Game retrieval

[carpsniperg2]

Depends on how far you have to go and how hot it is.

[bobcat]

Not to jack the thread but this season will be my first season and was planning on boning the deer out. Would there be a problem with putting a boned out deer in the trunk of a car for the ride home?

If it's warm out you may want to have an ice chest packed full of ice to put the meat in, for the drive home.

[ghosthunter]

Well we have used those roll up black sleds for years. They work great if you are hunting up hill form camp. We hunt the same general area every day. So we pack one of the sleds in and hide it. Send everyone the coordinates on our Rhinos. Than on the way out the last day we pull them out.
When we first started with sleds we used kids toboggans. They were OK.

For snow we use one of those decoy sleds from cabelas.

If you get a roll up black sled buy the elk size. Its just right for deer. Forget dragging elk.

[Turner89]

I bought this cart for $120 on craigs list. Best money i've spent. It has hauled 10 deer and 1 bear out since 2008 season.
 I will always at the least quarter them up if I'm by myself. If with someone,depending how close the bike is, determines what were gonna do. It's all good IMO.

[carpsniperg2]

Is that a blacky? Looks like a stud

[fish vacuum]

In Alaska, all my deer hunting was from sea level up the mountains so it's pretty much downhill all the way out.

So, what size deer were you dragging out up there?

[fish vacuum]

Not to jack the thread but this season will be my first season and was planning on boning the deer out. Would there be a problem with putting a boned out deer in the trunk of a car for the ride home?

If it's warm out you may want to have an ice chest packed full of ice to put the meat in, for the drive home.

This. Ice chest  with ice. Two if you have room. Or just an ice chest if you're not too far from a store that carries ice.

[Sawbuck]

Back in the good ol days before it became OIL tag for goats my dad used to get drawn several times. Here is how he would pack them out.

Really cool picture.   

[Sawbuck]

This is my preferred method of travel uphill or downhill. For deer I quite often end up far from where the horses can get to  . I've tried dragging, packing in pieces, and packing in a pack and I think that boning out and packing in a pack is by far the best if you are in the back country. That said, as the years go by the deer seem to be dying a little closer to the horses each year. Haven't noticed any difference in the quality of the meat from whole vs. bone out, and cut them up and put them in the boxes even when I could pack them out whole. Keeps the mess in the field, and more room to pack camp out.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

In Alaska, all my deer hunting was from sea level up the mountains so it's pretty much downhill all the way out.

So, what size deer were you dragging out up there?

Just those tiny little Sitka's of course. Heh heh

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Here's a few Kodiak bucks we took in the same general area. About a 2 mile drag.....all down hill. easier dragging than packing.

[Skyvalhunter]

Very nice I was able to take a decent buck on Kodiak a few years back. An awesome place to hunt.

[h20hunter]

Sweet jacket...love the light blue....is that robin egg blue?

[buckhorn2]

Have to be careful in some states how you take care of your deer. In oregon we caped a couple bucks and put the deer by a creek to keep cool when we got to camp and the warden was there someone had seen the deer hanging without the heads he said he could tell we were;nt up to anything but there the head must remain attached to the carcus. I think in mt. the same rules apply about the head being attached.

[spookgus]

Have to be careful in some states how you take care of your deer. In oregon we caped a couple bucks and put the deer by a creek to keep cool when we got to camp and the warden was there someone had seen the deer hanging without the heads he said he could tell we were;nt up to anything but there the head must remain attached to the carcus. I think in mt. the same rules apply about the head being attached.

Head attached or evidence of sex naturally attached to the largest portion of meat. I usually leave some parts attached to one ham if I'm boning out, but have not yet been asked to prove evidence of sex by LEO.