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Originally Posted by Bushleague

All this is pretty true, but a pack capable of hauling that much meat effectively is going to interfere with your ability to move through the bush quietly. So for me to use a pack frame will most often involve a trip back to the truck to get it.

Dragging a deer a couple KM by his antlers when I have snow isn't terribly hard, so that's how most of my deer come out.

If I need to go back to the truck anyways, a sled will most often work just as well as a pack frame... even moving a whole deer up to 5 km is generally pretty easy with a sled. Depending on where I'm hunting I might also have an ATV in the truck, though I tend to kill very few deer in places where an ATV is much use.

Obviously, there are times like those in the picture, where quartering and packing is the only good option. But in my experience, as far as whitetails are concerned, is that those instances are the exception rather than the rule. But yes, a pack frame and some game bags will be going in my truck next season... though I fully expect it to be a few more seasons before I actually need to use them.

The main reason I didn't quarter that deer is that I wanted to keep him in one piece for my kids to have a look at. By the time I needed help I was pretty close to the road, being that close to the truck and with a buddy that could help, we just proceded with brute force and ignorance.

There are manu capable hauling packs that you sure can hunt in. Check out some MR dapoacks I bit spendy but they work. Other options are packout bags. I can carry about 200lbs in them easily