From the field to the truck
- Thread starter dave_t73
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why with a quad silly
open-sights
Regular
- Location
- Aldergrove BC
packframe with hunting partners.
beretta boy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Orillia, Ontario
Deer - have drug 'em out by m'self & with another .. but lately, it's usually a very short drag to a quad - or lift 'em directly into the pick-up from a field.
Moose - have packed them out in pieces on a packframe with a couple of buds ... but the last few were either with an older Bombardier (Dodge slant six with a boom/winch set up for light loging) or a Cat D3. Makes short work !
Did a "double calf" one opening morning at precisely 7:20 - about 5 minutes after legal time. (had to let the cow go - no cow tag, just a bull tag) ... With the Bombardier the buddy & I had them both back at camp in short order - and the weather being warmish, we off-loaded them with a JD510 BH/loader directly into a Chevy 1-ton dump, and had them on the killing floor of the loacal abbatoir by 9:00. Being within a short drive to town, we enjoyed a "second breakfast" and fresh coffee and were back at camp by
10:15 a.m. Nice short opening day ! ( And never did get a look at a Bull for the rest of that week ! )
Moose - have packed them out in pieces on a packframe with a couple of buds ... but the last few were either with an older Bombardier (Dodge slant six with a boom/winch set up for light loging) or a Cat D3. Makes short work !
Did a "double calf" one opening morning at precisely 7:20 - about 5 minutes after legal time. (had to let the cow go - no cow tag, just a bull tag) ... With the Bombardier the buddy & I had them both back at camp in short order - and the weather being warmish, we off-loaded them with a JD510 BH/loader directly into a Chevy 1-ton dump, and had them on the killing floor of the loacal abbatoir by 9:00. Being within a short drive to town, we enjoyed a "second breakfast" and fresh coffee and were back at camp by
10:15 a.m. Nice short opening day ! ( And never did get a look at a Bull for the rest of that week ! )
JohnC
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
We've been lucky most years got someone to ATV them (moose) to the truck. One of the guys has an aluminum snowboard(?) anyway it's round & we lash the moose's head to it it prevents the rack from digging in.
The odd year we could't find an ATV ( our group doesn't own one- maybe that's why we get a moose every year
) we quartered the animal and two guys carried out the quarters on a pole.
The odd year we could't find an ATV ( our group doesn't own one- maybe that's why we get a moose every year
) we quartered the animal and two guys carried out the quarters on a pole.
In my younger days we carried out moose quarters ...two guys , one quarter ,one stout pole....I can still remember the torture of that long pole not only swinging but also bouncing up and down . I had blood blisters on both my skinny shoulders, even though I cut off the bulls ears to use as buffers btwn the pole and my shoulder .
If you HAVE to carry out a quarter on a pole , cut the pole very short so that both guys can grasp the hair on the quarter, to keep some of the weight off the shoulder and prevent swinging of the quarter .
I haven't carried out a moose for 30 some years...a lot easier to chainsaw a road to the kill site and haul out with a snow machine , 4-wheeler, etc. Or river and lake hunt .
If you HAVE to carry out a quarter on a pole , cut the pole very short so that both guys can grasp the hair on the quarter, to keep some of the weight off the shoulder and prevent swinging of the quarter .
I haven't carried out a moose for 30 some years...a lot easier to chainsaw a road to the kill site and haul out with a snow machine , 4-wheeler, etc. Or river and lake hunt .
Best and easiest moose pack out I was ever involved with was a hunt at CFB Wainright with my dad when I was 16. My dad's with fish and wildlife and often works the check station at the base, so he knew most of the sergeants and range control guys. He got a big moose down at the end of the first day, but it was 2 clicks or so back in the bush. You can drive anywhere that's open on the base, but there was more than a foot of snow that year, so there were a lot of places normal trucks couldn't get.
But one of the sergeants farmed a little spread near the base and went to get his tractor with a bale lifter. We looped a rope over the moose to get it out to the cutline, then just lifted it up with the bale lifter and hauled it out and dropped it in the truck whole.
But one of the sergeants farmed a little spread near the base and went to get his tractor with a bale lifter. We looped a rope over the moose to get it out to the cutline, then just lifted it up with the bale lifter and hauled it out and dropped it in the truck whole.
Here's one for you guys that hunt around round bales!!
Drag the animal to a round bale put your truck on the other side of the bale run a strap over the bale to the animal and back to the bumper of the truck. Drive forward till the animal is on top of the bale then back up to the bale and push/pull the animal into the back of the pick up.
Might have to drag them up back end first to keep the antlers from digging into the bale but it does work.
Drag the animal to a round bale put your truck on the other side of the bale run a strap over the bale to the animal and back to the bumper of the truck. Drive forward till the animal is on top of the bale then back up to the bale and push/pull the animal into the back of the pick up.
Might have to drag them up back end first to keep the antlers from digging into the bale but it does work.
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I carry a tow rope with two strap shoulder loops and a chest strap. Gut the deer (20 lbs less to drag), tie a knot around one front leg, wrap the second ankle with a loop around the small of the neck. Then lean into it.
I tell myself to get a krazy karpet every year, but have trouble thinking about slinging it when heading out on a stalk. Someone on another thread mentioned packing a ladder in their truck. Easy to strap the deer onto and then push it into the box.
Another person mentioned plotting a GPS course to the nearest vehicle access. I can happily say that a pocket sized GPS receiver is the smartest game retrieval tool I have every used. On a featureless terrain and in an excitable post-hunt euphoria, it is easy to lose an animal. I've used the GPS receiver to plot shot to target distances, and to navigate back to pick it up.
I tell myself to get a krazy karpet every year, but have trouble thinking about slinging it when heading out on a stalk. Someone on another thread mentioned packing a ladder in their truck. Easy to strap the deer onto and then push it into the box.
Another person mentioned plotting a GPS course to the nearest vehicle access. I can happily say that a pocket sized GPS receiver is the smartest game retrieval tool I have every used. On a featureless terrain and in an excitable post-hunt euphoria, it is easy to lose an animal. I've used the GPS receiver to plot shot to target distances, and to navigate back to pick it up.
My friend shot the biggest whitetail of his life about 3/4 mile from the truck with about 2 feet of snow on the ground. We tied the bloody thing to his kids' toboggan and dragged it out, uphill and down. I'm here to tell you that was two hours of hell!
I have also used one of those 2 wheeled carts. They work pretty good.
I have also used one of those 2 wheeled carts. They work pretty good.
smokin'stoegie
CGN Regular
- Location
- S/West Ontario
After I shoot them I just pick them up and throw them in my pocket,,I've been known to carry 4 or 5 myself....
..you did say "grouse to moose",,
..you did say "grouse to moose",,
- Location
- Saskatchewan
I just love to hear everyone whine about not shooting anything too far back in the bush, stories about the "pack from hell" etc. Moose hunting is supposed to be hard! Leaves more room for serious moose hunters when everyone else is driving the logging roads and cutlines. I use a pack frame with a good hip belt, cotton flour sacks or pillowcases, parchute cord and hiking boots! Cut the moose up with a folding saw and knife, never a hatchet (I have many scars on my fingers from bone shards to show you why) Skin and discard the hide, cut off all four legs - one bag each, then both slabs of ribs in another bag, the loin in one more, and the neck/front backstraps de-boned, you have 7-8 trips with only about 60lbs each trip. Learn to tie a diamond hitch. You can cut down some bulk by deboning more, especially ribs. Bring a friend and enjoy your success!
We mostly just use vehicles - we always seem to find a way to get 'em in there somehow, or close enough to get a rope on 'em and start yanking. 4 or 5 hundred feet of rope is a must, and good stuff at that. (throw a blanket over the rope, that way if it breaks it won't snap to the sides and hit ya. ) Nothing like a winch or a good come-a-long to get 'em into the trailer.
We also use quads if we have them. If necessary, just chainsaw your way in. For deer, usually we're close enough to the road to manhandle 'em up there.
Bear is the tough one. But if you shoot uphill (as reccomended by gatehouse) it ain't too bad
We also use quads if we have them. If necessary, just chainsaw your way in. For deer, usually we're close enough to the road to manhandle 'em up there.
Bear is the tough one. But if you shoot uphill (as reccomended by gatehouse) it ain't too bad
