Guest Phaseolus (BeanMan) Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer In the areas I hunt in Colorado it is generally too steep or rocky for a game cart. I usualy end up quartering and packing. Beanman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryland_Bowhunter Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I drag and use carts and my ATV . But mostly i just drag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer It all depends where I am and who I'm hunting with. I personally do not own a four-wheeler, but my uncles have them and I hunt with them sometimes. But even if I am hunting with my uncles, we can't always haul them out with a 4 wheeler. It all depends what kind of ground and terrain where in, how deep into the bush we are, how much snow there is, etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer [ QUOTE ] Unless the deer is taken on my own property, I'm into dragging by hand. Most of my hunting is done on state land and ATV's are a no-no. So last year I got a 9 point that the processor estimated at 190#. I'm thinking he was a bit light on the estimate. I had to drag it by myself on level to uphill terrain through a thickly wooded woods. At 61, I probably was not using my best judgement and should have gotten some help. I haven't worked like that in a lot of years. It was three or four steps and then stop and rest. And then three or four more steps and then go back and unhook some sapling that the danged thing snagged onto. Then three or four more steps and lift the critter over a log. I did finally get it to my property line and then used the ATV from there. What a pain in the neck ...... in fact it wound up to be a pain just about everywhere...lol. Doc [/ QUOTE ] I'd have left it there! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil hunter Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer We've always drug my dads deer out. But this year, when me and him both shot a deer on the same day, mine died about 20 yards from a little loggin road in the woods, and my uncle was there hunting as well so he went and got his tractor to drag the deer out. Much easier that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer [ QUOTE ] Yep I still drag....... but with this..... [/ QUOTE ] Just like mine. Think I'm going to use a Fifty cent rope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutbuster Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer Depending where I'm hunting ,,we don't own a atv , sometimes we can get in with a pickup so most of the time we DRAG EM OUT, which I do not mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Unless the deer is taken on my own property, I'm into dragging by hand. Most of my hunting is done on state land and ATV's are a no-no. So last year I got a 9 point that the processor estimated at 190#. I'm thinking he was a bit light on the estimate. I had to drag it by myself on level to uphill terrain through a thickly wooded woods. At 61, I probably was not using my best judgement and should have gotten some help. I haven't worked like that in a lot of years. It was three or four steps and then stop and rest. And then three or four more steps and then go back and unhook some sapling that the danged thing snagged onto. Then three or four more steps and lift the critter over a log. I did finally get it to my property line and then used the ATV from there. What a pain in the neck ...... in fact it wound up to be a pain just about everywhere...lol. Doc [/ QUOTE ] I'd have left it there! LOL [/ QUOTE ] Well, really, I was probably being kind of stupid. It wasn't that many years ago that I had a minor stroke, and all that kind of super-exertion probably wasn't the smartest thing to be doing. I guess I must still be in pretty good shape after all. That certainly was a good test....lol. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I drag them with my homemade deerdrag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksbowhntr77 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer Rope and a little bit of physical work. It's good to drag your deer, if you're young. I wouldn't recommend it if you were older and had heart conditions. We had a guy not too far from my aunt's house die dragging his deer. He had a heart attack b/c of the great labor it took to drag his deer about a quarter of a mile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lilbuckmaster Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I drag my own deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NS_HUNTER Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I drag my deer also.Nothing like grabbing a buck by the antlers and letting adrenalin do the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I drag em out if its not one of our really remote places. Then my buddy get a call to dust of his quad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I drag all of them some distance....until I can get the wheeler or truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I drag it far enough to get my 4 wheeler in. Last December, my buddy got a nice buck and I drug it about 1/4 mile. The snow as too deep to get the atv in. My buddy is over 60 and wasn't much help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddhunter Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I use a drag harness in the woods and the truck on my food plot. I have a deer cart but it is better with 2 people and I hunt mostly by myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODH Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I do it the old fashion way and drag them out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6sixpoint_nobrows Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer well if i can get em over my back then i will carry them out...but if i cant then i will deffintly drag em out...and if i really feel like it i will drag him to the corn field the drive the silverado down there and throw him in the back of the truck..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaskMan Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I'm still a dragger. Lucky for me the last 2 I didn't have to drag real far then the strongest man I know helped me load them. A few years ago shot a big bodied buck way back in the woods, Bushman helped me drag it out 1/2 mile down a little cutline. Not only was Bushman's deer this year big, he's a big strong guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer Drag them out here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowhntr Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer Drag 'em or quarter and carry 'em. I have some areas that I hunt that it would take hours to drag one out so I'll just quarter it and carry it out in a pack. But either way I'm still hands on and doing the work to get it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer [ QUOTE ] to take there back legs and to make cuts and then put a stick in there to give you a handle on it. Makes it a thousand times easier. [/ QUOTE ] You got it man. That's the way to do it ...unless of course your lucky to have a quad or another motorized alternative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Oneshot7 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer i drag em to the truck then drive em to the taxidermist and the processing plant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkhntnfool Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer I drag'em out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDNKHNTR77 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Re: Who still drags their own deer i drag them by the antlers or legs, old school style. ill be doin that till i can afford an atv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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