Getting deer out whole

[Seeking Trad Deer]

I have four herniated disks so I bought the cableas two wheel cart and rely on others to take out my deer.  I feel bad about it but I want to keep hunting.

[Jim Wright]

David, I should have mentioned earlier that the only deer I would shoot here is a big buck so taking off the antlers no. The area falls away sharply from the point where I park then continues down more gradually to the Mississippi River 2 1/2 miles to the south, 1/2 mile beyond the W.M.A. boundary. The problem for me with a sled is not having used one, I don't know how you overcome it wanting to slide back with a heavy deer in it on all the steep uphill portions while packing out.

[Roadkill]

I biked mine out. Found a pic from my days in VA.  Wish knew hoe to post it.  My bike brought out deer, stand and my pack, and I rode the down hill portions

[Bel007]

Pick up one of these at the local Wally



Cheap, works well, easy to replace, and a multitasker when the snow flys.  

[Looper]

I can tell you for sure that you don't want to use one of those sleds on steep hills. They are great on pretty level ground, though.

[Bud B.]

As soon as you loose the arrow and make contact with the deer, call up your buddies and tell them you need help tracking a deer you shot.

Take a coffee break if your thermos is with you.


When they arrive and help you locate the deer they'll help pull it out.

If I had a friend that needed help locating a deer I'd be there as soon as I could just so they'd possibly help me likewise.

 

[Looper]

Where in Louisiana are you? I'll be in Denham Springs for a week around Christmas. Take me hunting with you and I'll help drag one out   .

[Liquid Amber]

You have several choices, all of which require lifting weight uphill.  I'd figure how to incorporate a good cart into the equation.  Here's my Versa Cart in action two weeks ago.  It was used to tote stuff in a long ways and stuff out a long ways.  There are two 4-piece, 16 foot ladders, two Lone Wolf Alpha's and day pack with all the necessary accessories stored neatly and quietly on the cart.  

I put up two stands in this location, leaving the cart near the stand locations if needed.  This is not the buck I killed from one of those stands but one my son-in-law killed.  It happens to be the only photo we took of a deer in the cart.  

[Liquid Amber]

This is the buck I killed.  We were in South Carolina.

[John Nail]

Indiana, in it's infinate wisdom, says you have to check deer in whole. No motorized vehicles allowed on public hunting areas. That's why I bought a wheeled cart

[6feathers]

Hey Brian I used one of the Wally sleds, only problem is after the shot I had to go back to the cabin to pick it up.  Figured I didn't need it after you left.

[lpcjon2]

I use a body bag that I got from work. You can get nylon military body bags from Colemans Military surplus.com deer fit in nicely and don't get dirt in the cavity and best of all it wont hang up on brush and slides over the ground with ease, and they have nice handles as well.They roll up and will fit in or under a pack easily.And you can put it in the trunk of your SUV and no blood gets on the carpet...LOL