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Title: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: ADAMS on April 27, 2010, 06:14:48 PM: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way. The picture is Winter 1887-88.

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Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: elksnout on April 27, 2010, 06:20:17 PM: Pretty sure I wouldn't want to.
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Post by: MuleDeerCrazy on April 27, 2010, 06:29:28 PM: It ain't as user friendly as it looks!
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Post by: rasbo on April 27, 2010, 06:32:52 PM: you can make a backpack out of him to works great..but make sure ya got plenty of orange...awesome pic
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Post by: 7mmfan on April 27, 2010, 06:57:44 PM: I think that guys were just way tougher back then... We like to think that we're tough these days but we don't have anything on those oldtimers.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Wea300mag on April 27, 2010, 07:04:07 PM: Having all the weight on one side gives me a backache just looking at it.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: jason4429 on April 27, 2010, 07:23:38 PM: you can make a backpack out of him to works great..but make sure ya got plenty of orange...awesome pic
:yeah:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: bobcat on April 27, 2010, 07:25:52 PM: Quote from: Wea300mag on April 27, 2010, 07:04:07 PM
Having all the weight on one side gives me a backache just looking at it.

:yeah: Exactly what I was thinking. I know I couldn't carry one that way. It might be better to have two, one for each side, and balance the load. :o
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 27, 2010, 07:39:58 PM: in new zealand allot of the outfitters make backpacks out of them like rasbo was saying split the front feet then tuck the fronts threw a cut on the back legs and instant back pack easy on the goats and rams and smaller game not as easy on a stag :chuckle:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Curly on April 27, 2010, 07:46:04 PM: Never mind how he's carrying that doe. Look at the buck. :yike: At can't see his right side antler but his left side sure is nice.

What do you think the guy by the fire is telling the guy with the doe?
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: benhuntin on April 27, 2010, 07:47:13 PM: Yea the guy with the doe does not look to happy.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: MikeWalking on April 27, 2010, 08:09:04 PM: Quote
What do you think the guy by the fire is telling the guy with the doe?

Dang it Clem, that ain't the type of FEMALE I told you to go fetch..
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: DeerHarvester on April 28, 2010, 03:49:51 AM: Quote from: Curly on April 27, 2010, 07:46:04 PM
Never mind how he's carrying that doe. Look at the buck. :yike: At can't see his right side antler but his left side sure is nice.

What do you think the guy by the fire is telling the guy with the doe?

:yeah:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: gwpsage on April 28, 2010, 05:28:25 AM: When I was in highschool I carried a little basket rack buck this way about a mile to my truck. Only because I was by myself and late for Thanksgiving at my grandparents. I wouldn't reccommend it. :bdid:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: zackmioli on April 28, 2010, 09:07:10 AM: that picture is f*****g awesome.
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Post by: saylean on April 28, 2010, 09:21:41 AM: Nowadays, we have men carrying "manbags" like that!

It doesnt look like a comfortable way to carry it...but thats just me. Great pic. Nice buck on the ground. Check out the guy at the fire, he has a nice pistol on his belt...and a huge shealth maybe in front?
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: MikeWalking on April 28, 2010, 10:19:12 AM: I'd sure like to have the rifle in the lower right :drool: :drool:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: jackelope on April 28, 2010, 01:38:00 PM: I've done it twice with 2 whitetail doe's my father in law shot. I did it in wheat country and it was relatively flat. It's not that bad and a hell of a lot better than dragging the deer a long ways, at least for me.
:dunno:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: chrisb on April 28, 2010, 02:22:44 PM: Awesome lever gun up front.
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Post by: bowtech721 on April 28, 2010, 03:55:38 PM: that is a really cool picture! looks awkward to me but hey whatever works...
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Alan K on April 28, 2010, 04:00:12 PM: I might be able to do it with a yearling! No way I could carry a buck or doe very far like that. Love the oldtime pictures!
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on April 28, 2010, 04:46:33 PM: BTKR. . . . . .why haven't you posted the picture of you and your deer back pack?
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: jackelope on April 28, 2010, 05:01:13 PM: Quote from: Alan K on April 28, 2010, 04:00:12 PM
I might be able to do it with a yearling! No way I could carry a buck or doe very far like that. Love the oldtime pictures!

you have to be tall enough too so it won't drag on the ground.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: LincolnTWilliams on April 29, 2010, 10:00:07 AM: I have carried a doe like that before, while I was crossing a deep creek. When I got her up on my shoulder I was really suprised how much more mobile I was..... I imagine if you had to walk like that for 2 miles you would be a hurttin unit.... Plus that dude is on roids for sure, you cant tell by the photo but my money is on him killing that thing with his bare hands.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Crowns on April 29, 2010, 04:12:24 PM: BCchaser has. Haha. Keep in mind that this was no small animal. Was a 200 lb doe. BC is just a big dude. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: heavy hauler on April 29, 2010, 07:52:10 PM: i think the guy in the old pic probably balanced the load by carrying the buck on his other shoulder. you cant cheat the mountains pilgrim
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: jackelope on April 29, 2010, 08:31:43 PM: Quote from: Crowns on April 29, 2010, 04:12:24 PM
BCchaser has. Haha. Keep in mind that this was no small animal. Was a 200 lb doe. BC is just a big dude. :rolleyes:

While I will agree that BC is a large dude, that pic would make him go about 600 pounds. He's not that large. That is a great pic. You probably could have just put her in your pocket if you had another one to deal with.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Austrian Hunter on April 29, 2010, 08:36:54 PM: Awesome pics!!!
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Post by: BC CHASER on April 29, 2010, 08:39:40 PM: Hey crowns if I remember right I think you said you would beat me back to camp by going back to the truck! I had a river to cross with that one too! :chuckle:
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on April 29, 2010, 08:49:53 PM: Cool pic BC!
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 30, 2010, 03:30:40 PM: Love that old picture. Tough old dudes. That's why life expectancy in those days was only about 40 years old. Those guys are in their teens... :chuckle:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Magnum_Willys on May 01, 2010, 10:32:59 PM: The backpack works fine on a small buck or a short ways on a big buck. Tried it a couple years ago on a 4pt blacktail and only went 100 yrds before stopping to bone it out. At 30 yea, at age 53 it isn't worth it - they might be packing you out.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: billythekidrock on May 01, 2010, 11:02:57 PM: Quote from: Michelle_Nelson on April 28, 2010, 04:46:33 PM
BTKR. . . . . .why haven't you posted the picture of you and your deer back pack?

Here ya go.

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Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: RoyBoy on May 03, 2010, 11:19:58 AM: i would loved to live back then.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Clumber on May 03, 2010, 08:39:15 PM: I wonder if he is telling the guy with the doe "Dude, steers ain't in season."

:dunno: looks like a cow to me

Quote from: Curly on April 27, 2010, 07:46:04 PM
Never mind how he's carrying that doe. Look at the buck. :yike: At can't see his right side antler but his left side sure is nice.

What do you think the guy by the fire is telling the guy with the doe?
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Caretaker on May 03, 2010, 09:45:33 PM: Man that's an awesome pic. Real men of the mtns.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Kowsrule30 on May 04, 2010, 11:33:32 AM: Quote from: rasbo on April 27, 2010, 06:32:52 PM
you can make a backpack out of him to works great..but make sure ya got plenty of orange...awesome pic

Done that to a couple fork horns and a few spike BT.... Dad did it with a big 2 point Muley up the side of Stroughbacke Mt. One time.... I heard the shot... By the time I got there he was at the top of the ridge and I was driving the Cruiser up the road..... I said I'll take it from here.... :chuckle: The back pack works good.... Kinda neat to....
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: sisu on May 04, 2010, 11:45:38 AM: Quote from: MuleDeerCrazy on April 27, 2010, 06:29:28 PM
It ain't as user friendly as it looks!
Ya but back then men were men and tougher! :chuckle:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: fisheral87 on May 12, 2010, 09:12:08 AM: Quote
What do you think the guy by the fire is telling the guy with the doe?

Put your small one over there away from mine. :chuckle:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: GoldTip on May 12, 2010, 09:43:54 AM: I've carried out quite a few like BTKR is doing, never made a backpack outta them, just got'em up on my shoulders and walked'em out. Not sure the one sided thing would be too great on the back. Although the doe in the original picture is no monster. The buck on the ground on the other hand is a dandy.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: Pathfinder101 on May 12, 2010, 02:21:51 PM: I wonder if those guys are sleeping on self-inflatable air mattresses, or do you think they are using the old poly pads...? :chuckle:
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: BULLBLASTER on May 12, 2010, 02:29:37 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on May 12, 2010, 02:21:51 PM
I wonder if those guys are sleeping on self-inflatable air mattresses, or do you think they are using the old poly pads...? :chuckle:

probly just crawled into the pop up trailer just out of the picture.
Title: Re: I've never thought of packing a small animal this way
Post by: predatorpro on May 19, 2010, 06:03:47 AM: they didnt have wide angle lenses back then, just to right is the salt lick where he shot that doe that morning ;)