How do you haul your game out?

[Wyatt Smith]

I normally drag it to where I can drive my pickup. Sometimes I can drive right to the deer.

 

[CM McKenzie]

Horses and mules for me. I have a pack, but it’s always on a mule too.

 

[ARHinAK]

Usually like this. After the quarters have been packed out, the last little bit of neck meat. Only 1.2 miles down the mountain. Not as easy as it looks.

 

[Firebird]

I’ve packed some out on my shoulders but a frame pack makes life much easier.

I love how the trackers carried out game in africa-no waste and very respectful

 

[ActionBob]

What caliber did you use, Bob ?

375 H&H.

My wife took one with a Rigby HS in 9.3x62.

 

[Just Gina]

@ActionBob says I get my game hauled out by batting my eyes.

 

[R eight]

Cut up and pack out. The heaviest load that is almost too much for most is a wet large brown bear hide. Did it once but that was a few years ago. Couldn't do it now at 73. The other potential deal breaker that comes close to a brown bear hide would be bone-in moose hind quarters.

Arh…the joys of moose hunting . 2 weeks ago I had no idea of what you’re talking about. Now I understand I lasted about 1k with the hind quarter on my back. Near killed me. It took 3 of us 8 hours to butcher and carry that bull about 1.5 kilometres to the boat. 30 seconds of adrenaline and 8 hours of hard work. But it was worth it.

 

[503]

I don't leave until I eat the whole thing.......

 

[revturbo9967]

Pack, horse , kids sled, or pure dragging. Or in this case have the apprentice do it. (I didn’t tell him to, my ph did)

 

[Tundra Tiger]

The list is long: snowmachine, Argo, ATV, skiff, inflatable (Kaboat and Zodiac), plastic sled, pack frame.... It depends on the animal and the location.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

I don't leave until I eat the whole thing.......

What's the possession limit on mosquitoes? Marinade or just brine them?

 

[double rifle newbie]

Arh…the joys of moose hunting . 2 weeks ago I had no idea of what you’re talking about. Now I understand I lasted about 1k with the hind quarter on my back. Near killed me. It took 3 of us 8 hours to butcher and carry that bull about 1.5 kilometres to the boat. 30 seconds of adrenaline and 8 hours of hard work. But it was worth it.

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amen. its about the whole experience, not the pulling of the trigger. my hardest hunts have been my most memorable and rewarding. memories ill always keep with me.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

amen. its about the whole experience, not the pulling of the trigger. my hardest hunts have been my most memorable and rewarding. memories ill always keep with me.

Yep. I remember the first time I made a deer into a pack. Opening morning 1978 I went up the mountain too early and bumped the elk when it was still too dark to shoot. Half hour later I jumped a whitetail buck and took a running shot. Thought it was a miss. No blood. Went on up to the top and shot a big dry muley doe. Made her into a pack and headed down to my vehicle. Half way there I stepped on the dead buck. Gut shot. Put her tag on him and dragged him out by the horns (doe's forelegs were eating a hole in my collar bones). Plan was to come up the next day with Dad and his tag to bring out the doe. As I rolled into the driveway with the buck, Dad was just coming home from the post office. He helped me pull it into the garage. When we walked through the kitchen door Mom let out a shreek "What happened to YOU?" I was deer blood literally head to toe. Dad put on his best serious face: "Better call the ambulance, Dorothy!" She was running for the phone when we roared out laughing. Mom wasn't the swearing type but she let fly with some colorful expletives that day!

Next morning we went back for the doe. I was then too tired to drive back to Missoula for Monday college classes. That night the golf course manager called: "Is Pat still there? Tell him to get out here in the morning and you two kill a couple of these damn park elk that are tearing up the course." I shot a huge cow on the third fairway (no bull in the herd). Dad watched and never popped a cap. One elk and two deer was enough meat. We drove the pickup to her and loaded the carcass whole. Dad collapsed on that same golf course June 20, 1999. We unplugged him three days later.

 

[double rifle newbie]

Yep. I remember the first time I made a deer into a pack. Opening morning 1978 I went up the mountain too early and bumped the elk when it was still too dark to shoot. Half hour later I jumped a whitetail buck and took a running shot. Thought it was a miss. No blood. Went on up to the top and shot a big dry muley doe. Made her into a pack and headed down to my vehicle. Half way there I stepped on the dead buck. Gut shot. Put her tag on him and dragged him out by the horns (doe's forelegs were eating a hole in my collar bones). Plan was to come up the next day with Dad and his tag to bring out the doe. As I rolled into the driveway with the buck, Dad was just coming home from the post office. He helped me pull it into the garage. When we walked through the kitchen door Mom let out a shreek "What happened to YOU?" I was deer blood literally head to toe. Dad put on his best serious face: "Better call the ambulance, Dorothy!" She was running for the phone when we roared out laughing. Mom wasn't the swearing type but she let fly with some colorful expletives that day!

Next morning we went back for the doe. I was then too tired to drive back to Missoula for Monday college classes. That night the golf course manager called: "Is Pat still there? Tell him to get out here in the morning and you two kill a couple of these damn park elk that are tearing up the course." I shot a huge cow on the third fairway (no bull in the herd). Dad watched and never popped a cap. One elk and two deer was enough meat. We drove the pickup to her and loaded the carcass whole. Dad collapsed on that same golf course June 20, 1999. We unplugged him three days later.

memories. thanks for sharing this.

 

[503]

What's the possession limit on mosquitoes? Marinade or just brine them?

Either, then deep fry

 

[Hogpatrol]

For white tail deer, if it won't drop where I can back up the truck to it, I don't pull the trigger. With some major mods, cutting, welding, extra parts and an electric winch, this is what I use.

https://www.amazon.com/Viking-Solutions-VS-VSL001-Game-Processing/dp/B00VXURFSG/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1AL2GRUK8DU9Y&keywords=viking%2Bdeer%2Bhoist&qid=1696628658&sprefix=viking%2Bdeer%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-4&th=1

 

[WAB]

 

[steve white]

Pack, horse , kids sled, or pure dragging. Or in this case have the apprentice do it. (I didn’t tell him to, my ph did)

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Yep, my stepbrother is younger than me....when the deer lease was a mile wide sea of mud he toted one out just like that for his young son. No thanks for me!

 

[fourfive8]

Arh…the joys of moose hunting . 2 weeks ago I had no idea of what you’re talking about. Now I understand I lasted about 1k with the hind quarter on my back. Near killed me. It took 3 of us 8 hours to butcher and carry that bull about 1.5 kilometres to the boat. 30 seconds of adrenaline and 8 hours of hard work. But it was worth it.

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Those photos remind me of Prisine Ventures or Papa Bear out of Bethel or Aniak Yessir! I can appreciate packing those moose hind quarters! Overall it's a good idea for meat conservation and many times no choice but to leave bone in because of regs. Many AK bull moose hind quarters go around 150-160 with some topping 180 pounds. The only other must do pack out on back that is in that weight category I think is a large wet brown bear hide. And who is going to cut a bear hide in half! The total pack weight of the one I did was over 200 pounds. Wobbly legs comes to mind in my memory. None of those are going to happen now, with my max weight for packing any distance somewhere around 100.

 

[Flipper Dude]

Pick it up in my Polaris Ranger or 4 wheeler. Don’t have to field dress. Run it to the house and quarter it. Perks of hunting on your own place