Hanger for Antelope/Deer

[GUscottie]

So, I've seen a few people with these in the past, and I'm looking for one myself, either to borrow, steal or purchase. It connects into a pickup via the hitch and you use it to hoist the animal up so you can gut/skin it out and bone it out quickly in the heat of early fall.

I've seen a few on this website, anyone got any details?

Thank you all very much!!

[724wd]

next challenge!

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Monarch-Game-Hitch/740465.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dhitch%2Bgame%2Blift%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts&Ntt=hitch+game+lift&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products

[goosegetter79]

build one  square tubing and a winch and ur done

[MtnMuley]

build one  square tubing and a winch and ur done

I agree with building your own.  Spec it out to whatever details/features you want.

[Heredoggydoggy]

build one  square tubing and a winch and ur done

I agree with building your own.  Spec it out to whatever details/features you want.

I have a welder, and the talent to build anything I want, but sometimes I can buy something ready made cheaper than I could buy the materials to build it!   

[MtnMuley]

build one  square tubing and a winch and ur done

I agree with building your own.  Spec it out to whatever details/features you want.

I have a welder, and the talent to build anything I want, but sometimes I can buy something ready made cheaper than I could buy the materials to build it!   

Sounds like you should buy a ready made then.  As for me, I like the fact of relying on one build stout enough for adding an extension and hoisting an elk with no worries of failure.

[carpsniperg2]

Here is the one I built last year. Made it a bit beefy! Its got thickwall steel as the main frame and boat rollers to guide the straps.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=83640.msg1041607#msg1041607

[MtnMuley]

Do you have a support for your lower 90 or do you have cables/rope to anchor the midpoint to the back of your truck/truckbox?

[carpsniperg2]

I am going to weld a 45 on the back this year. Then it should be able to pick up about anything It picks up deer without a problem and is pretty strong being thick wall. I Would not want to pick up anything over about 250 with it right now. It might bend, but for the light speed goats and deer it is ok.

[MtnMuley]

Attaching an anchor point mid way up and attaching light gauge cables with turnbuckles to the inside of the bed really beefs it up as well.  Works especially good for a breakdown model.  Just a thought.

[carpsniperg2]

 Yeah I had thought about that as well. Since the tailgate will get in the way of my 45 It would really be like a 30 instead of a 45

[Heredoggydoggy]

build one  square tubing and a winch and ur done

I agree with building your own.  Spec it out to whatever details/features you want.

I have a welder, and the talent to build anything I want, but sometimes I can buy something ready made cheaper than I could buy the materials to build it!   

Sounds like you should buy a ready made then.  As for me, I like the fact of relying on one build stout enough for adding an extension and hoisting an elk with no worries of failure.

Sorry if I gave the impression that I'm in the market for such a thing--I'm not.  However, if I was, I think I would weld an old-style bumper jack onto the vertical piece to put the majority of the weight on the ground, and less on the receiver hitch/truck.  That's a lot of weight to be hanging so far behind the rear axle.

[JohnVH]

we built our own, did two lopers at a time a few times on this trip! It comes apart and fits in the back of the truck. We hung 13 lopers from it this trip.

[GUscottie]

Thanks gentlemen for your replies. Carp's pics were very helpful and so was the PM I received from John. Thanks again guys!

[FSTaxidermy]

Great goat hanger! have to build one like that thanks guys.