He's got quite a channel going on YouTube and runs a service over in America for finding shot and wounded deer with thermal drones.
I wonder........fly yourself into the shooting locations as well, save walking miles
Extraction of deer
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I wonder........fly yourself into the shooting locations as well, save walking miles
Roe sack extracts from most places, otherwise dragging, especially if i have to watch my footing as I can always let go of the deer. I dont bother with a sled for Roe unless I have 3 or more on the deck. The good thing about slopes is they help in one direction!! Deer fencing is a big issue. I normally tie a rope to the deer or roe sack, climb the fence where safe to do so and get myself wedged firmly on top, pull up the Roe and drop them over the other side and then climb down. This would not work with a red deer but is viable in most places for Roe.
do you have a link to the product? I can't find it on their website
Consider the logistics of extraction before pulling the trigger or alternatively this:
K
K
Ahh, the single most unreliable thing to anchor a perfectly good winch to
devon deer stalker
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I know, it was a tongue-in-cheek comment, I just find it a little amusing to myself when people talk about extracting Roe, I have taken Elk at 9000' and carried them out of the rockies, makes the Scottish hills look like pimplesYou 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
Roe and muntjac yool sac
Fallow does steep short distances then join the legs and carry on one shoulder. If you slip you can ditch it, IMHO carrying like a rucksack or in a rucksack is dangerous with such a weight on uneven ground
Deer cart can work well but the lack of brakes makes steep slippery very hard work. You hoik it up, move your feet for the next hoik and it starts to go down again
Fallow does steep short distances then join the legs and carry on one shoulder. If you slip you can ditch it, IMHO carrying like a rucksack or in a rucksack is dangerous with such a weight on uneven ground
Deer cart can work well but the lack of brakes makes steep slippery very hard work. You hoik it up, move your feet for the next hoik and it starts to go down again
I am in a similar situation except most of my deer are Sika.
Dragging is a PITA when traversing a slope as it just twists about below you. Sleds not going to help here either.
Dragging is an issue for me as a lot of the ground is very wet and or clatchy. So not the best hygiene.
Professional mates suggest partial butchering on the hill but again I am less keen for hygiene and venison quality reasons.
Which really leaves carrying out. I use a Monarch Sika sack having gralloched it and removed the pluck, legs and head. I don't split the chest or the pelvis. I don't fully open the neck either. Its a bit of a compromise between effort, hygiene and ultimately venison quality after being hung.
I do think carrying is actually a bit easier than dragging as I can definitely get the carcass out quicker. Not that it's easy. I carry a walking pole (or two) in the sack so I always have 2 sticks with me and I am therefore much more stable going down hill plus can get some effort from my arms uphill. Much safer for little extra weight. Head torch is essential for extraction in the dark when carrying.
Brash out direct routes from common shooting spots rather than following rides.
Shooting smaller deer further from the road and big ones next to the road helps!
Dragging is a PITA when traversing a slope as it just twists about below you. Sleds not going to help here either.
Dragging is an issue for me as a lot of the ground is very wet and or clatchy. So not the best hygiene.
Professional mates suggest partial butchering on the hill but again I am less keen for hygiene and venison quality reasons.
Which really leaves carrying out. I use a Monarch Sika sack having gralloched it and removed the pluck, legs and head. I don't split the chest or the pelvis. I don't fully open the neck either. Its a bit of a compromise between effort, hygiene and ultimately venison quality after being hung.
I do think carrying is actually a bit easier than dragging as I can definitely get the carcass out quicker. Not that it's easy. I carry a walking pole (or two) in the sack so I always have 2 sticks with me and I am therefore much more stable going down hill plus can get some effort from my arms uphill. Much safer for little extra weight. Head torch is essential for extraction in the dark when carrying.
Brash out direct routes from common shooting spots rather than following rides.
Shooting smaller deer further from the road and big ones next to the road helps!
Thanks folks, a confirmation that I just need to get fitter, It's drag or carry and probably best to go straight down then travese the bottom or up and out over the fell, whcih at least is an honest bit of ground that doesn't hide obstacles.
Re the shooting up or down - my reference was to hitting the vital organs at a steep angle, not a correction for angle.
Re the shooting up or down - my reference was to hitting the vital organs at a steep angle, not a correction for angle.
csl
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Is that a Warn sticker with a Union Flag attached?
OK, my earlier post was a little tongue-in-cheek but in all seriousness if it’s an option when culling fallow in a manner other than truly stalking though a piece of ground, give serious thought to setting up an ambush in a location that at least will ensure the beasts can be extracted to a point down hill.
This may well be why the thinking stalker deploys high seats!
K
This may well be why the thinking stalker deploys high seats!
K
Yukonmountainhunter
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Stone Glacier back pack, 
The one I have on in this pic is a 5400 but it scrunches down into a decent day pack. Here I'm packing out my daughters Dall ram. Ya, it was frickin' steep... and still had to come up the other side! It's pretty rare that we'll get an animal out whole! lol
The one I have on in this pic is a 5400 but it scrunches down into a decent day pack. Here I'm packing out my daughters Dall ram. Ya, it was frickin' steep... and still had to come up the other side! It's pretty rare that we'll get an animal out whole! lol
Carrot seed or similar to get them where you want them ie on flat easy spots , use shot placement so they wont run ! Hope the ground was cheap or free
+1 for the Yool sack - holds 2 roe if necessary and, most importantly for me, packs down pretty well when not in use.
stevenedwards
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I disagree. You can have absolute confidence that your anchor point won't move under load.Ahh, the single most unreliable thing to anchor a perfectly good winch to
instead of a dead sled use a piece of blue plastic barrel or piece of an IBC container just put holes in it an lace it up and drag as normal
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