Ever use a game hauler?
 

The type having 2 bicycle type wheels. Getting tired of dragging deer but they look like they might not work well on a wet field or rough terrain. Any users here?

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Cougar,
My brother and I made one useing some electrical tubeing and an old training wheel works great. The two wheel ones would probally work much better. I also have a plastic sled type one that I use most of the time because it is easyier to store in my truck. I just leave it rolled up in the back this way I' ll never forget it.
It is also suprisingly easy to drag a deer out of the woods by yourself with it, I would definitly recomend you giving it a try, I' ve had mine for about 7 years now and love it.

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We bought one last year, as we also got tired
of the dragging. Works great, though I haven' t
used it in a wet/muddy field yet. It' s nothing
like a ATV, but it' s a heck of a lot easier on
our backs than dragging;).

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Ive been wondering about the game carts also, after dragging a few deer last year (non mine [:' (]) i thought they might be a nice investment. Cabela' s sells some with some Big size looking wheels on them, looks like they may be useful.

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Just got one this summer at BPS Hunting Classic:D I got the Strongbuilt on sale for 79. It' s rated at 250# and seems to handle very nicely. I hunt by myself quite a bit and dragging one out by myself anymore just isn' t something I care to do[:o]

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Most of the country we hunt in a wheeled carrier wouldn' t work , its just to steep and rough , but a sled works very well in a lot of the places to drag one . Last year we used a long nylon cord and the winches on the atv to get them out of the deep canyons ,and with the sled under them they slide pretty easy . Must be nice to huntin a country where you could use a wheel cart .;)

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I have a hand truck I use that works great, it has inflatable tires that are nice and fat so no problems in mud and the such.

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I' ve used a homemade one that my buddy welded up. I' ll tell you, it beats the heck out of dragging a deer long distances. You just have to get the deer out to a trail of somesort becuase it' s no good at all in the thich bush. Once on the trail, you can go half a mile or more and not need a break with a 200+ lb deer on it.

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I spent $119.00 on one 3 seasons ago for the same reason. I' ve hauled out deer from rocky terrain, swamps, blowdown areas and goldenrod fields. THE BEST INVESTMENT I EVER MADE! I guess I forgot to add snow in there and the other thing that is just as great to me is that I use it to haul my treestands in and out. I can put my stand, bow, pack and climbing stick on and never have to carry all of that stuff again. Since I detest any ATV being in the woods during any hunting season I feel this is the best thing that' s come along in years.

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Just got one this summer, So far I' ve only used it to haul my tree stand and pack in and out, works great. Had a deer stand with in 5 feet of it looking at it and sniffing just about legal shooting time. Couldn' t make out if it was a doe or buck only 10 yds. So I guess there not afraid of them. Also have that plastic sled that cabellas sells. Great for hauling deer and gear, only I don' t like that ssssshhh sound it makes in the snow but sure makes life easy. especially when you start getting aches and pains in your joints and muscles.:(

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Cougar,
check out the Alum-i-lite carrier in Cabelas $119.99 weighs approx. 11lbs the 16" wheels come off and it folds up for easy packability/storage. I have one and it was well worth the price. The solid 16" tires go over just about any kind of terrain (provided you don' t have a lot of blow-downs in your path...lol....) I' ll never go back to draggin' them out again!!!!

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Where I hunt, nortwest Wisconsin, we never know if we are going to have snow or not, we go prepared either way. My friend acquired ;) an aluminum hand truck from where he works with the 10" pheumatic tires on it, we took off the handle and bolted a sheet of 2' x 5' plywood to it. we then bolted the handle back on so it does make the truck a little longer. on the sides of the plywood deck, we attached eyebolts so you could attach rubber bungee cords. We have used this twice now, since there was no snow and it is a back saver. If we have snow, we have these kids flat sleds that works wonders also. We can use these once we drag the deer to the old logging road....the woods is a little tough to get the hand truck thru all the blowdowns.