How do you move your deer?

[Sika14]

Just wondering if anyone has any great ideas for moving deer after you shoot them or is a wheelbarrow still a good idea?

just interested to see how others do it.

 

[tjwaines]

Suppose it depends if its a Munty or a Red Stag? Roe - if I've remembered my roe sack that, if not, a drag wire.

 

[Thar]

I brought a Jet Sledge, you can find them on E-bay. If you are shooting Sika a large one will be easily big enough for stags. They are very slippery and pull easily; mind you I have used a wheel barrow before.

ATB

Tahr

 

[swarovski]

 

[User00001]

Once when I was up in Scotland and only had a 2x4 van in the snow I could get to the forest to stalk but not get the van up one final slope to get to the main forest track. I borrowed a wheel barrow and used it for a week. I would stalk for a day or so and extract the deer (roe) to the roadside then do an expedition with the barrow to get them back to the van, I had seven or eight strapped onto it at one stage. Worked well. Glyn

 

[MountainStalker2]

I cut them into pieces and take them out in sections if they are bigger than a sika or fallow. Leave the torso bones and shanks behind.

 

[Ronin]

Carry out or drag to a location I can get a quad to or winch into the back of the pick up

 

[TGEvans]

One of the £5 kids sledges will be my next purchase. Seen them in action and they work!

 

[MGD]

Carry out all our fallow, but we only have fallow around us, we have been dragging the red hinds we shot this weekend in scotland.
atb matt

 

[salmonladder]

on the quad

 

[User00003]

roe sack or some rope and over the shoulder if travelling light. Reds I extract with an argo and a helping hand to lift into the back!

 

[splash]

I use the Force ! As it is strong.


Failing that i use a drag loop. or roe sack had three munties in it ONCE never again too heavy, also had to use it to carry a fallow once thought i was going to have a heart attack, and had to lay on the first ride i came to and phone for collection.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Roe sack for me also, if red then a drag (rope) out to the nearest pick up point.

Looks like this old fellow has the knack



Rgds, Buck.

 

[PointBlank]

... or roe sack had three munties in it ONCE never again too heavy...

Done that ONCE too, nearly killed myself getting back to my car, then a week later i tried two bucks in it and bust the strap which probably saved myself a lot of heartache in the future!

From then on I decided a extraction vehicle was in order

 

[WestCoastStalker]

Roe sack for me also, if red then a drag (rope) out to the nearest pick up point.

Looks like this old fellow has the knack



Rgds, Buck.

It might look like a tough shift but it's actually a lot easier than dragging. Once you've got the beast on your back you can push down on the back legs and it takes a lot of pressure of your back. On a clear fell it takes a fraction of the time that dragging would.

I wouldn't do it in the middle of summer when the ticks are at their worst right enough as you'd be crawling, but good for the hind's over the winter. An old waterproof jacket is a must right enough.

 

[Monarch Country Products]

Monarch "Ghillie" Roe Sack for roe
New Monarch Sika sack for obviously sika/fallow prickets
Walk back for the hillkat for shifting reds..

 

[Uncle Buck]

WestCoastStalker rather you than me !

I have tried it and your bang on (easy once you have the knack), its the mess one get in even with the rainproof.

Rgds Buck.

 

[geoshot]

New Zealand backpack for CWD, Muntjac and/or Roe.
A drag out for Fallow or Sika, unless any other way out is available - and I will search high and low for one, friend with a pick-up or back of the landy.
Reds? I've only hit couple and both of those have been close to trails, dunno what I'd do in difficult terrain apart from wish for an argocat or such.

 

[WestCoastStalker]

WestCoastStalker rather you than me !

I have tried it and your bang on (easy once you have the knack), its the mess one get in even with the rainproof.

Rgds Buck.

The mess is the only real problem with it. Think a waterproof onesie is required

I personally think that a rope on a clear fell is making the job harder for yourself. Every time you stop and start you are losing energy through the stretch in the rope. You're also not doing your back any favours as you're putting it under a lot of pressure every time you start to pull as you jerk forward. On a long drag over flat ground then a rope is good, but that's what the quad is for.

I was with someone one day who told me I was crazy for even thinking about carrying beasts. I'd shot a hind, a yearling and a calf, and I had the hind and calf sitting on the quad track before he had the yearling half way out with his drag rope. If you get the beast positioned correctly then it really isn't hard on your back.

It's not everyone's cup of tea, but in certain situations it makes things easier for me.

 

[Sika14]

Thanks all