them to a check station. DNR catches you cutting up a deer in the woods and you're considered a poacher.

Which is why it is imperative that one checks thry're local laws before quartering game as was already stated up thread.

 

[buck460XVR]

my question is if you dont have a quad or side by side how do yall make it from where vehicles cant go any farther to your tree stand or blind. im guessing walk. but that brings up and issue say i walk 4-500 yards from the trail to a spot and get set up how do i get the game back to the prep area or the truck even gutting the thing its still going to weigh a ton plus my stand on my back how do yall do it dragging it out seams like that walk would take hours.

uh............that's why they call it hunting.

 

[heeler]

And hunting takes many forms in different locales.

 

[T Bran]

When I hunted the cypress swamps life was good as long as you didnt mind getting a bit wet in the cold water. Nothing easier than floating them out. One year we had a bad dry spell and were 3miles from the truck when one of my buddies shot a huge sow hog. She dressed out over 275 lbs. by the time we got her to the truck slogging thru the muck we were all about dead as the hog. To this day I'm much more particular about the shots I'll take and who I'll take with me.
Troy

 

[DM~]

everyone in our hunting group just sticks a length of rope in their pocket. when you shoot a deer, one end of the rope goes around the deer's neck and the other end goes in your hand, then you walk to your truck.

It's MUCH easier if you cut a short length of limb, tieing the rope around it, makeing an T handle. Then pull on the handle...

If you have more than one guy, make the limb longer so you both can pull on it!

DM

 

[exbiologist]

Lotsa ways to do it.

 

[dwrowell]

Moving big game animals

I rarely ever move a whole elk. We kill elk every year and we've learned a few tricks. Even dragging a deer with just a rope around your hand will eat your hand up. Except in rare occasions when we can drive up close, we usually skin and quarter elk. We have boned out several right on the ground. Even after that we used a Lo-boy Transporter game cart to haul just the meat out with a couple times. We're talking about lengthy hauls with almost 200# of nothing but meat.

It's easy to bone out on the ground. Much easier than carrying bones! Here's the process described: http://www.elk-hunting-tips.net/packing-elk-meat.html There's a link there that describes the Lo-boy Transporter (game hauler review) on that page, too.

 

[AK_Maine_iac]

Welcome to hunting fun. After you pull the trigger it is no longer fun. The hard work starts. I have been two to three miles from the closest trail head. Even with an Argo or pack horse it has taken 24 hours or better to get a 1200+- lb moose out to the truck or base camp. Up here ( anyplace) it is not a safe practice to hunt alone. To many things can go wrong real fast.

With Maine Whitetail, if i was off the beaten trail. I would gut the deer hang it in a good tree, mark the location. Walk out to truck. Call a buddy to come help drag it out. If that did not work out i would go home and return first thing in the morning with someone or a four wheeler to haul in out. No game is worth a heart attack at my age.

Laws very from state to state as far as game removal. Quarter it, or leave it all intact. Here in Alaska you must leave proof of sex attached to the animal. Horns (antlers) do not count as proof.

 

[osprey176]

T-bran is right...floating is the best way.I helped a buddy drag/float a 600lb (by the scale) sow several years ago.We did fine thanks to El Nino,as our creek bottom was three feet deep in most places.Getting her fat arse up on the Hitch Haul was a different matter entirely.Thank God for winches.The plastic roll up sleds are what I used to drag my 200lb plus buck three miles this season.My buddy and I took turns,and about two hours,but we got it done.Again,with a little help from the weather;the day I took that deer was the only day it snowed during this years rifle season. Snow is good!