CAPSTANS WINCH

[nightskyline]

Is the capstans winch really worth the pricetag? Thinkng about getting one for my next trip to idaho.. never shot an elk, but i heard its a pain in the a$$ carrying 1/4s up a mountain side

[selway]

if your a wussy get a 4x4

[ssmith_1187]

I was out in Colorado a couple of week ago and camped with a group of guys that had what I thought to be the "œBest Invention"� out there.

They contacted the local phone company and asked when they were going to do a long phone line pull. After the phone company was done with the pull, a guy in camp asked if he could have the 2,500 pound test nylon strap they use to pull the phone cable through the ground with. Since the phone company only uses the nylon strap once (for fear of breaking it on subsequent pulls) they said sure.

The guys in camp now have a ¾ mile length of 2,500 pound test nylon strap to use to pull their elk out with.

Regards,
Steve

[Elk Killer Wannabe]

ssmith,

I don't get it. How are they going to use that exactly? Are they going to hook it up to their truck 3/4 mile away. That strap must weigh a ton.

EKW

[stubblejumper]

One of my friends shot a large mule deer in the bottom of a valley.I had a winch on the truck but the closest that I could get the truckwas about 200 yards from the deer.With the valley walls being so steep it would have been a major pain to carry out the deer.Instead we went into town and bought a 1000ft roll of poly rope.I let the winch cable out and we ran rope from the hook to the deer.I then operated the winch while my friend guided the deer up the valley.When the winch cable was fully withdrawn,we simply extended it and hooked up the rope and winched again.It took several winching pulls but it certainly made the job much easier.The roll of rope was not really that heavy but then again it was only 1000ft long and1/2" in diameter.

[ssmith_1187]

Elk Killer,

The actual strap is less than 1 inch wide and probably only 3/16"� thick. What they have done is every few hundred yards on the strap they tied a loop in it that fits over the ball on their ball hitch. When they need to use it they only unspool what they need to the closest loop, put it over their ball hitch and start dragging.

Regards,
Steve

[frozendisc]

Hey Nightskyline, We have a chainsaw winch in camp that works great. The problem is most of the elk we have killed are in areas that really prevent it's use, such as a ton of blow down. If you are not able/willing to pack out an animal, and cannot pay to get it done for you, then only shoot something by the road. Perhaps it would work best if you just hunted whitetail deer near your home.