How do you drag game out?

[5gauss]

If in a hurry and have enough guys....quarter and put on back pack. If you have time, bone it, bag it, packframe it out. Also nasty weather may force the issue of just quartering and packframe it with some help...leave hide

 

[SavageHunter11]

Refer to my avatar, and you'll see how I've brought 90% of my game out.

I know it's called a "piggy-back" ride but I've never seen anyone take it literally. Nice work

 

[JackSullivan]

When Len hunted at my place in wisconsin, he always sent me out with the tractor to get his deer, but you cant blame him at his age, besides it was usually over 600 yds from the deck of my house where he was shooting from

 

[wolff]

I just wait until elk come into camp.

 

[Vinootz]

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[Varmint Hunter]

ARGO - somehow we managed to get our guide, 2 hunters and a bull moose into the ARGO for a long haul out of the bogs.

 

[Lowedown]

research the "gutless method". this paired with a good pack, or horse, or cart, or quad depending on where you are (I tend to be miles into a non-motorized area) can save alot of work, while still allowing clean quarters that can be hung for cooling and aging, etc. a guy sure can't complain about being able to drive to em tho a couple old timer friends of mine have old "Chainsaw winches". Basically a chainsaw motor with a pulley attachment they run alot of cable off of.

 

[huntsman22]

manly-men get 'em up outta the dirt......

 

[MudRunner2005]

Usually by the back legs... Or with a 4-wheeler, UTV, or truck.

 

[Farmerbrown32]

If i am backcountry hunting i always bone them out and carry them in my pack. Nomuse in carrying all the bone and hide. Much easier and better for the meat because it gets cool faster also. Use game bags and let them air out for a bit before packing.

 

[Farmerbrown32]

heck with dragging, too much work......Packwheel or Honey Badger wheel.



there is a whole boned-out bull in there.....

That thing is badass!

 

[Cold Trigger Finger]

For caribou hunting. I use a plastic sled. I usually hunt 2nd season which means after freeze up. So marshes become easy sledding. Sometimes I wear my Hoffman insulated corks ( caulked boots)
Great traction on the ice.
For rough ground I end up having to use my frame pack and quarter things up. We now have laws against boning meat at the kill site . Too much wanton waste by people that let the meat spoil so they could get out of having to pack it out.
When I was younger, I would Southeast pack , Sitka Blacktails out. ( remove the lower leg bones" shins" use the hide, muscles and tendons as pack straps. ) tie the goods together. Gut the deer then put the liver back in for the pack out. I like liver.
Bear hides are usually backpack situations.

 

[ATH]

Whenever possible get a vehicle close. But overall I prefer the boneless/gutless method, as that's what I'm going to do in the end even if the animal is on my shop floor. If I can leave the carcass in the field for coyotes it's even more convenient.

Out West I do boneless/gutless and pack the meat out on my back. I'm not as young as I used to be and I'm intrigued by this game wheel idea. It wouldn't work everywhere but it would have saved me from a very miserable recovery effort in 2017. Hunting partner lost his mind on a back country hunt and I ended up working bull elk recovery 6+ miles from the truck solo...

 

[6MM06AI]

I'm spoiled, where I hunt I get to back up to them with my truck, suck em in with the winch thats on a headache rack and drive off!