Dewald
AH elite
- Joined
- Aug 16, 2012
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- Empangeni, Zululand
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- KZN Hunters/ SAHGCA/
- Hunted
- South Africa, Namibia
For large animals in difficult places (e.g. kudu), a "sail" is often used. It's a piece of heavy truck tarp about 4'x8' with handles sewn onto the edge of long sides at both ends and in middle. The gutted animal is folded in the sail and carried out with a farmhand/tracker/PH at each handle. If it's a long haul, poles are threaded through handles and animal carried on shoulders of four guys at each corner. Last year my PH, tracker, and two farmhands carried this black wildebeest more than two miles over very broken ground in a sail.
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Yes I have a 3m x 2m tarpaulin with handles as well. 8 people can carry a large animal on that. The handles are stitched through the entire length and width of the tarp to strengthen it. On some properties it is easy to het 8 farm labourers and for two hours carry they each get R100 and a coke. That beats cutting up an animal or damaging your vehicle.