I'm looking for something and don't know whether it already exists so thought I would ask here.
I'm in the fortunate position of having a woodland permission that is relatively level, albeit prone to getting water logged at certain times of year. The usual method of extraction is just to lug out the muntjac and roe and drag out fallow in a drag bag. The distance to the vehicle point is dependent on where in the woods the critter goes down but will usually be 500 plus yards. The frequency and number of deer just don't merit the cost of a quad bike and the ride condition, particularly when water logged, would restrict use of a 4x4 vehicle.
My mind is turning to whether there may be a 2 wheeled contraption out there that one could use for the fallow to make their extraction easier. I did think about just a builders wheel barrow but I'm thinking 2 wheels would be better for overall stability, particularly with a fallow on board when it's particularly wet going. What's currently in my mind is almost something like a raised sack barrow, probably with larger non-pneumatic wheels (to remove the inevitable tyre punctures from thorns). It's something I would be wanting to leave in the woods secured to a tree between visits.
Before I reinvent the wheel (so to speak), is anyone using something along the proposed lines that is commercially available or that they fabricated themselves that they can share pictures of?
I know I could carry on dragging out fallow in bags or trays or sleds but I'm a lazy sod at heart
I'm in the fortunate position of having a woodland permission that is relatively level, albeit prone to getting water logged at certain times of year. The usual method of extraction is just to lug out the muntjac and roe and drag out fallow in a drag bag. The distance to the vehicle point is dependent on where in the woods the critter goes down but will usually be 500 plus yards. The frequency and number of deer just don't merit the cost of a quad bike and the ride condition, particularly when water logged, would restrict use of a 4x4 vehicle.
My mind is turning to whether there may be a 2 wheeled contraption out there that one could use for the fallow to make their extraction easier. I did think about just a builders wheel barrow but I'm thinking 2 wheels would be better for overall stability, particularly with a fallow on board when it's particularly wet going. What's currently in my mind is almost something like a raised sack barrow, probably with larger non-pneumatic wheels (to remove the inevitable tyre punctures from thorns). It's something I would be wanting to leave in the woods secured to a tree between visits.
Before I reinvent the wheel (so to speak), is anyone using something along the proposed lines that is commercially available or that they fabricated themselves that they can share pictures of?
I know I could carry on dragging out fallow in bags or trays or sleds but I'm a lazy sod at heart
