SUV's and Fallow

[The Singing Stalker]

So, been talking to a few landowners and they are moaning a lot about too many fallow and threatening to let me on their land to remove some. Which will be nice, if it comes off, but, I am wondering about what to do? I don’t particularly want to try to deadlift 50 plus kilos into the back of my Freelander because, it’s bloody hard, and I don’t want to stink out my car with dead fallow smells and icky bugs.

So, what do you do? Small trailer with a winch? Stink out the car? Or look to buy a pickup?

 

[Malxwal]

Small trailer

 

[Tim.243]

Trailer, small hand winch (£20) plasters bath scaffold board/s bigger chiller lol

 

[Essexsussex]

Heck pack and plasterers bath
Can roll a big one in then lever the bath onto the grid. Or do away with the bath all together and just rest the deer on the grill so not so high to lift.

 

[Danny Fireblade]

Give me a shout, I’ll stink out my Landrover and share the lifting duties with you

I’m only round the corner from you

 

[Jon P]

If you don’t deal with fallow very often, make sure you get an outlet for them before pulling the trigger. When there 3 big does are lead on the floor, then it becomes a drama.

 

[Donkey Basher]

Get yourself one of these - I used one like it for years, they’re big enough to get a large fallow buck in if you remove head & legs & will take a couple of does. Also available in smaller size which is ideal for roe & muntjac. The lids interlock when you close them so keep things from falling in or from splashing out. They are very sturdy, the handles on the end mean they can be lifted & dragged easily. To get them in the back of the 90 I simply used to lift one end up onto the back then go around the other end, lift it up & slide it in. For a vehicle with a carpet I’d suggest putting a sheet of ply down, or similar, so that the box can slide in.

Make sure that you find one that doesn’t have a hole in each corner for drainage… you don’t want claret dribbling out of them!

Easy to wash out & if you want more than one they sit inside each other for storage.

Just got a link to this one after a quick search on the bay, I’m sure with more time you’d find them cheaper

1 LARGE Nearly New Black Plastic Removal Storage Crate Container - 135 Litre | eBay UK

Containers stack when lids closed and nest when lids open, therefore reducing the amount of space required for storage. Capacity 135 litres. Used, these very strong crates are perfect for storage, moving and many other useful purposes.

ebay.us

 

[wytonpjs]

D - the FL2 is certainly up to the task. I fitted a plywood board into the back of mine, bolted a winch onto a bar across the rear seat anchors wires and pulled a sled/plasterer’s bath up a ladder ramp into the back. Biggest so far is 100kg larder weight. With a cover on the tub, majority of the bugs stay with the animal and my fallow are rarely more that 90 minutes from home so I can stand the smell that long. Pictures are the evolution of the concept through to the final version before I sold the truck. Changed the board when I moved to a DS and bolted the winch to the board but everything else is the same. It takes minutes to “re-role” the vehicle back to family car. As everything is internal, I can bomb up and down the motorway to my various permission at normal speeds unlike trailer/basket options.

 

[tackb]

either a dedicated stalking vehicle or a little trailer , get a little plant type trailer with the full width tail ramp and they are easy to drag up into the trailer

 

[The Singing Stalker]

D - the FL2 is certainly up to the task. I fitted a plywood board into the back of mine, bolted a winch onto a bar across the rear seat anchors wires and pulled a sled/plasterer’s bath up a ladder ramp into the back. Biggest so far is 100kg larder weight. With a cover on the tub, majority of the bugs stay with the animal and my fallow are rarely more that 90 minutes from home so I can stand the smell that long. Pictures are the evolution of the concept through to the final version before I sold the truck. Changed the board when I moved to a DS and bolted the winch to the board but everything else is the same. It takes minutes to “re-role” the vehicle back to family car. As everything is internal, I can bomb up and down the motorway to my various permission at normal speeds unlike trailer/basket options.

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Oh I see. What you did with the winch there. I will have to have a look at mine. I have a winch and might even have a bit of box section the will run across.

 

[wytonpjs]

I still have the bar D if you want it? I used "J" bolts to clamp the bar ends over the wire seat anchors. Disappointed that I don't have better pictures but here's some others. Putting the flat LED lights into the boot trim was another very useful innovation as a lot of my fallow are at last light. As an aside, you may notice from one of the pictures that I changed out all of the interior light bulbs to red LED (overheads, footwells,. puddle lights, etc). When I first saw it on one of my former trainee's FL2 (RM Commando) I thought it was a bit OTT but in reality, it was a lot better to work with after dark.

 

[dryan]

I use a heck pack tow bar basket. Rated to 89kg, put a ton bag over it if travelling any distance.

Have had about 180kg in it crossing a couple of fields, it was fine!

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Heck-Pack Rear luggage rack, optimal, original, game rack, with ECE road approval (1200 x 600 x 175 mm) : Amazon.com.be: Automotive

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We used to use a towbar gralloching frame and winch to do a suspended gralloch then swing into back of open door on landrover, but this makes life easier with heavy bucks, one man can drag the front of carcass onto the basket (a short length of rope with a carabiner style clip sometimes helps to keep the half on the basket) then lift the other 2 legs and animal onto the basket.

Ideal for fallow, left at home for reds, the trailer comes out with the quad!

 

[The Singing Stalker]

I still have the bar D if you want it? I used "J" bolts to clamp the bar ends over the wire seat anchors. Disappointed that I don't have better pictures but here's some others. Putting the flat LED lights into the boot trim was another very useful innovation as a lot of my fallow are at last light. As an aside, you may notice from one of the pictures that I changed out all of the interior light bulbs to red LED (overheads, footwells,. puddle lights, etc). When I first saw it on one of my former trainee's FL2 (RM Commando) I thought it was a bit OTT but in reality, it was a lot better to work with after dark.

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Thanks, I am off to Cardiff next weekend to pick up a bike, but don’t think it would fit across the back seat. I am leaning towards a small trailer and put a winch on it. Got a couple of months yet to decide…… mind you, I keep looking at the np300 Navaras.

 

[25 Sharps]

So, been talking to a few landowners and they are moaning a lot about too many fallow and threatening to let me on their land to remove some. Which will be nice, if it comes off, but, I am wondering about what to do? I don’t particularly want to try to deadlift 50 plus kilos into the back of my Freelander because, it’s bloody hard, and I don’t want to stink out my car with dead fallow smells and icky bugs.

So, what do you do? Small trailer with a winch? Stink out the car? Or look to buy a pickup?

Give me a shout and I’ll come give a hand with my pickup

 

[25 Sharps]

Also I’ve been quite disciplined with the gym this year so deadlifting 100kg is fine .

On a serious note, Wiltshire Shooting Centre have taken stock of tow ball hoists that might help you out.

 

[paulbshooting]

Uae a tow bar mounted game basket and an adapted roof rack with extended bar for yacht pulley hoist. Handles any fallow, saves lifting keeps mess and ticks out of car

 

[nun_hunter]

Small trailer and some old handrails to make a winch frame.

 

[shbangsteve]

Trailer every time. Comes in handy for so many other uses. You can wash it out with a hose or pressure washer.