Suspended gralloch.

[8x57]

Rove to advantage.

 

[RM100]

All good, except that you have your block and tackle upside down. The free end of the rope that you pull on should be running over a sheave on the top block. Next time, fix it up the other way around and you'll be wondering how you managed to get it wrong the first time!

Makes sense, thanks.

 

[RM100]

I've tried the silver line pulley and found it got tangled up too easily with the length of rope required plus it took a few minutes untangling the actual pulleys and getting them the right way up.
I like the napier auto lift but too pricey so looked at alternatives and found this self retractable ratchet:

Search results for: 'ratchet straps ratchet straps below 3000kg 1500kg auto retractable ratchet tie down'

www.theratchetshop.com

I also bought a webbing sling from the same place:

1000kg Webbing Sling (30mm wide)

Meets the performance requirements of BSEN 1492-1:2000. 1000kgs SWL, with a minimum breaking load 7 times the W.L.L. Manufactured from 100% high tenacity polyester material. Resistant to oil, grease and most acids. Colour coded as per latest EN standard. Soft sewn eyes. Marked with size...

www.theratchetshop.com

Haven't used it yet on deer but overall looks like a more compact system than using the pulleys.

As I said earlier, I was hoping to use this three for learning.

Wisdom gleaned from comments above led me to this rig, which I found works very well too.
Climbing strap and a Sealey ratchet, the cognoscenti (ie ndjfb01) will note the bolt position!

 

[8x57]

Almost identical to my set up.

 

[User00040]

Any guess as to how auld it is?? As lang as I aye have it, it's nae costing mair every year, and it's nae wearing away quick either. Hankie dried out lang ago, sniff

Own up, who dya pinch it from?

 

[Cranhill]

As I said earlier, I was hoping to use this three for learning.

Wisdom gleaned from comments above led me to this rig, which I found works very well too.
Climbing strap and a Sealey ratchet, the cognoscenti (ie ndjfb01) will note the bolt position!

We're been using the same rig / setup for 2/3yrs

 

[geoffw]

The above or a variant of. Here using a single uncut rope for pulleys, casting over an accommodating branch and tying off:
View attachment 175814
Being able to walk around the beast is a massive advantage as distinct from it pinning you against the trunk when you come to tackle the waste discharge plumbing!

K

I think you may have over-egged it with the rope gauge for that fella @Klenchblaize
Useful if a herd of steers come through though....

 

[Ade8mm]

Forgive me if this is a daft question but do you chaps carry all that rigging around with you on a stalk or leave it in the truck?

 

[VSS]

Forgive me if this is a daft question but do you chaps carry all that rigging around with you on a stalk or leave it in the truck?

Native porters.

 

[glasshalffull]

Mountain Men last night on Quest channel 37 showed Eustace Conway doing a suspended gralloch and skinning a deer the Indian way, by hanging the shot deer by the neck from a branch. Makes sense as the innards are being removed in a more natural orientation and if the bladder pings the contents should contaminate less meat. My thinking anyway, but I guess if if you're good enough it shouldn't matter? Next deer I do it'll be done this way anyway.

 

[Ade8mm]

Native porters.

Good skills

 

[rem284]

Forgive me if this is a daft question but do you chaps carry all that rigging around with you on a stalk or leave it in the truck?

Must have big pockets to carry all that stuff. Stuff to carry is getting to the extent that it's difficult

 

[NewForester]

Forgive me if this is a daft question but do you chaps carry all that rigging around with you on a stalk or leave it in the truck?

This is what I was saying earlier.

I used to have a bum bag with

• Keith's High Seat portable pulley
• Folding Gambrel
• Three knives
• Unzipper
• David Stretton breast bone saw
• Latex Gloves
• Cable Ties
• Laser Range Finder
• Head Torch
• FAC

And the stalkers I have been out with have a Mora down their Welly Boot or an Eka folding knife (without the unzipper).

And on a similar note, when I started, I wouldn't shoot anything on a magnification less than 8x (and rock solid off quad sticks). Now I have the magnification down at 4x (and will improvise shooting positions). I am shooting in woodland.

Now I tend to gralloch on the ground and do the rest when I get home.

 

[Deermanagement]

I carry enough kit as it is although I'm sure it less than most. Can see the benefit of suspending but look to gralloch on the floor where the beast has fallen, and either carry it or pick up with a quad without dragging. Feet and head are left on until arriving at the larder and that way, the hocks and neck are kept clean.

If I do suspend it is by rope over a branch to lift something heavy onto the quad. Tie off a second rope, drive under and lower by hand to save all the back breaking work

 

[Deermanagement]

Let your transport do the work....... you gotta have the kit

 

[Klenchblaize]

I carry enough kit as it is although I'm sure it less than most. Can see the benefit of suspending but look to gralloch on the floor where the beast has fallen, and either carry it or pick up with a quad without dragging. Feet and head are left on until arriving at the larder and that way, the hocks and neck are kept clean.

If I do suspend it is by rope over a branch to lift something heavy onto the quad. Tie off a second rope, drive under and lower by hand to save all the back breaking work

Reminds me of my favourite US painter:
K

 

[willie_gunn]

Reminds me of my favourite US painter:

He is an amazing artist, and clearly keen on the suspended gralloch:



Though his sketches suggest he may not have been averse to a gralloch on the ground either:



His father had an eye for hunting as well:

 

[Cranhill]

Mountain Men last night on Quest channel 37 showed Eustace Conway doing a suspended gralloch and skinning a deer the Indian way, by hanging the shot deer by the neck from a branch. Makes sense as the innards are being removed in a more natural orientation and if the bladder pings the contents should contaminate less meat. My thinking anyway, but I guess if if you're good enough it shouldn't matter? Next deer I do it'll be done this way anyway.

I thought that might worth trying, also I have friend in the FOD, who skins the deer first and does the gralloch

 

[Klenchblaize]

Indeed WG

It was this non DSCL2 compliant picture in a long-forgotten journal that got me hooked:

K

 

[Overlay]

This is what I was saying earlier.

I used to have a bum bag with

• Keith's High Seat portable pulley
• Folding Gambrel
• Three knives
• Unzipper
• David Stretton breast bone saw
• Latex Gloves
• Cable Ties
• Laser Range Finder
• Head Torch
• FAC

And the stalkers I have been out with have a Mora down their Welly Boot or an Eka folding knife (without the unzipper).

And on a similar note, when I started, I wouldn't shoot anything on a magnification less than 8x (and rock solid off quad sticks). Now I have the magnification down at 4x (and will improvise shooting positions). I am shooting in woodland.

Now I tend to gralloch on the ground and do the rest when I get home.

Have all that and more in the truck, when stalking a decent knife, stainless steel drag line with handle which is a excellent for dragging or suspended gralloch for Roe or muntie, gloves and a mobile just in case, truck is no more than 30 mins walk, pm stalk + headlamp
Full mag and 3 more in a soft non rattle bag + binos that's it's for the smaller deer - don't really know you got them with you

If your out after the bigger three I just ust gear up a bit with a heavier drag line and a suitable place to field gralloch, as long as you can make things easier and have a plan carry the minimum