Solo Hunting

[sakoshooter]

Any good methods on hauling a deer out by yourself?

I hunt mostly solo. I also bone out most of my deer. It doesn't take much longer than quartering one but you're not packing out that green, heavy bone. A bunch of small cotton meat bags works great. My wife makes em for me out of scrap material like small pillow cases. Then just put a hefty trash bag for a liner in your pack, insert the meat bags and hoof it back to camp. Great way to keep the different cuts separated too.

[Alchase]

I have a Cabelas Mag Hauler cart that I bring up to the trail heads and lock to a tree.
I always have one of these drag rope with harness in my pack

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CM2AZI/ref=asc_df_B001CM2AZI2740492?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=dealt438955-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=B001CM2AZI

It packs small and weighs hardly anything. Dragging anything up hill is a major effort. I have had to use trees as fulcrums or pulleys and haul deer up hill 20 ft at a time, then move to the next tree.

My first elk ran down into a deep nasty ravine that was full of devils club and died in the middle of mud bog. It was only about 150 yards more or less vertical from a skid road. It took me and my cousin three hours just to get it to the road. Another five hours (about an hour and a quarter each way, two trips each) to get everything to the truck.
If you shoot an elk in a nasty spot, rope is your friend. A good pulley is worth its weight in gold, but I never have one in my pack.
LOL

[splitshot]

  a couple of things of being solo.  1. you get all the meat, if that is a big deal, 2. no one knows where you went, 3. you don't have to argue who drives.   have a great day.  mike w

[Fl0und3rz]

4. If you don't like the company, you have nobody to blame but yourself.

[deaner]

4. If you don't like the company, you have nobody to blame but yourself.

or the bad company...

[7mmstalker]

its alot easier to be quiet alone, its hard to find a dedicated quiet serious partner, i booted mine because he was like a bull in a china cabinet walking on Christmas tree bulbs  go alone you'll do better 

That is me!!!    Been on both sides of that situation.
Sometimes in a new area that hasn't been scouted, it seems better to cover some ground and "get the lay of the land".
Sometimes I feel strongly that the way to success will be quiet watching and passing time trying to imitate a tree or rock.
Hunting solo eliminates the need to discuss and come to agreements. You get to be in control of the situation, for better or worse!

[buck man]

Ravensdale, welcome to the hunting world! Enjoy your time in the woods and go solo! Let someone know the general area and hit it hard. I almost always hunt alone, and I love it. I always hunt with my badlands pack and gear. Lightweight meat bags are always included. Boning a deer in the field seems daunting but is really quite easy and meat wasting is minimal. As stated there is a ton of information on it. I recently got back  from an elk trip and I boned and packed in the field two elk my daughters shot. Great experience and lots of fun.

I hope you have a ball and welcome to the ranks

[BOWHUNTER45]

when I am hunting for myself I am always alone ....

[Skyvalhunter]

Chances are when you are hunting solo you are also hunting alone.