What would you do?

[ctwiggs1]

Scenario (Not what really happened in this pic, but play along here):  You're in the back country, see this bull and squeeze off a well placed shot.  The bull goes 25 yards and piles up.  You wait a few minutes, reload, and approach him to find this.  You're all alone.  How do you get this meat out? 

[Buckmark]

Assuming (yep) there are trees or another anchor point i would rig up a 3:1 system and use the paracord and the carabiners i carry in my pack, and work him up inch by inch alternating between front and rear legs

[Dhoey07]

Start butchering 

Backstraps, head, skin the rear quarters down as far as you can and then saw off just above the mud.  Should be able to get the fronts out.  Keep the cleanest meat together and seperate the muddy meat in it's own bag. 

It's quartering an elk by yourself, it's never pretty. 

[ctwiggs1]

Assuming (yep) there are trees or another anchor point i would rig up a 3:1 system and use the paracord and the carabiners i carry in my pack, and work him up inch by inch alternating between front and rear legs

Can you go into some detail here?  Not familiar at all but super interested in understanding this

[stigalla]

Assuming (yep) there are trees or another anchor point i would rig up a 3:1 system and use the paracord and the carabiners i carry in my pack, and work him up inch by inch alternating between front and rear legs

agreed if you ad a dog auger to your pack ($15) you could easily get it out even without a tree near by

[Stein]

Worst case you hike out for more gear.  I think with a few pieces of cordage a guy could get creative and get it out.  All you need is an anchor point that can hold at least 100 pounds and then you start pulling this leg, that leg, antlers, neck and make progress an inch or two at a time.

The other option would be to pull one leg out of the water, cut it off hair on and then grab what trim you can get before letting it back in the water.  If you kept the hide on, the remaining meat would be protected and at some point you could drag the remainder of the carcass out and get the backstrap, ribs, neck and tenderloins.  You will have a heavy trim around where the quarters were cut off if it's skanky water.

[ctwiggs1]

Worst case you hike out for more gear.  I think with a few pieces of cordage a guy could get creative and get it out.  All you need is an anchor point that can hold at least 100 pounds and then you start pulling this leg, that leg, antlers, neck and make progress an inch or two at a time.

The other option would be to pull one leg out of the water, cut it off hair on and then grab what trim you can get before letting it back in the water.  If you kept the hide on, the remaining meat would be protected and at some point you could drag the remainder of the carcass out and get the backstrap, ribs, neck and tenderloins.  You will have a heavy trim around where the quarters were cut off if it's skanky water.

It was indeed skanky water.  That was 3 hours of fun smells.

[pianoman9701]

Worst case you hike out for more gear.  I think with a few pieces of cordage a guy could get creative and get it out.  All you need is an anchor point that can hold at least 100 pounds and then you start pulling this leg, that leg, antlers, neck and make progress an inch or two at a time.

The other option would be to pull one leg out of the water, cut it off hair on and then grab what trim you can get before letting it back in the water.  If you kept the hide on, the remaining meat would be protected and at some point you could drag the remainder of the carcass out and get the backstrap, ribs, neck and tenderloins.  You will have a heavy trim around where the quarters were cut off if it's skanky water.

Submerge the rest of the body and hike out to get the come-a-long or block and tackle out of the truck and hopefully, some help. The body will stay relatively cool in the water.

[ctwiggs1]

Interesting idea Pman!

[Buckmark]

Assuming (yep) there are trees or another anchor point i would rig up a 3:1 system and use the paracord and the carabiners i carry in my pack, and work him up inch by inch alternating between front and rear legs

Can you go into some detail here?  Not familiar at all but super interested in understanding this

Similar to using snatch blocks with a winch, no pulleys as in the pic but just run the line thru the carabiners (a little friction but will work) and you can move a load with less effort, still work and like i said alternate between legs moving the load a few inches at a time.
Or just hunt the low country and get the tractor like you did 

[LDennis24]

Assuming (yep) there are trees or another anchor point i would rig up a 3:1 system and use the paracord and the carabiners i carry in my pack, and work him up inch by inch alternating between front and rear legs

agreed if you ad a dog auger to your pack ($15) you could easily get it out even without a tree near by

 
This is an excellent solution to no tree. Or you dig a large hole shaped like a T and anchor a cross member in it to winch from.

[Cougartail]

Throw him over your shoulder an carry him to some dry land.

[pianoman9701]

Interesting idea Pman!

Maybe, but I wouldn't want to have to do it!

[WSU]

Call for help?

My wife killed a bull in a river once that we couldn't get out.  We ended up quartering it in the water until we could wrestle it up the steep banks.  It turned out fine.

[vandeman17]

Call for help?

My wife killed a bull in a river once that we couldn't get out.  We ended up quartering it in the water until we could wrestle it up the steep banks.  It turned out fine.

Happens very often with moose and that is what you do. Quarter until its manageable enough to get up on shore.