What do you guys use to haul meat out??? If it's any distance to the truck I bone them out and use a pack frame. With my last muley, for the first time I boned it out without gutting it, going in from the back side - it worked great!

Here's the muley:


I have an ultra-light, aluminum pack frame that is specifically designed for hunting. It collapses into a fanny pack or a small part of your day pack and assembles in less that 2 minutes. It is called the Port-A-Pack, made by Secret Creek. It one of the lightest collapsable frames in the world. It will easily carry anything that you can! (Actually, I have an extra one that I'm selling one asking $115US. My email [email protected] if you're interested.)

Here's a pic of it loaded. I let the meat toboggan go from the top of the ridge and boned it out right here...

Hey that's pretty cool.

I've avoided the gutting process before as well...if I know it's full of blood, I don't gut it. I do skin it first as the hair is such a pain in the butt. 4 legs, heart, neck, straps, brisket, rib meat and head if applicable. I haven't had to take it more than a mile though...I use a plastic tub with a lid on it and just lug it along or drag it.

nice pics. it seems like we always end up packing an elk out of some hell hole every year. May have to try the no gut thing on the next one.

The only big game I've ever had the pleasure of packing out is elk. What I do is take a clean bed sheet, spread it on the ground near by and skin the top half of the elk and then quarter it, remove neck and back strap meat, then roll it over and do the same on the other side. We keep the quarters whole as it is easier to hang in a tree to cool, then all the loose meat goes in a meat bag and is hung seperately to cool. We use shelved back packs that are made of aircraft aluminum for the quarters and we have bag back packs for the loose meat to go in. Four guys and one trip is all it takes to carry out any elk.

Don't tell me you are all flatlanders that drag the deer whole, out the 100 yards back to the truck...

cool pics

Flatlander here. I love the hills but see more animals down in the valley. The biggest I've taken was 185lb. dressed and dragged him whole back to the truck. It might be diffrent if there where mullies to chase here in Maine but there are big whitetails near civilization and I don't want to drag any further thanI need to.

Thanks guys. Adams, wow, that's a feat - how far was it to the truck?

Ok, here's an idea for all of you flatlanders... I guy I know built this contraption himself from an old mountain bike...

nice deer.

Sweet. I've never had to pack an animal out, but I'm sure one day I will, when I go and hunting some different areas.