Pulling Elk out with Chainsaw wench.... Question

[CP]

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[mdbuck5x5]

    

[Elkrunner]

I quit doing that 5 years ago. Much easier to quarter and take out in a pack.

[Skyvalhunter]

A couple suggestions to throw out there. I have used the plastic sled from Cabelas(but if you order online shipping is spendy) and it worked well. But for heavy stuff like elk moose etc. I used a gurney. When we were hunting moose in AK we used the oars and whe webbing from the slings on the front and back of the raft. The handles worked great as the paddle ends came off. Instead of holding the whole load with your hands we tied a rope to the handles and over your shoulder and wrapped the rope where it went over your shoulder with a towel. It worked great. I have since went on ebay and purchased a light weight stretcher with loop handles on it. I then purchased 4 aluminum light weight poles that connect together and run them thru the stretcher handles. Ready for the next big game animal.  Just another idea to throw out there.

[scout/sniper]

A couple suggestions to throw out there.

I like it, never thought of a gurney. Thanks.

[scout/sniper]

This posts needs a wench pic:

Woooohooo!
I'd like to throw a rope around that!

[Skyvalhunter]

No problem worked great for me and we packed a big moose 2 miles in and off tundra which is not the easiest.

[PlateauNDN]

Much easier to quarter and take out in a pack.

 

[scout/sniper]

Much easier to quarter and take out in a pack.

 

Sounds like you....LOL

[TriggerHappy]

Mule tape and a block works awesome. you can find it pretty cheap on ebay.

[bullkiller]

we just hook the hay wire to them and to the truck and go. they will pull easy.  then we gut them on the landing or road.  works everytime

[BULLBLASTER]

Rarely is it easier to quarter and pack an elk where I hunt. The bull I killed died 140 yards from a road and it was in the road whole in under 12 minutes including the time to drag cable to it and attach. We never use anything under the elk.

[Curly]

Nice winch!  Now, does anybody have any more pics of wenches? 

[PlateauNDN]

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[CastleRocker]

I've built several of "winches" like that.  The thing you have to remember is you are not really using it to "winch" out the animal.  You use a line puller like the linemen use to pull power lines to actually pull with.  The spool is used to store the wire on.  You can see the strap in the picture that is probably used to do the actual pulling.

We just have all our haywire in coils in the back of the truck.  I'll probably build another spool or two as I have some other ideas, but they are a pain to keep in the back of the truck.  They like to slide around even with rubber on the bottom and rubberized bed liner in the truck...you don't want it to slam into the inside of your box as it weighs a couple hundred pounds with 1500' of wire on it.  As for leaving them in the reciever... I've built them high and then you can't open the tailgate, and I've built them low and the dig into the road when you back up that hill to turn around.

We just have coiled sections in the back of the truck.  I've packed a lot of coils of haywire and it's not that big of a deal.  I have a Simpson capstan winch and I love it.  It's either that or cut it up and pack it out on my back.  I do have a bicycle trailer that works well as long as it's fairly flat.  I gets hard to pedal an elk up any kind of a hill.