Extraction of deer

[Woodsy]

I made a simple strap to carry roe out..

Simple pocket sized carry strap for roe

Most of the time where I stalk I can get a vehicle in to collect a deer so I’ve never wanted to lug about a roe sack. But there are occasions I need to carry a deer out of an inaccessible place. After gralloching I used to tie up the legs and carry the deer like a shoulder bag. That works fine...

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[JH83]

With roe I’m very much a ‘drag em’ advocate, however if removing a family group from a tricky spot I might use my 1/2 barrel which I cut with an anchoring point for the head/neck to prevent them sliding out backwards.

 

[jcampbellsmith]

A very long time ago I bought one of these - Yool Sack – Deer Central It cost me a quarter of the current price.
I still keep it in the car and use it when required. I generally bag the roe in an IKEA bag first and then put the IKEA bag into the Yool Sack.
Regards
JCS

 

[Overlay]

I have a new bit of ground. Very steep, heavily wooded, lots of moss, lots of fallen trees, no paths, no rides. How steep? - the roe I shot on Saturday, I forgot to adjust for slope, entry perfect just behind the shoulder, exit under the spine - about 60m.

I have a dead sled, but it's too small for roe and they just kept slipping out. I'll take more straps next time. I have used a roe sack there, but it is so steep and uneven, that it's not easy walking. And it's deer fenced all round, so very few gates...

Any thoughts? Or just get fitter?!

Hi Buchan.
give Agricare in Aylesham a call or look online they are near Nr canterbury they do a apple picking sled in orange with drain bars, small runners and you can get a new clip base as well, they will hold Roe and muntjac lovely and drag without effort very tough bit of kit, i’ve had two for years and still haven’t worn them out

 

[Mike L]

Agree with this, although some of the more enterprising have started selling deer legs as 'dog treats'...

All my deer legs now go for dog treats locally.

 

[hendrix's rifle]

Have a look at how the Kiwi's do it no paranoid needed slot the front legs through the rear hocho and carry like a rucksack.
Never tried it myself but it certainly works.

I've done it with roe and a small red calf. It worked a treat right until I didn't drain the cavity and ended up with claret down my back in a shirt that 'wasn't for shooting'...

 

[monarman]

@Danum Blades does a very good drag bag....

 

[The Singing Stalker]

Well, simply use a roe sack from monarch. Shoot using quad sticks and use them as a walking stick to assist on over the uneven ground. Or take up shooting rabbits. They weigh less.

 

[HonestJohn]

Roe, my retirement deer species… stick them in a roe sack and carry them out. Bigger species are just a ball ache, and you generally regret taking the shot very quickly

 

[AGR]

Roe, my retirement deer species… stick them in a roe sack and carry them out. Bigger species are just a ball ache, and you generally regret taking the shot very quickly

Yep, I really miss muntjac!

 

[Buchan]

The full sled may well be an option - leave the animal, go back and get the sled. Longer walk, but less likely to break something

 

[Girl_with_a_gun]

Also...get stronger

 

[The Singing Stalker]

Yep, I really miss muntjac!

Yeah, I have taken a few stalkers out who couldn’t hit anything either.

 

[Andyquadra]

Easy, what's with all this manual labour stuff!
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[Pellet Pinger]

Easy, what's with all this manual labour stuff!
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Hahaha that’s brilliant, and a good way to cool the carcass

 

[BLUEROLL]

Been watching this with interest as I have a very difficult bit that has no tracks in it and no way could you get a power barrow or quad to them (Fallow). I have permission from the landowner to do a complete gralloch on site and leave it all for foxes/badgers etc so I was thinking that if I stick to does or fawns that I could carry them out with a Eberlestock F1 frame or the Tatonka version rucksack type thing. Has anybody had experience with them please ?

 

[Hayduke]

Jesus, thank god you don't live in Devon, it's only a roe!

You will find the Mountains and Valleys of the cold North not only bigger, but steeper than the pimples and gentle slopes of verdant and balmy Devon

OP whatever rig you use to drag, ensure you pull with your chest/torso, rather than rope/rig in hands with arms stretched behind you. Or you’ll wreck your shoulder joints soon enough. Shoulder joints aren’t well designed for dragging.

 

[Hayduke]

Consider using small portable tirfor/capstan type winch kit or pully block for bigger species if it’s really steep and rough.

 

[Overlay]

Easy, what's with all this manual labour stuff!
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That’s drone thingy is amazing, modern technology never fails to grab your interest, he never crashed it either

 

[gixer1]

I like using a length of paracord to turn the deer into something resembling a backpack. Tight loop around the front legs just above the ankles, tight loop around the back legs just below the knee and then a loop between those two loops. Can sling it over the shoulder and carry it out that way, it's quite comfortable for the smaller species

I agree…although the massive case of the hebbie-gebbies I get when I realise I’ve taken 6 ticks off myself made be buy the 100ltr waterproof bag from decathalon, you can sling it, drag it wear it as a back pack - very versatile and keeps the blood and creepy crawlers off you!

I can get two roe in it and carry them with breather stops every now and then!

Regards,
Gixer