Better way to drag a deer?

[Ryan Rothhaar]

[Ryan Rothhaar]

I have the black plastic rollup deal from Cabela's - have used it on 3 deer - one medium doe and 2 bucks that were in the 225-245 lb range.  Has a couple small rips in it now, but it should be good for a few more trips.  I surely wouldn't carry the crazy thing around with me though.

Below are a couple pics of another option I tried out a few years back.  Ole and Angar didn't mind, and it saved me some dragging.  I think I had a little too much horsepower for the task at hand, though.

Ryan

 

 

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Originally posted by ron w:
Both of those should work....how much do you want to spend? My best thought......Hunt with somebody a lot younger and let them help.......a lot!! Good luck in your quest!!

Hey, I feel like I'm being used    

Then again, Ron if you kill a deer (or Elk) I'll be the first one to help.

[PaddyMac]

I do have a friend who said, "If you actually get a bull down on the ground in this county, you just climb up to to the tallest ridge you can find and use your cell phone to call me and I'll come up with some mules."

He's pretty safe with that one. There aren't many in the Okanogan, but I think I will try and hold him to that.

I'd use stock except it's kind of a tossup about which is harder, dragging a whole buck all day or dragging a mule for a couple of hours.

[30coupe]

Most of the time where I hunt I can drive to within 100 yards or so of the kill. I do have a fold-up game cart, but so far we use it mostly to haul my cousin's old Double Bull blind for turkey hunting. That sucker is heavy!

The last deer I shot, I backed the truck right up to and loaded him up. When I hunt eastern Iowa with my son, he has an ATV. Let me tell you, THAT is the way to drag! LOL!

Last year my cousin shot a huge-bodied buck. We had to drag him about 100 yards or so to where we could get the truck. Even gutted that was quite a drag for two old farts!

[ScottV_7]

I got a Waldrop Pac Seat last season and used it to drag a deer.  With the hip belt and chest strap evenly distributing the weight, it makes dragging much easier.  After reading this thread I think I'll add the roll up sled.