Unread postby tundra@1 » Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:40 am
My following comments are based on Wisconsin and the UP. Also I do have a cart, better than whats on Dan Video, and an ATV, and mostly I am solo, but have options to get help................. With that said, I watched Dans video, and I also use the sled and have done so for years,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,However, you make too much work out of it. I can break a deer down in about 15 minutes, and do so all the time,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Its called a knife,,,,,,,,,,, I have lots of them, but for in field I like my Havalon that weighs a few ounces.
Okay deer is down, I field dress it, that takes 10 minutes, or less. Transport, even with help why fight all that dead weight. Front shoulders come off, and than the rear quarters. Put that on a sled and its not that much. Now you have the main body. Well I cut it in half, more less weight, for sleds or carts. Caution, because the game wardens gave me a warning in Wis. They have a silly rule, that the legs must come out also, since I use to easy cut the leg at the joint, and get rid of the useless lower leg, and more weight is off................
I have shown a lot of younger beasts how to break one down, but there are some good You Tube videos on it. Do what you want, but anytime your dragging a deer, too much work. When I get home, I butcher. I do not butcher anyway from a hanging deer, I simply take of a deer on a good table which saves my back, and is more comfortable and easier to do. The Bearded Butchers on You Tube have some good stuff.................
That is the Pro side of it, but there is always a Con side to it. The Con side is, when I am solo, I may have to make 2 trips. So usually I will not cut the deer in half but put the body in the sled or on the cart, easy to do, with the weight off. Last year, I just used para cord and hung up my quarters in a maple tree, which took only a few minutes, and they were handled after I came back. I have nothing but time, never in a hurry, and I do not bust my a..
But if you have a partner, well then its pretty easy, but again I would never drag a whole deer out. My last drag was when I was 38,, and in Bayfield County, and the drag took 6 hours,,,,, forget that
Hope everyone has a good scouting spring.................... stay well