How to extract a bear from 300 yards downhill

look up on line spend the money and buy your self a chain saw winch, not cheap but the best have pulled out cars from the ditch as well as moose up hill and all done with out a hitch 3000 lbs pull all you need it a long good rope.
 
accumark said:
look up on line spend the money and buy your self a chain saw winch, not cheap but the best have pulled out cars from the ditch as well as moose up hill and all done with out a hitch 3000 lbs pull all you need it a long good rope.
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Those are pretty cool, IMO. On long hard pulls (vehicles, typically) throw an old jacket over the line 40-50' out. If the line breaks; it'll just drop, as opposed to turning you into a Frankenstein monster look-a-like when it whips at your face.
Handy li'l bit of info for you there.
 
I scored a long forgotten about out in the shed under a bench old first generation Lewis called an "Olini".
Fruck'n awwsum little beastolay.
Pulls four tousand pounds on a straight line.
Bit of a mule to pack around, but when it's time fer werk, she's up to bat.
Whom ever designed this little kritter gave her some thought.
The winch brake wrench unscrews and doubles as a spark plug socket.
There is a spot on the handle bar for a spare spark plug as show in the photo.

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SOP for moose extraction (where there are roads, obviously): 2 trucks, 1000 feet of rope, snatch block, and a chain saw. Clear a path, perpendicular to the road, to the moose. Tie the rope around the head, attach snatch block to one, stationary vehicle and run the rope through it. Tie the other end of the rope to the back of the "pull" truck. A spotter and a couple of radios helps. Best to keep the stationary truck in gear and on the brakes rather than in "park" and at an angle that bisects the rope's path.
 
"I would of skinned the bear where it laid, and then carried the pelt/head up-hill. "

I have gone the cut and pack route.

After walking down the steep mountain side to confirm it was dead and back up to the truck I was so beat I realized that cutting up the bear into quarters and back packing it out was not going to be an option. in addition the sun was setting and I didn't want to do it in the dark.
 
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Ugh. Thanks. It must be because I'm doing it from an iphone? I had done as you said, and even copied it from your post, but still no luck. Weird.
 
kodiakjack said:
Ugh. Thanks. It must be because I'm doing it from an iphone? I had done as you said, and even copied it from your post, but still no luck. Weird.
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Doh! I guess I just had to refresh the page. My bad. Sorry for the thread hijacking. Move along folks. Nothing to see here.
 
MD said:
Ever end up with a bear 300 yards downhill of the road?

How to extract it?

1. Remove your 900 feet of rope from the back of the truck and drag the end down to the bear.

2. Choke the bear around the armpits, then the neck with a half-hitch, then the snout.


3. Pull rope around nearest tree and attach to truck with a bowline


4. Pull



5. Voila




Except for running down and uphill again in distances from 300 yards to 50 yards about five times to unhook said bear from stumps and trees when it hangs up and to re-tie the rope when it breaks, it's easy as pie.
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you need to talk to your cook about her pie.... that must be some tough pie
 
"it's easy as pie" was intended to be ironic tongue in cheek humour.

I was sore for five days after that episode from all the running up and down the hill like a chokerman on a logging show.
 
Short of a helicopter, you have two options;

A little ingenuity and a lot of muscle...

Or

A little muscle and a lot of ingenuity...
 
"The terrain doesnt look that rough. I would've just driven my truck down and winched it up onto the deck no problem."

I don't think so.

Photos 3 and 4 are deceiving.

The hillside dropped virtually straight down from the road for 30 feet before changing to a steep slope.
 
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