Loading that trad kill into the truck yourself

[Terry Green]

I hunt solo a lot too....loaded many a big hog and big bodied deer (259#s) solo....not to needing a ramp yet....but nice to know I have this option later on if need be....but I'll likely just cut them up as I don't drive a truck to haul an apparatus like this around.

   

[Greg Szalewski]

I use an extension ladder that has 2 eight foot sections and a deer sled.Slide it right up.

[soap creek]

I load my deer in an ice fishing sled in the field. Makes them a lot easier to drag. Then when at the truck I load sled with game on a hitch mounted cargo tray. Cover with a cheap tarp, tie it down and done. The tray in not near as far off the ground and the sled keeps all the mess contained to just the sled. Works great.

[JimB]

"I use an extension ladder that has 2 eight foot sections and a deer sled.Slide it right up."

That's sort of what I've been thinking.Sounds like a great system.I think my back would like it.

[Bert Frelink]

Holy crow you guys , just pick it it up and put it in the truck.
For crying out loud if it is bigger than a Whitetail deer than just quarter it.  

[PistolPete]

Originally posted by Bert Frelink:
Holy crow you guys , just pick it it up and put it in the truck.
For crying out loud if it is bigger than a Whitetail deer than just quarter it.      

Amen! And further, I quarter deer in the field anyway and carry meat out in a pillowcase/game bag -- just like elk. It's so much faster and easier, and you've got to remove the meat from the carcass anyway, so why add the extra steps of gutting and dragging (and loading)?

[JimB]

Originally posted by Bert Frelink:
Holy crow you guys , just pick it it up and put it in the truck.
For crying out loud if it is bigger than a Whitetail deer than just quarter it.      

Some places here,that's not legal.

[MCNSC]

Lots of opinions, guess it depends on your situation. The property I am hunting now has a great road system. Shot two deer this year. One I had to drag about 30 yards, no problem picking it up and loading it by myself .The second one I had to drag maybe sixty yards, but could have drove to within 20 yards. Luckily, I had help to get him in the truck. So, in my case it would be more time consuming to quarter them up.
 I did pass up a slam dunk shot (if there is such a thing) at a small buck because of the location and trouble of getting it out. The older I get the more I think about these kinda things.

[randy grider]

its very easy to keep meat clean deboning in the woods. Paracord hind leg and drag up as high as you can from a tree limb. Skin down close to the ground, debone, then raise higher. Every time you debone a section the carcass is much lighter, enabling you to hoist some more. If you don't mind working on your knees, skin the animal and keep the carcass on the skin as you go, rolling as necessary to debone the meat. All deboned meet goes into a gamebag, or plastic garbage bag. Get deboned meat to ice as soon as possible as the plastic will not allow cooling, and spoil quickly. Its all so easy. Don't complicate something so simple. Its just a big rabbit !    

[amicus]

I really like this. It stays put and out of the way until you need. Rotates 360 and is below the rails until you raise it. No more gutting and cutting on the ground or I can load up and do at home.

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[Sam McMichael]

Bert, when I was in my 20's I thought just like you about just tossing them in the truck. Now that I am in my 60's with 2 separate back injuries and recent shoulder surgery I am finding these suggestions very interesting. Fortunately, on my small plot, most of the time, if I kill one, I can drive the tractor up to him and roll him over into the front end loader. Then I can just dump it in the truck bed.

[jamesh76]

I use my cart-  It is long enough, I can place one end of it on/against the tailgate. I then lift the other and slide it up to the wheels. The wheels then roll and off into the bed it goes. Lets me use leg muscles and I pretty much just walk forward. I don't have to drag a thing.

This allows me to get them to and in the truck.