transporting big game with carts sleds or packs diy options and opinions
- Thread starter saskgunowner101
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Someone dropped off two 3 wheel tricycle strollers at the dump. They both have inflatable wheels that hold air. Well I just cut and altered one till it looked like a game cart. It will do a whole deer and 1/4 of a moose. I'll take a pic when I slow down with other projects.
Yup! Cut the stab in the ground part off the front. One guy on the back the other up front pulling with a road or strap. Took the tub of one 40 years ago, put a plywood down the handle then up over the wheel to keep the heigh down.
Never had a deer big enough the packing or dragging was easiest way. Never packed a moose on my back in 50 years of hunting always find a better way.
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saskgunowner101
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Now we're talking! I like projects that cost more thinking than money.
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well doing some thinking of how to make a little cart to tow behind my quad for when I'm moose hunting.
Deer are easy enough to load on the quad rack but your not going to do that with a moose. Even loading it on to a cart is going to be a nutbuster.
Like the idea of the moving dolly but need to be bigger, longer so it will balance, and I have a spare set of rims and tires from my quad that will work. Perhaps something that folds up as well so to save space in the truck box.
might want to make it so you just strap it to the moose and then use the quad winch to roll the whole thing on to its wheels.
Moose hunting solo is always a bit of a challenge, and I'm not 30 anymore.
Deer are easy enough to load on the quad rack but your not going to do that with a moose. Even loading it on to a cart is going to be a nutbuster.
Like the idea of the moving dolly but need to be bigger, longer so it will balance, and I have a spare set of rims and tires from my quad that will work. Perhaps something that folds up as well so to save space in the truck box.
might want to make it so you just strap it to the moose and then use the quad winch to roll the whole thing on to its wheels.
Moose hunting solo is always a bit of a challenge, and I'm not 30 anymore.
If your anywhere near a trail get a game cart. Used one for the first time last season and it worked very well! Way better than my old method of Armstrong, but not as good as my preferred method of ATV. Unfortunately ATV isn’t an option everywhere. I also used it for quite a bit of gear hauling as well as carting tree stands in and out. Very useful.
I have never used a game cart but thought about getting one many times. I have used a moving dolly with larger tires to pull in the bear bait metal barrel and that works ok as long as you're not going over too many large diameter logs. The vast majority of game I pack out, including a ton of elk over the years or the bait/stands I pack in, is done with a frame pack. If there's snow on the ground and I'm not too far from the truck, I will also use a calf sled. I modified mine with some aluminum rails riveted along the sides so that I can really strap the deer/ stand/bait/etc. in neatly and not have to worry about stuff snagging on passing branches or falling out.
I have that pack and used it quite a bit until last fall when I was packing out my bull elk. Shoulder straps started to tear. It's ok but not really strong enough to handle the weight I tend to haul at times.
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- Saskatchewan
The terrain in other areas of Canada must be very different than it is in Saskatchewan. Despite our reputation for "flatness" I have seldom found wheeled transport useable to pack out anything that I have shot back in the bush. In the fields, yes, but between tree trunks, over and around downed logs, through thick hazel brush, over beaver runs, etc. etc, a pack frame is much more versatile and reliable.
This.
I'm seldom hunting areas where a wheeled cart would be practical. I can't imagine trying to roll one up and down the steep hog backs in the Swan River valley while busting through hazel brush or trying to weave one through the dense bush of old logging cuts.
