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How to get a deer home
This friday I am going about an hour away to Bellevue, Mi for some hunting on a friends land. He has a really big 8 or 10 point buck he hasn't gotten a good look at it as well as a big 6 point and plenty of smaller bucks. So my question is this, if I get a deer (crossing my fingers) how do I get it home? Reason I ask is because I drive a chevy cavalier (really small car) and I dont think strapping it to the roof,trunk, or hood would be a good idea, so any suggestions on how to get it home would be great cause I have no idea.
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RE: How to get a deer home
they make game bags an such to put deer in... line your trunk with plastic but it in a big game bag an put it in the trunk.... ive seen ppl on here talk about puttin deer in the passenger seat..(if you do that i wanna see pics!!!!!!!) take coolers.. if you kill one quater it up at your buddies an put it in coolers an bring it home that way...
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RE: How to get a deer home
Kill one first then worry about it:D. I think all you can do is what MdDave said. Buying a truck also will help;).
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RE: How to get a deer home
Take a 50gal cooler (It'll fit in your trunk).
Shoot a deer......quarter it up. Bring it home. Problem solved. |
RE: How to get a deer home
and I dont think strapping it to the roof,trunk, or hood would be a good idea |
RE: How to get a deer home
If you really want to save space, and time spent at home processing....go ahead and bone it out right off the carcass. Take the boned out meat home in a cooler (pretty small cooler will hold all the meat off of one deer) and take the cooler home.
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RE: How to get a deer home
ORIGINAL: MdDave they make game bags an such to put deer in... line your trunk with plastic but it in a big game bag an put it in the trunk.... ive seen ppl on here talk about puttin deer in the passenger seat..(if you do that i wanna see pics!!!!!!!) take coolers.. if you kill one quater it up at your buddies an put it in coolers an bring it home that way... |
RE: How to get a deer home
When I was younger, I drove a small car and would use it to hunt. I would take a painters drip cloth. The cheap plastic you lay on the floor when you are painting. Id line my trunk with the drip cloth and put my deer in the trunk. Never had a problem. I transported three deer last year in a chevy monte carlo when gas prices were so high. It was much cheaper to take my car than my truck. Two of the three deer were Pope and Youngs. Not saying that to brag, just giving you an idea of how big of animals you can cram in a car trunk.:D
I also echo the cooler thing. Ive quartered several to put in a cooler so I could transport the deer in the back seat. |
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Mine usually go inside the back of my Jeep... probably close to 40 or so have taken a ride in her since I've owned it. But on a recent trip, theback of the Jeep was PACKED, and there was no room left... so we had to adapt:
 Hard to tell, but that was aLOT of deer going up there... Here's a better view of them:  We then drove fromnorthern St. Louisto home, a couple hours south. Of course, we had to go through a McDonald's drive-thru before weleft St. Louis... I mean, how many times you gonna get the chance to do that? [8D] |
RE: How to get a deer home
ORIGINAL: Greg / MO Hard to tell, but that was aLOT of deer going up there... Here's a better view of them: We then drove fromnorthern St. Louisto home, a couple hours south. Of course, we had to go through a McDonald's drive-thru before weleft St. Louis... I mean, how many times you gonna get the chance to do that? [8D] |
RE: How to get a deer home
Cut off the legs, tarp it and put it in the trunk OR quarter it ( better yet, debone it if legal) and put it in coolers…. One thing I’m always concerned with is how I portray myself as a hunter to the non-hunting public. Yeah, I know – if you want to strap deer on the back trunk with deer blood running down the side, then that’s your right. Just remember the old 10/10/80 (or whatever it is now) 10 percent hunters, 10 antis (or agaisnt hunting)and 80 percent open/undecided. As laws and such are voted on in the future, it’s that 80 percent of undecided that will make the difference on keeping our hunting privileges intact. No pun at Gregs story, by I remember my uncle who is a farmer and occasional hunter tell a story of sitting inside a Burger King eating with his family and a SUV pulls up going through drive through with blood running down it’s windows and deer strapped to the top. Simply put he said it was disgusting and it affected his stance on who he let hunt for a while…. If someone like that can be affected, what about the soccer mom (non-hunter) who doesn’t have any connections to hunting etc. Just food for thought. PS Greg – looks and soundslike you need to buy a trailer :D |
RE: How to get a deer home
lol, i have a pretty good story for you. i used to own a 95 ford mustang in my younger youth, i would put the bucks between the back window and the rear spoiler and drive home. if the does were small enough i would put them in the trunk. i used to drive right through my home town like that. i can't do without a 4-wheel drive truck now.
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Now if you owned a motorcycle it would be no problem;)
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RE: How to get a deer home
Strap it on the roof of you car, put gloves on all four hooves and put a halloween mask on the deers head. One thing about the PETA types is they are not too smart, they'll think it's a hung over college kid on your roof.
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