Deer dragging

[9jNYstarkOH]

Tried this last weekend on a doe my friend shot. It was a shorter drag but it worked real well

 

[mowin]

5 minutes ago, 9jNYstarkOH said:

Tried this last weekend on a doe my friend shot. It was a shorter drag but it worked real well

 

Lol, that doe was only 90 lbs at best.  Why drag against the direction of the fur? Wrap a rope around the neck and go.

No rope, use your belt or sling. 

[Moho81]

2 minutes ago, mowin said:

Lol, that doe was only 90 lbs at best.  Why drag against the direction of the fur? Wrap a rope around the neck and go.

No rope, use your belt or sling. 

Criss cross the front legs over the head first then wrap the rope around the head. Stops the front legs from getting caught on stuff. 

[9jNYstarkOH]

3 minutes ago, Moho81 said:

Criss cross the front legs over the head first then wrap the rope around the head. Stops the front legs from getting caught on stuff. 

That is the way I had always did it in the past and will probably continue to do. It did seem to work well when I was going up hill or through thicker stuff as you are lifting a good portion off the ground.

[mowin]

4 minutes ago, Moho81 said:

Criss cross the front legs over the head first then wrap the rope around the head. Stops the front legs from getting caught on stuff. 

In my younger days, I'd toss a 150 lb beer over my shoulders and carry it out. Now... a 90 lb deer gutted feels like a Maine moose. 

I call in the reinforcements and if I know they are not available, I probably won't shoot depending on where I'm hunting. 

[Wolc123]

55 minutes ago, mowin said:

Lol, that doe was only 90 lbs at best.  Why drag against the direction of the fur? Wrap a rope around the neck and go.

No rope, use your belt or sling. 

My thoughts exactly, ok for the wee ones maybe, but that’s about it.  Most of the hide is up off the ground with those.  The friction drag force along the ground has got to be at least double when dragging them backwards.
 

A “special” multi-purpose drag handle, a couple feet of nylon rope, and a forward drag works better for the heaftier ones:

 

[Spysar]

LOL @ deer in video. I could have put that in my pocket.

Also LMAO @ the butt out tool.

I should make my own video on how to field dress. No broken guts, no busted bladder, no shit pellets spilled, no tool needed other than a small pocket knife. The asshole should be cut out and let attached to the guts inside. It all gets pulled out from the inside.

And a video on how to have hardly any hair get on meat while skinning. 

[Spysar]

Another thing that guy in video did was stuff a leg right where the tarsal gland is on a buck. That tarsal has to be removed before any cuts are made to get under that tendon. 

[NYBowhunter]

Not  easy to drag out these big bastards when you get older and all alone. This is by far my preferred method...lol..that was a chore just to drag him into  that trailer.

[cervidchasers]

1 hour ago, Spysar said:

 

And a video on how to have hardly any hair get on meat while skinning. 

I need help with it..how does one go about doing this, always get hair?

[mowin]

6 minutes ago, cervidchasers said:

I need help with it..how does one go about doing this, always get hair?

The biggest mistake is cutting the hide from the outside.  Always get under the skin and cut.  

[cervidchasers]

2 minutes ago, mowin said:

The biggest mistake is cutting the hide from the outside.  Always get under the skin and cut.  

When the belly is cut even when using 2 fingers under the hide for gutting, there is always hair thats getting cut.

[Bucksnbows]

Easiest drag I do when successful is to use the nylon strap that comes with my HSS safety vest, wrap tbe strap around deer’s neck and attach to the loop at the small of your back and off you go. I’m 58 and not supposed to dead lift more than 50 pounds per my cardiologist (I regularly double that), and yet dragging a deer out that way is a cinch. 

[Spysar]

7 minutes ago, cervidchasers said:

When the belly is cut even when using 2 fingers under the hide for gutting, there is always hair thats getting cut.

The skin under the hair gets cut. There will always be a couple hairs, but you should be able to brush a couple hairs off.

[Spysar]

Best thing to do is after skinning is done, let the carcass dry on the outside before you do anything else. Then you can dust off the few hairs real easy.