At this point in my life (age, physical shape, etc.) I'm capable of dragging a deer. And I always do it without the animal field dressed, as I do it at the house for a few reasons (getting live weight, and keeping coyote intrusion limited in areas that are great hunting grounds).

I love the torture as NY Bowhunter said. It's the continuation of that success. The same as the first moment you get to walk up on that downed deer. I feel proud. I feel excited. I feel alive.

The old back always get's it done!!

I don't know what your talking about there. The only tractors I found expensive were New Holland and Cub Cadet. I really like the New Holland but couldn't get over the 2K difference. The Cub had poor performance as compared to anyone else. The Deere and the Kubota were the same price with the Deere a little better on performance. Either way I have to agree a loader and 4X4 traction is an easy way to pick up and to discard what's left.

When I boughtmine Deere was more $
Their prices have gone up

Think we agree tractor rock!

And I said 1 person can't do a respectable job in that amount of time.


If you are gonna attribute quotes to me you should have your story straight.............I've never said that they suck.........and if they didn't make noise then why is yours covered in moleskin? I do prefer the WB having shot both types. I know I would not have been able to pull off my shot this year without a WB.

I know what you're counting.........I just think you are counting wrong......because a decent job would take longer. No way you bone out the pelvis, leg bones (front and back), the neck, straps and loins in 20 minutes. Where are you doing the boning??.......on the ground?


Why is it that EVERY time someone doesn't agree with you 100% around here it gets called "arguing"??................THAT is amusing.

Sounds like a good deal.

This is what I meant by some people having different opinions of what wasting meat means. Now if you had said you could do a deer in 20 minutes I would have tended to agree because I know you leave plenty behind.

Your math is WAY off.

First of all he charges $75 for a straight cut..........more for anything out of the norm of steaks, chops and grind. At 40 minutes/deer that is 3 deer every 2 hours for a total of $112.5 an hour divided 4 ways is just over $28/hr. He does not divide it equally either since the equipment is all his.

No bandsaws............haven't you heard of CWD yet?

I clean about 40 to 50 deer per year. Once the deer is on the gambrel in the air (not yet gutted) I can have it in the cooler in about 10 to 15 minutes. But that is having the tenderloin, backstraps, neck, hams, and shoulders in the cooler still on the bone.
After that I cut my steaks and all. I can't see how you could debone a deer in 20 to 30 minutes and feel like you have done a proper job.

That's just me.

I get the deer cart for smaller deer. They work well.

Depending on the deer's size and where it falls I'll drag it down the river bank and get the canoe. Park the truck at the bridge. Paddle thecanoe with the deer in it downto the bridge where the truck is waiting. Saves me a 3/4 mile drag through some nasty terrain.