Deer sledge

[James0586]

Advice,

Need to get a deer sledge for fallow extraction. What do people recommend and what works well?

I have seen the trace sledge in action but it could only take one doe comfortably are there anything bigger around or ideas and I will make one?

Must fit in the back of a Dmax next to a dog cage. I used to use a blue barrel cut in half but it was a bastard and kept turning over!

 

[Shootgun]

Otter are brilliant, they are coming in different sizes and also covers available.
I'm using the Otter Mini Pro and can easily fit a large fallow buck in it.

 

[Primate]

Advice,

Need to get a deer sledge for fallow extraction. What do people recommend and what works well?

I have seen the trace sledge in action but it could only take one doe comfortably are there anything bigger around or ideas and I will make one?

Must fit in the back of a Dmax next to a dog cage. I used to use a blue barrel cut in half but it was a bastard and kept turning over!

Trace Big Game sled is plenty big enough for red hinds and prickets, so would certainly be ok for even a big buck. You must have seen the smaller one in use. They double up as a carcass tray and you can easily fit 2 in the back of a pickup.

 

[James0586]

I wasn’t aware they did different sizes in the trace sledge?

I will look into this as it was perfect just seemed small

 

[Primate]

I wasn’t aware they did different sizes in the trace sledge?

I will look into this as it was perfect just seemed small

Yeah theres the game sled and the big game sled

 

[big ears]

The one from Bushwear works a treat

 

[James0586]

Yeah theres the game sled and the big game sled

Cheers

 

[fallowfellow]

Fallow spiker with plenty of room to spare. Another vote for Bushwear. The sled makes for a much easier extraction and keeps the carcass much cleaner when going across boggy ground. I’m missing the straps hence the rope.

It rolls up so you can sling it over your shoulder in the carrying bag. A bit big but very much worth it after you pull the trigger.

 

[fallowfellow]

Having looked back at my receipt, I see the Bushwear sled is the Trace sled. Apologies!

 

[awmc]

Bushwear - seems to skim over everything so far

 

[Tazz]

I like the Bushwear black roll up one in the picture as I have to drag Fallow out of ground with no vehicle up to 150-200yds, not sure how they justify £59 for it

 

[FISH BOY]

Another for Otter

 

[Leupsak]

I use a carcass tray which I can strap onto a garden trolly with a long handle for those long uphill drags, great for fields and grass rides, low resistance and can fit a couple of fallow in at a time.
I have also used a carp fishing barrow with the same and even a builders wheelbarrow but the 4 wheel garden trolly is by far the easiest and can just drag the tray on its own is there is heavy water or snow.

 

[James0586]

I use a carcass tray which I can strap onto a garden trolly with a long handle for those long uphill drags, great for fields and grass rides, low resistance and can fit a couple of fallow in at a time.
I have also used a carp fishing barrow with the same and even a builders wheelbarrow but the 4 wheel garden trolly is by far the easiest and can just drag the tray on its own is there is heavy water or snow.
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Thanks, where did you get the carcass tray?

 

[Leupsak]

Thanks, where did you get the carcass tray?

To be honest the deer manager picked up the trays and the barrows, all I do is fill them
The beauty of the barrow is all trays will fit, I have a jet sled which is an even better fit for the barrow but doesn’t have the height to put 2 or 3 fallow in it. I’m sure the trays came from Bushwear but about 5 years ago

 

[James0586]

Another for Otter

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Where did you get the otter?

 

[FISH BOY]

Where did you get the otter?

Hunting lodge in Paddock Wood

Not sure if they have stock left as the batch took 3 months to get from the States

 

[biffo]

Try the “ dead sled”.Roll up and works really well..

 

[Timney]

View attachment 151771Fallow spiker with plenty of room to spare. Another vote for Bushwear. The sled makes for a much easier extraction and keeps the carcass much cleaner when going across boggy ground. I’m missing the straps hence the rope.

It rolls up so you can sling it over your shoulder in the carrying bag. A bit big but very much worth it after you pull the trigger.

I use a similar drag but made it myself using old wide treadmill belt, or conveyor belt, with half a dozen holes punched along the length to accept supporting cross-ropes, and a drag rope at the front for either looping round the quad or WHY.