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burnt_servo
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- Location
- right in the middle of b.c.
my dad built several of these , the first one back in the late 60's
they work really really slick .
the only 2 improvements i can think of to it , is a heavy mountain bike tire , with sprocket , and a small chainsaw engine powering the wheel , and the guy in the rear with control of the engine .
the 2nd being some sort of brake on the wheel .
but with just the plain " moose stretcher " we have hauled out hundreds of moose out of the bush with ease.
bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
Call the moose closer to the lake...
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...
Best advice so far............seriously.
This must be a "generation" thing, .....I'm in my 60's and still think nothing of 100 lb pack out for 5 miles!! 20 years ago we did 200 lbs but have gotten smarter!!
A big moose can be cleaned up in 11 packs.
Or, you can do it the "native" way and just shooot a leg, then herd it to the lake before finishing off!
TODAYS' KIDS, ...NO WORK ETHICS!!
A big moose can be cleaned up in 11 packs.
Or, you can do it the "native" way and just shooot a leg, then herd it to the lake before finishing off!
TODAYS' KIDS, ...NO WORK ETHICS!!
Someone on this forum(from Newfoundland) posted a couple of pictures of a homemade sled made from parts of two 45 gallon plastic barrels .The ends were cut off one barrel and the sides were flattened out into a wide tobaggan-like sled that was very tough and slid over almost everything. The 2nd barrel also had the ends cut off but only part of the barrel was used to make the curved front of the "tobaggan"....the top edge was reinforced with strap iron, to which was tied ropes for pulling by hand
Very ingenious
Very ingenious
Found it !
I typed in "Plastic barrel Sled"( in search this thread , above) and this thread came up....." Packing out game, what do you use ?", posted on 11-27-2007.
The 7th post, by ryan robert ,shows a picture of his homemade sled and details on how it was made .
Pretty neat.
I typed in "Plastic barrel Sled"( in search this thread , above) and this thread came up....." Packing out game, what do you use ?", posted on 11-27-2007.
The 7th post, by ryan robert ,shows a picture of his homemade sled and details on how it was made .
Pretty neat.
07blackwater
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Port Coquitlam, BC
It is illegal in BC to transport wildlife by helicopter. I don't know about the rest of Canada, though.
http ://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regulations/1012/docs/Hunting-TrappingSynopsis_1012.pdf
Suka
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I'd suggest if you're leaning towards a single wheeled cart you consider making it "duals"? Neglegible weight difference, better wt. capacity, and if one tire goes flat you are still in business.
I've had the same 2 bicycle wheeled cart I built when wife and I were dating back in the cretaceous period
In those days it was 2 bicycle wheels with a chunk of 1/2" OD pipe for an axle. We'd tie our canoe on that, put our gear inside it, and head up the gametrails to fish the high mtn lakes of SW AB. I Just modified that by adding a simple basket frame and a knotted rope cargo net to make it a game carrier. Last moose took wife and I about 4 hrs to get it out a little over 1/2 mile through fairly marshy area from start to finish. I have since sewn on canvas across to bottom to keep grass and stuff from getting on the meat.
Really takes the work out of it. I still keep a packboard with me though, just in case.
What we really need to do is bring along a couple pack mules, er, I mean mentor a couple young guys.
I've had the same 2 bicycle wheeled cart I built when wife and I were dating back in the cretaceous period
In those days it was 2 bicycle wheels with a chunk of 1/2" OD pipe for an axle. We'd tie our canoe on that, put our gear inside it, and head up the gametrails to fish the high mtn lakes of SW AB. I Just modified that by adding a simple basket frame and a knotted rope cargo net to make it a game carrier. Last moose took wife and I about 4 hrs to get it out a little over 1/2 mile through fairly marshy area from start to finish. I have since sewn on canvas across to bottom to keep grass and stuff from getting on the meat.Really takes the work out of it. I still keep a packboard with me though, just in case.
What we really need to do is bring along a couple pack mules, er, I mean mentor a couple young guys.
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....
So, the question is: what type of "by hand devices", have you made, bought that would help us out?????
Thanks
Jordy
Get an Argo....It covers land and water...
If at all possible to get a trail bike in, there is one made called a ROKON, now distributed out of Nova Scotia I think, which is 2 wheel drive, the tires of which have tractor type lugs. I have used one in the past through narrow trails, muskeg etc. You can store fuel in the hollow rims and it can be floated across streams. Powerful piece of equipment.
Our group used to skin, turn into commercial cuts and pack them out on an Iron Maiden pack frame.
That was when we were younger and full of pee and vinegar.
Now we hunt close to the river or a road.
We still bring the pack frames though, Just in case.
That was when we were younger and full of pee and vinegar.
Now we hunt close to the river or a road.
We still bring the pack frames though, Just in case.
Argos aren't too tippy in water. What they are though is low. They sit very low in water. I helped my father put duals on his 8 wheeled argo. It went from being 6 inches above water line to over a foot. And that was with 2 well above average weight guys in it. plus it ended up being a little over 2 feet wider so it was very stable. It was a little difficult to wiggle between trees with it though. lol.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
I have very seldom hunted moose where anything with wheels was useful as a meat transporter. But I have carried my share out of the bogs.
We skin the moose, cut into 8 pieces, and bag the meat in cotton sacks. Not the cheap and kinda useless mesh bags that are sold in sporting goods stores, but in old fashioned cotton 50 lb. flour bags or sheets converted by cutting in half and sewing them into a bag shape. The 4 legs are removed, then the two rib slabs, then the long loin and the neck/rib section. The rib slabs can easily be transported together. The neck/ chest section of backbone may be too heavy to take as one piece and may be deboned. I find the keeping the meat "bone in" is better for aging and keeping contamination to a minimum. Each piece can be readily transported by foot when lashed to an aluminum freighter pack frame. It helps to know the diamond hitch and have 40' or so of parachute cord.
Here is what two bull moose look like when carried 1/2 mile to the river and then the rest of the way by canoe. Works for me.
We skin the moose, cut into 8 pieces, and bag the meat in cotton sacks. Not the cheap and kinda useless mesh bags that are sold in sporting goods stores, but in old fashioned cotton 50 lb. flour bags or sheets converted by cutting in half and sewing them into a bag shape. The 4 legs are removed, then the two rib slabs, then the long loin and the neck/rib section. The rib slabs can easily be transported together. The neck/ chest section of backbone may be too heavy to take as one piece and may be deboned. I find the keeping the meat "bone in" is better for aging and keeping contamination to a minimum. Each piece can be readily transported by foot when lashed to an aluminum freighter pack frame. It helps to know the diamond hitch and have 40' or so of parachute cord.
Here is what two bull moose look like when carried 1/2 mile to the river and then the rest of the way by canoe. Works for me.
Been there, done that and in the end putting handles in the hide of each quarter is sometimes the only way it works. ATV's/argos are great but sometimes you need to cut half the bush down to use them and carts don't roll in black muck tag alders unless you are hunting in a perfect world. We are all over 60 and we always manage to get the moose out.
