Elk Rope - What kind to buy?

[jackelope]

What are you using?

a backpack...sorry i couldn't resist.

[cornhuskid]

That's a distinct possibility...  My hunting buddy got run over by a pickup about 10 years ago, so I get to most of the heavy haulin now.  This is a TOTALLY selfish thread as I hit 46 this summer and am too damn old to be strapping Elk parts to by back!  Yeah - I'll probably end up packing it out, but I'm sure looking for alternatives.

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[GoldTip]

Mule tape is the ticket.  I think we have the 2500lb stuff, bought like 3000' of it for like $150 and split it with a buddy.  I've known guys whove pulled wrecked four wheelers out with this stuff with the wheeler riding on it's seat, straight out of hell holes.  Tuff stuff.

[Intruder]

Good luck getting your elk 200 yards from the road 

A good snatchblock will do wonders if you can get a 4 wheeler or other vehicle close.

Will mule tape work in a come-a-long?

[jackelope]

i can't picture what you do with the mule tape...hook it to the front of the truck and start backing up? i guess a snatch block would help.
 

i hope i can still pack an elk at 46.

[Intruder]

snatch block and a 4 wheeler are great.... just need to be able to fasten the block to something solid.  I've pulled elk and deer out of some crazy places in CO. 

Not much good for anything around where I hunt now... but those rope come-a-longs work dang good in tight places.

[Jason]

mule tape is the ticket, light weight and strong, we have a 6500' roll of 2500lb and love it,
we winched these two bulls out whole last season with 1000' of mule tape, 125' 3/8" cable and a snatch block.

[NW-GSP]

mule tape is the ticket, light weight and strong, we have a 6500' roll of 2500lb and love it,
we winched these two bulls out whole last season with 1000' of mule tape, 125' 3/8" cable and a snatch block.

nice job!

[GoldTip]

Good luck getting your elk 200 yards from the road 

A good snatchblock will do wonders if you can get a 4 wheeler or other vehicle close.

Will mule tape work in a come-a-long?

I don't know why it wouldn't work in a come along, just pull out the actual cable and then use Mule tape in it instead.  Just to give more room on the spool.  I've actually thought about building a chainsaw winch with one of my old chainsaws and using Mule tape instead of cable.

[cornhuskid]

jackalope,

"i hope i can still pack an elk at 46."

It doesn't help I'm a desk jockey either.  I'm certainly not the bigest guy in the world (5'7")  

What's a chainsaw winch?  Power tools, sounds fun.

  

[GoldTip]

jackalope,

"i hope i can still pack an elk at 46."

It doesn't help I'm a desk jockey either.  I'm certainly not the bigest guy in the world (5'7")  

What's a chainsaw winch?  Power tools, sounds fun.

  

Guessin from your handle your from Nebraska?  A chainsaw winch is a chainsaw that has a set of clutches off the drive side with essentially a spool coming off it.  Put the spool in free wheel and spool off your cable or rope.  Chain the chainsaw to a tree, or hold on if you weigh around 1000lbs or more, fire up that chainsaw and drag in your elk.  They work pretty good but are heavier once converted than is a chainsaw.

[cornhuskid]

GoldTip,

You are correct.  Origionally from Lincoln, NE.  I've been here about 7 years now, work for Milgard Windows.

I'd love to see a pic of the "Chainsaw Winch"!   

Wish I had the bucks for one of the Honda Capstan winches.  Looks like just the ticket.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Portable-Capstan-Winch-HUNTING-KIT-incl-case-Factory-2U_W0QQitemZ360163647271QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item53db6d1f27&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Jeff
 

[heavy hauler]

grab rope. we toted a s load of that last year moose hunting.we didnt use a bit      but we should have.commercial crab rope rules

[coachcw]

Isn't the pack half the fun , I carry a pack frame just in hopes of getting blood on it. seems like the elk I see 200 yards from the road have about 20 blow downs between them and the road . those deer sleds really work . I had a hurt back two years ago in oregon , that sled saved me . it kinda was a fun ride too. havn't used mule tape but from your talk it sounds bad ass.

[mrgoodwrench]

Most all of ours come out on pack frames, but our only experience with mule tape was that it broke right off the bat and didn't move the guys cow.  I've also seen poly rope break, and that stuff loads up and slingshots animals around when you come up tight on something.  The few we have pulled have been with sections of 1/4" haywire (including the mule tape cow) and a block hung as high as you can for a bit of lift.  The wire doesn't stretch and slingshot the animal and you won't break it pulling an animal, four low on the truck and an idle is all you need....but most guys you see on the harbor have a big spool of poly rope and they just hammer down and look like *censored*s.  You can fit a lot of sections of wire under your truck box and stick a whole animal in the bed without dealing with a spool of rope in your way.