collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Cross Country Ski/Snowshoe Hunting - Experience & Thoughts?  (Read 16593 times)

Offline Okanagan

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2010
  • Posts: 715
Re: Cross Country Ski/Snowshoe Hunting - Experience & Thoughts?
« Reply #45 on: December 19, 2022, 07:34:37 PM »
I haven't used one but have thought that a kid's flat plastic roll-up snow slide would be easy to carry and provide a tough sled for sliding an animal.

I used to skin most predators on the spot and only carry out the rolled up hides.  It is amazing how fast and easy a coyote is to skin if done within five minutes of his demise.  He will be signifcantly harder to skin after 30 minutes.

For those taken out whole, I carried a big contractor trash bag to put the critter in and slide/drag it on the snow.   For whole deer, or quarters of elk, the hair side slides well on an unskinned critter.  Drag it so the hair direction aids the slide, and looping a half hitch over the nose for a direct pull makes for the easiest drag on whole deer.  Use a deer foreleg cut off as a drag handle. 

edited a bit for clarity 

« Last Edit: December 23, 2022, 11:22:50 AM by Okanagan »

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Idaho's new Deer/Elk License System by huntnnw
[Today at 09:54:33 PM]


My Kansas 2025 Buck by jae
[Today at 09:16:24 PM]


KODIAK06 2025 trail cam and personal pics thread by kodiak06
[Today at 08:46:41 PM]


Idaho on the verge of outlawing by kodiak06
[Today at 08:44:06 PM]


GO 2025 15th Annual Hunting-Washington Christmas Gift Exchange by avidnwoutdoorsman
[Today at 07:58:18 PM]


WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit by Ironhead
[Today at 07:52:37 PM]


Power bait secrets......send it by metlhead
[Today at 07:26:47 PM]


Leopard Cur Pups by Barehunter
[Today at 04:09:58 PM]


In the background by Ricochet
[Today at 01:22:33 PM]


Midwest Whitetails by northwesthunter84
[Today at 12:26:51 PM]


2027 Pink Run Destroyed by Bareback
[Today at 08:26:10 AM]


Local knife makers ? by HntnFsh
[Today at 07:25:57 AM]


Idaho Trapping Journal 2025/26 by TeacherMan
[Today at 06:36:07 AM]


2025 blacktail rut thread by Mfowl
[Yesterday at 06:41:15 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal