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Hey guys

Question for you?
Last year I shot a nice size cow moose and after 10 hours it was finally hanging buy the camp.:(

My problem is that there are two 40 year olds, me included and the next oldest is 72!!! We are on a Lake that has a Provincial Park to the East and Lake to the West. The only way to get to the Moose is to go by boat. Now when you get there you have no 4 wheeler....it's on foot. We have been doing this for 20 years but because we have to venture further each year, it becomes a harder task. Not to mention the there are only 2 people transporting the moose once it's down. Our best way of transport is a rope at the front of the wheel barrow and one pulls and the other steers. It sucks with all the rocks, dead fall etc....:bangHead:

So, the question is: what type of "by hand devices", have you made, bought that would help us out?????

Thanks
Jordy
 
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Call the moose closer to the lake...:p

Joking aside, thats a tough job. You could quater it and make a few trips, or de-bone and pack it out on your back. Not a lot of options really. You could take a small 4 wheeler in a boat, but would need to cut trails when you get there...

Might consider getting some younger guys to join your group or hunt elsewhere...
 
debone and pack it out in manageable loads. i think if you go heavy and start trying to balance/drag a wheel barrow around you're just going to get someone hurt.
 
Cable turfer works awesome. Kinda like a come-along but you use what ever length cable you need and don't have to re-set like a come-along.


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My buddy made up a game carrier based on a single bicycle wheel with handles that protude both ends and a platform in between. The two handles on each end allow two people to push pull or lift a fair amount of weight and it also can be broken down a little to make it somewhat smaller.
I have also seen the portable winches that attach to a chain saw
 
40, your just hitting your prime. I'll be there in a few years.

In my 20s we just quartered and carried over our shoulder. Now that I am older I carry an aluminum backpack frame and rope. If the need ever arose I would probably cut the moose into 6 and make 2 more trips. If you could leave the hide and wrap the meat in cheese cloth that would shed a few hundred lbs.

Since I bought my ATV a few years ago we haven't had to carry a moose on our back. The unit from Cabelas would be better than a wheel barrow since it has larger tires.
 
The final solution for moose hunters is an Argo with a winch on the front.

As my brother in law says, "Nothing ruins a moose hunt quite as much as actually shooting one."
 
lyktohunt said:
My buddy made up a game carrier based on a single bicycle wheel with handles that protude both ends and a platform in between. The two handles on each end allow two people to push pull or lift a fair amount of weight and it also can be broken down a little to make it somewhat smaller.
I have also seen the portable winches that attach to a chain saw
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I used to hunt Babine Lake area near Smithers. The crew I hunted with had a "moose transporter" that we took in the boat with us. Basically it was an 8 foot section of sturdy wooden ladder with the front wheel of an old Honda trail 90 mounted in the middle below. Easy to assemble. Similar to what Lyktohunt has described above. The ladder portion of the transporter was about hip height off the ground. You could push/pull/lift quite easily and we were able to roll over smaller windfalls and plow through the brush and devils club (wear gloves). Bigger windfalls we would buck a gap through with a powersaw.
Smaller moose we would move in halves, bigger ones in quarters, right to the lake shore and onto the boat.
 
"My buddy made up a game carrier based on a single bicycle wheel with handles that protude both ends and a platform in between. The two handles on each end allow two people to push pull or lift a fair amount of weight and it also can be broken down a little to make it somewhat smaller."

My buddies had one of these, also. If the moose wasn't too huge, it would take a quarter at a time. Better than a wheel barrow, and extra help can steady it from the side.
 
Make a carrier. It's looks like a ladder that you put a quarter of moose on and you and your buddy both carry. You also add a strap on each end that you put over your shoulders. This takes the stress off your hands. They use these in NL all the time. The only downfall is making four trips. One quarter per trip.
 
you could make a travois...like, two 10 foot poles, with meat hanging in between.....might be able to do it in 2 trips with two guys that way
 
I come help ya! When do I have to be at camp? :D

Honestly, I haven't had the pleasure of having to get a moose out of the bush (yet).

You can get gas powered winches you can anchor to a tree - but it may be too much to cart to the moose.

Unless you can get a small ATV to it then I would say you are going to have to quarter it and use your wheelbarrow thing.
 
Thanks fellas....I think the Cabelas is the way to go, but a single wheel might be better!! I may go to a welder with the Cabelas design and have him copy with a single!
 
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