AMEN!!

Instead of arguing whether a man can do a deer in a set time why don't we look at the point and hunting tip I was trying to pass on. I think that everyone will agree that a deer can be processed in the woods much quicker and easier than dragging a deer a half mile or more over tough terrain.Why drag hooves, heads, hide, and bones out of the woods only to have to drag them back into the woods or illegally dump the carcass in the middle of the night in some ditch or wherever so that some anti-hunter can see this and bring it to the public eye.Processing a deer in the woods is no different than processing one at home. I use a headlamp if it is dark. My method requires no labor of up and down ravines or having to go ask for help. Sure, if it dies close to a field edge or if you like running ATV's through the woods than these are other options. If you can't get a tractor, pickup, or ATV and you don't feel like bothering your friends; than why not do it there instead of dragging a deer 1/2 mile. This method became popular with me with our states' liberal doe tags in recent years. I don't feel the need to drag a doe a half a mile of tough terrain just to stand around and look at it with my buddies in my garageand drink beer.Call me crazyI guess.People don't elk hunt with that same type of thinking.

By the way, I can skin and bone and deer out in 20-30 minutes. You non-believers wouldn't know because they are hard to do when they sit for a long time. When they are warm they go quickly. I have done them cold and stiff like you like to do it and I have done them warm. You arguers have never done them warm; till you process one in the woods like I do you'll never know.

To answer the original question, I use a cart. I hunt public-land (no motorized vehicles in the woods), and my favorite spot was down in the river-bottom, which was about a mile from the parking area. After the last one, my little sweety thought I deserved a cart, and she bought me one that takes down and fits into a backpack. It only weights about 30-35 pounds, but I always put it together at the truck. I had my last deer in the truck and was on my way to the butcher by 9:00 a.m.

One of my best friends is from Iowa, one thing I know you boys from Iowa are very good down to earth honest people. Hell I think you can do it in 15 mins when your on!!

How can you post something so whiney and then follow it up with this?


Pretty hard to take someone seriously who complains about arguing..........and then follows those complaints with a long winded argumentative post filled with blanket statements and accusations.






I guess you think you are the only hunter in the world who has ever butchered a warm deer.



An elk is a little tougher to drag I would think.

I have always taken a certain bit of satisfaction from dragging a deer..........it's all part of the hunt. Sure it's hard work but that's OK with me. I have dragged deer up hills so steep it was more of a hoist then a drag.............and so long that they had no hair left on their back at the end. It's all part of the hunt.

I have also put them on ATV's and been close to roads etc.........I wasn't angry on those occasions either, that's for sure. Dragging is just not something I see as a chore.........just like butchering or field dressing. If I am doing any of those three things you can bet there will be a smile on my face.

There is just something appealing to knowing I didn't need help to take my deer from field to freezer to table.

IMO

Sorry, but I can not help myself!

Try shooting a full size deer and dragging it[8D]

Last oneI shot was 215 lbs dressed, and I only had to go 20 yds and that was enough. Those deer you shoot I would enjoy dragging also

Dude , did you have a woman leave you for a guy that shoots a dropaway rest and processes his deer in the woods? I thought so.

Been there..........done that. I had to drag him by myself through 2 fields, 2 hedge rows and down and up a creek bed. That was rough........I took many pit stops along the way. Never stopped smiling though.


The one I shot was 175lbs and I dragged him about 1,000 yards.


I have seen the deer you shot in the past and they all looked very capable of being dragged............I doubt 215lbs is an average weight for the deer you shoot.