How do you get your deer out of the woods
07-27-2008 | 07:22 AM
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Typical Buck
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From: Western NY
RE: How do you get your deer out of the woods
Ditto here, no more dragging for us old guys......
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I drag them with my partner to the neatest four wheeler trail and then go get the four wheeler. We drag them using a rope and one of those drag belts you can get at any outdoor store.
I drag them with my partner to the neatest four wheeler trail and then go get the four wheeler. We drag them using a rope and one of those drag belts you can get at any outdoor store.
07-27-2008 | 07:47 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Central Minnesota
RE: How do you get your deer out of the woods
We drag all of our deer out by hand with a rope tied to the neck or rack (depending on time of year). If its a heavy one we'll get a stick and tie the rope to the middle of the stick so 2 of us can pull at the same time. When dragging a huge bear out we'll put another stick in between the people in front pulling and the bear and add 2 more people pulling then. Otherwise quartering it out works also.
07-27-2008 | 08:18 AM
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From: Wisconsin/Michigan
RE: How do you get your deer out of the woods
Up at my Cabin we use the Ranger, this thing goes anywhere! On public land here in Wisconsin your not allowed to drive vehicles on the trails where I hunt or in the fields so its a good drag, sometimes by myself or buddies will help if there in the area! I'll choke the front legs up around the neck and head and drag from there. This keeps the front legs out of the way from getting hung up on trees etc...
07-27-2008 | 08:36 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Cheasapeke and Delaware Bay Region
RE: How do you get your deer out of the woods
[quote]I'll choke the front legs up around the neck and head and drag from there. This keeps the front legs out of the way from getting hung up on trees etc[/quote
BHF, I do this also, forgot to mention that.
BHF, I do this also, forgot to mention that.
07-27-2008 | 09:54 AM
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From: Racine, Wisconsin
RE: How do you get your deer out of the woods
For over the past decade, when I couldn't drive up to the deer after a short drag, I've used a two-wheeled deer cart. It goes through everything.
07-27-2008 | 09:58 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: York,Pa
RE: How do you get your deer out of the woods
I found that those kids sleds that roll up like a newspaper work really good! Tie a rope around them and the sled and drag away! i rode one down a hill one time!
07-27-2008 | 10:25 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: West Ky.
RE: How do you get your deer out of the woods
I'm kind of confused as to why you drag the deer out of the woods. Is it illegal to leave the remains in the woods where you live? Is it what other people door you were taught to do, so thats what you do? Not trying to start an argument but it takes me about 45 minutes to cape and block my deer out. I then load it all up in my pack and carry it out. What little of the remains that are left behind, are gone in a few day's, with some happy scavengers running around.
07-27-2008 | 11:30 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Manassas, VA
RE: How do you get your deer out of the woods
I use my safety harness and tie it around the deers head sometimes, then just pull it out. Another great way to do it that doesn't stress your hands out is to tie your deer to your portable tree climber on the way out. Then all you have to do is walk, no leaning over to one side thereby potentially injuring your back.
