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11-14-2018, 06:55 PM
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Last time I loaded a buck by myself I took off the tailgate, put his back feet in the bed, and deadlifted him in. Every suggestion in this thread is better.
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11-14-2018, 09:45 PM
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This is how I like to do it
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11-14-2018, 10:06 PM
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Where did you find that bracket. Looks slick.
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Found pictures online and had one fabricated. Added a hook to double line with a snatch block. cheap 3000 pound winch from Princess auto. No issues so far.
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11-15-2018, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Mulienewbie29
Just curious on how you load your big game animals into your trucks??? We normally just put our legs into it and one big grunt want to find something easier for us. Moose deer elk.
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There was a welder on the forum that made an HD hitch mounted 2 piece pole and hand winch. Pretty close to 10ft high. really great for skinning and loading in the back of the truck esp. if you have a canopy on. loaded both moose and elk with no problems. 2 man job for lowering the winch and pulling the elk in the back of the truck bed........FS
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11-15-2018, 04:51 PM
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I have not seen a more beautiful picture is a long time.
Fantastic sir!
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11-15-2018, 04:55 PM
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Superb !
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11-15-2018, 05:01 PM
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11-15-2018, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Mulienewbie29
Going to have to build a small crane for lifting animals into truck
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Go to amazon and type in “truck crane” the one for $350 is pretty close to what I have if you are interested.
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11-15-2018, 07:36 PM
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If I can get the truck to em then deer go in one piece using a motorcycle tie down hooked around neck as I lift and cinch it one grunt at a time until enough front end is over the lip of tailgate then get the back end and big heave ho. Now...I do have matching holes covered with shipping tape in each tail light from big muley buck antlers consecutive years, a 200” the first year and a 190” the next. There’s a bit of a shift when you get that arse end flipped up on tailgate.
I’ll cry if someone rear ends me bad enough to ruin my tail lights.
If it’s elk or moose now it’s gutless method whether truck to it or not.
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11-15-2018, 07:54 PM
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For my moose this year.... rope.. used my f350 to pull it onto a trailer .
For.my elk this year.. gutted....and halved it. Me and my friend deadlifted it into truck
For my big mulie buck this year. gutted.. rolled it into an icefishing sled.. me and friend lifted and slid into truck. Lol
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11-15-2018, 08:02 PM
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I used to use a fancy stand with crank that I would hook onto the hitch of my truck. It was heavy and took up a lot of space in the truck but overall it worked but ended up ditching it.
Last year I built a small wooden ramp and installed a pulley with a rope to pull a deer up by myself. Not great, too much friction with the wood ramp but still worked.
Earlier this year, I forgot to load my ramp before going hunting, I shot a big mule deer and had nothing to load the deer in. So I thought, I had just gotten back from a hunting trip in Wyoming and still had a plastic folding 6ft table. I opened the table, extended the legs on one side only and used it as a ramp. That was the easiest way I had ever loaded a deer in a truck, with or without help. I will ditch my wooden ramp, sell my metal stand and keep a folding 6ft table from now on. Not only can I use it as a ramp but I can also use it as, you have guessed, a table.
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11-16-2018, 11:25 AM
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I built this for a variety of jobs. Moved a 1600lb rock with it not long ago. Ramp is a section of box conveyor. Deer I just man handle but works excellent for stubble field moose and elk.
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11-16-2018, 11:37 AM
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For moose I jackknive the quad trailer back against the moose, then bump my Ranger into the corner of the trailer and winch it on. I have loaded moose this way by myself and it works like a dam.
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11-16-2018, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Peebles
Last time I loaded a buck by myself I took off the tailgate, put his back feet in the bed, and deadlifted him in. Every suggestion in this thread is better.
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Character! This made me laugh.
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11-16-2018, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Looper
I built this for a variety of jobs. Moved a 1600lb rock with it not long ago. Ramp is a section of box conveyor. Deer I just man handle but works excellent for stubble field moose and elk.
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Nice setup! I have something similar that fits under a tonneau cover and is removable. Put a couple drings under the bed bolts and hold it in with a ratchet strap not shown in the pic. Made out of aluminum so nice and light.
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11-16-2018, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by HunterDave
If I know that i’m Going deer hunting I throw a stepladder in the back of the truck. Lay ladder flat and tie the deer’s head to the top of it. Lift end with head up on the tailgate and then lift and slide from the other end.
Nine times out of ten I don’t have it with me and for big deer I have to lift and tie off......lift and tie off.......etc.
Moose come home in pieces.
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Sounds like it should work with the ladder.
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11-17-2018, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Mulienewbie29
How do you load your animals??
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When I saw the thread title I was thinking you meant more along the lines of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnHv0qaFfWA
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11-17-2018, 08:43 AM
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Same as Lefty-Canuck substitute trailer for truck bed
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11-17-2018, 11:18 PM
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I bought one of those battery powered winches from cabelas. Very happy with it. Have loaded a full moose and elk in under 5min from the time I dumped them. Works like a charm
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11-18-2018, 07:41 AM
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This is handy when it works out.
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11-22-2018, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Scruffee
I used to use a fancy stand with crank that I would hook onto the hitch of my truck. It was heavy and took up a lot of space in the truck but overall it worked but ended up ditching it.
Last year I built a small wooden ramp and installed a pulley with a rope to pull a deer up by myself. Not great, too much friction with the wood ramp but still worked.
Earlier this year, I forgot to load my ramp before going hunting, I shot a big mule deer and had nothing to load the deer in. So I thought, I had just gotten back from a hunting trip in Wyoming and still had a plastic folding 6ft table. I opened the table, extended the legs on one side only and used it as a ramp. That was the easiest way I had ever loaded a deer in a truck, with or without help. I will ditch my wooden ramp, sell my metal stand and keep a folding 6ft table from now on. Not only can I use it as a ramp but I can also use it as, you have guessed, a table.
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Threw one of my folding tables into the truck this morning as an afterthought and used it to load a doe - works super!
Thanks for the tip I would never have thought about using it before .....
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11-22-2018, 03:06 PM
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Does the tribal tattoo give ya an extra 100lb lifting capacity?
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No sir. Typical stereotypical tattoo regret. LOL....
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11-22-2018, 03:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scruffee
I used to use a fancy stand with crank that I would hook onto the hitch of my truck. It was heavy and took up a lot of space in the truck but overall it worked but ended up ditching it.
Last year I built a small wooden ramp and installed a pulley with a rope to pull a deer up by myself. Not great, too much friction with the wood ramp but still worked.
Earlier this year, I forgot to load my ramp before going hunting, I shot a big mule deer and had nothing to load the deer in. So I thought, I had just gotten back from a hunting trip in Wyoming and still had a plastic folding 6ft table. I opened the table, extended the legs on one side only and used it as a ramp. That was the easiest way I had ever loaded a deer in a truck, with or without help. I will ditch my wooden ramp, sell my metal stand and keep a folding 6ft table from now on. Not only can I use it as a ramp but I can also use it as, you have guessed, a table.
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Awesome tip for sure!
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11-23-2018, 08:27 AM
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Tractor. Should try it. Works slick.
If outa tractor range I use a winch and quad ramps.
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I have been fortunate enough a few times to be hunting where a tractor was available for transport and butchering and it certainly does make things easy !
Normally I am on the river or deep in the bush on crown land with nothing like that around.
Cat
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Anytime I figure I've got this long range thing figured out, I just strap into the sling and irons and remind myself that I don't!
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11-23-2018, 10:15 AM
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Always use muscle power.
We skin, quarter and bag in the field.
Way less mess and it keeps the meat a lot cleaner.
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11-23-2018, 06:55 PM
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For deer, lift the head and get one antler resting on the tailgate. Then try to keep it there while you climb into the truck, then grab the antlers walk backwards using your legs to drag it up into the truck. Helps if you have a truck bed liner with some grip to it. If you have two people things are easy, if your deer has no antlers stand in the truck and use a rope to drag it up. Usually there's a rope around my antlerless deer's neck by the time it gets to the truck anyways.
For moose or elk... quarter the darn thing, just about all of the most stupid things I've ever seen attempted involved trying to get a whole moose into the back of a truck. You have to cut the thing into pieces at some point anyways, just get it over with right away and save yourself the headache.
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