Loading that trad kill into the truck yourself

[MCNSC]

I tried to get a younger hunting partner a few years back. Thought he would come in handy for just such chores. Turns out he was either too lazy or too smart to hunt some of the places on public lands I hunted at that time. I never figured out if it was laziness or smarts, probably the later. I even said I was always lucky enough not to kill a deer there.
I will be building a similar ramp before the season opens.
Thanks for sharing. The

[Birdbow]

Speaking of having to check in game intact...

Not many years ago, NH required that a moose kill

had to be checked in whole!(but field dressed).

Had to have someone with a brace of draft horses,

a tractor, or skidder lined up to help get the

beast out of the woods. Also made you think

about where you were in relation to a road

or trail before taking a shot.

More enlightened now, the rules have been

amended to allow a hunter to check quarters and

meat.

[59Alaskan]

Neat idea.  At the end of a long hunt, and a long drag, I would be grateful to have the opportunity to try that out!!

You are smart to plan ahead

[tecum-tha]

I have a similar ramp, but I just tied two 2"x6"x6' (shorter bed)boards together (drilled holes about every 18" and have a rope through the hole with a stop knot which goes on the bottom) in order to get more spacing between the blanks. Ideal is a support in the front shoulder area and the hind quarter area of the deer. In order that it can't slide around, I attached loops for stakes in the corners of the bottom and have two longer pieces of rope I can tie to each side of the truck bed to keep the ramps spread out. Folds down very compact on top of one wheel well. Deployed in almost no time. No back issues here, but I am not tall enough to lift a limp carcass this high. Like this, it is a breeze.

[reddogge]

I am not one for skinning, quartering and/or deboning deer at night. The chances of a slip or cut are magnified and I like to do those chores in broad daylight under ideal conditions.

[monterey]

Lots of different people, problems and solutions!       should be a method here that fits any situation.

[Basinboy]

Originally posted by KSdan:
6 oz pocket knife and 20 minutes will turn a deer or bear into easy manageable pieces.  I have not hoisted an animal in many years.  

Dan in KS

It took me many years to figure that out!
So much easier than dragging!!!!!
Where legal of course ......
I debone them where they fall and pack them out in my backpack.

[ozy clint]

only thing i'd change from that video is i would rig the winch point centrally not off to one side. it would only require a rope from each tie down point in the corner of the bed and the winch point tied centrally.

[Roger Norris]

Absolute true story - I used to have permission to hunt adjacent a Catholic Convent. They used to let me park behind the Convent barn. More than once, I had Nun's in full Habit help me lift deer into the bed of my truck.    

[acolobowhunter]

A few years ago, I had a downed elk to load in my PU.  I took a small electric winch which has long wire to hook to the battery of the PU.  I cut a jack pine about the size of my arm and placed it in front of the wheel wells of the PU.  Attached the winch to the log with a short chain.  Attached the other end with a short chain around the elks neck and turned on the switch.  Worked great.  Actually I shot the elk over a steep hillside not far from the PU.  I also used the winch to pull the elk up the hill.  Had to make several moves with the winch to reach the top, but was much better than hauling the elk on my back, even quartered out.  If you do this, take a couple blocks to double the pulling power and the winch will not have to work as hard.  I just removed the battery from the PU and carried it down the mountain and placed near the winch which was chained to a tree.  Continue on up the hill till you get to the PU.

[RAGHORN 3]

Originally posted by Roger Norris:
Absolute true story - I used to have permission to hunt adjacent a Catholic Convent. They used to let me park behind the Convent barn. More than once, I had Nun's in full Habit help me lift deer into the bed of my truck.      

Now that would be something I would have had to get a picture of....          

[SELFBOW19953]

I keep a pair of ATV ramps in the bed of my truck, all season long.  I built a cart for hauling.  I either walk the cart up the ramp for smaller deer or use a ratchet strap to winch it for bigger deer.  

Delaware requires that all deer remain intact with proof of sex.

[Bvas]

Guess I've been luckier than I realized over the years.  I've always had good friends and family to help with all post hunt effort.  Whether it was tracking, dragging or loading help has almost always been just a phone call away.  I can only remember loading two deer by myself. One of which, I backed the truck up to an embankment and just dragged the deer right in.

[Killdeer]

Bvas stole my thunder, but I know that guys prefer to spend money on gizmos and machinery.
I have loaded many many deer into my truck, and in earlier days, onto the trunk of my 66 Dart that way.
Killdeer    

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

I have loaded many of them by finding a depression in the ground, such as a well worn cow trail.. With your rear tires in the ditch, the tailgate gets to a much lower height and you can easily drag them in yourself.. I have also drug them with the truck, a fair distance just to use the terrain feature

[maineac]

Looks like it will work fine!

[elkken]

Originally posted by redfish:
Of course, I am less concerned with loading them into the truck than getting them there in the first place.

X2 ... lol

[jonsimoneau]

I try to use "the buddy system". Get my buddy to do it.

[stagetek]

A cold beer, and a thirsty passerby.

[RGKulas]

When I hunt solo, it means solo. Hence the need for the ramp and black and tackle so I can load solo.