Game Carts

[penguin]

I have a calf sled, probably from UFA. For 20 years I have dragged firewood, kids, bear bait, moose quarters, camp, etc behind a quad with it. Finally wore a tiny hole in the bottom last year. I will buy another and start over. It wouldn't be the greatest on a long muddy lease road but I haven't had to do that.

[thumper]

Originally Posted by raised by wolves

The only upgrade I made was Stop-a-Flat, solid inserts as the cold weather and rough ground resulted in too many pinch flats. Rolls smoothly and makes retrieval much easier than dragging a carcass.

Great tip RBWolves! I've had the exact same Sasquatch cart for many years, but am plagued by cactus spines. I'll try your Stop-A-Flats !

[Demonical]

I've got an old golf bag cart.

It's got 18" wheels, solid rubber tires.

It's pretty handy before the snow flies.

A buck packs on it nice.

I made 1 tiny mod; fit a couple pieces of 1/4" plywood in the frame, where the deer carcass lays in it.

Couple rubber bungie straps.

[graybeard]

Another place to look for carts and sled ideas would be in the Trapping Discussion category.
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/forumdisplay.php?f=5

I would imagine their demand and reliability on equipment would be well tested.

Good luck,

[raised by wolves]

My other addition is the use of Nite Ize, cable ties. I have 10 of the big ties attached to the cart. Way easier than messing about with pieces of rope or paracord.

[Hilgy]

Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple

Hilgy on here made a good one.

He took a frame for a pull behind bike child carrier, added some wood bracing and then attached a plastic calf sled to it with wing nuts, and added a handle to it.

You can have the sled on the frame to wheel it around when there isnt any snow, or pop the sled off and drag that on the snow without the wheels.

Its an all season game cart.

Didnt think i had any pics but came across one the other day so here it is. I'd actually like to make a new handle for it so it could be towed behind the Sami if we had to.

[Dean2]

Larger version for easy viewing. Neat rig

[58thecat]

I have used a pelican 60 for 14 years of dragging gear and deer and ice fishing.
Nice manageable little unit but just upgraded to the pelican 75 with runners attached all in including the cover and hitch assembly 320 bucks at crappy tire!
Still going to use the little pelican until more holes show up though just more manageable over all but if I need the bigger one now I got it!


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[Big Grey Wolf]

What ever happened to throwing a 1/4 over your shoulder and walking out your animal. Leave the cart at home for the kids to play with in back yard.

[Hilgy]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

What ever happened to throwing a 1/4 over your shoulder and walking out your animal. Leave the cart at home for the kids to play with in back yard.

I can assure you I've carried my fair share of meat on my back over the years. I have the x rays of my back to prove it.

I'm more in the "work smarter not harder" camp now

[graybeard]

Originally Posted by Hilgy

I can assure you I've carried my fair share of meat on my back over the years. I have the x rays of my back to prove it.

I'm more in the "work smarter not harder" camp now

Boy does that resonate with me as well.....Hahahaha

The other thing with me in days gone by was to; carry one heavy load and make one trip than two lighter ones in two trips.....

Too soon old, too late smart.

[thumper]

Originally Posted by Hilgy

I can assure you I've carried my fair share of meat on my back over the years. I have the x rays of my back to prove it.

I'm more in the "work smarter not harder" camp now

x2 ! I don't even knock anything down after mid-afternoon anymore. Who wants to freeze your butt off cleaning deer and then hauling it out in the freezing cold by the light of a head-lamp? That deer will still be around tomorrow morning! Then I've got all day to enjoy a nice, neat & clean job of it!

[6.5 shooter]

Originally Posted by Hilgy

I can assure you I've carried my fair share of meat on my back over the years. I have the x rays of my back to prove it.

I'm more in the "work smarter not harder" camp now

Amen to that!

The cart I have is a Sasquatch. I did line the inside with chicken wire so my tripod for skinning deer in the field and other assorted goodies don't fall through the open bottom, Works great.

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

What ever happened to throwing a 1/4 over your shoulder and walking out your animal. Leave the cart at home for the kids to play with in back yard.

5 miles out, one quarter at a time....

Or debone and pull it all out on the sled/game cart....

Too each their own

[Dean2]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

What ever happened to throwing a 1/4 over your shoulder and walking out your animal. Leave the cart at home for the kids to play with in back yard.

When I was 25 there were a whole raft of things I did without even thinking about it, now at 65, there are a whole raft of things I don't do without even thinking about it. Even in my 30s I learned to appreciate mechanical advantage and gas horsepower over manual work and brute force. Some apparently learn slower.

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by Dean2

When I was 25 there were a whole raft of things I did without even thinking about it, now at 65, there are a whole raft of things I don't do without even thinking about it. Even in my 30s I learned to appreciate mechanical advantage and gas horsepower over manual work and brute force. Some apparently learn slower.

Some of us learn by reading, some by being shown, and others just have to pee on the electric fence to find out for themselves!
Cat

[calgarychef]

Dragging a calf sled is fine with a quad or skidoo, dragging them by hand isn’t very efficient and any uphill is a bastard, dragging them on dry ground is a bastard too and if the snow is very deep it’s a bastard! Wheeled game carts are a bastard uphill…

There’s no perfect solution.

[Dubious]

Back packs, a partner and the bone out method is bar non the easiest cross country recovery there is.

[Big Grey Wolf]

I learned how to pack moose from my 70 year old dad. He carried out 3 of the 4 quarters almost 2 miles when me and my 20 year old buddy farted around with contraptions and only got one quarter to the road.