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Colliw11

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Any recommendations on game carts? The reviews seem all over the board. I don't need to be able to take it up a mountain or through a swamp, but would like it to have something to at least make it out a state forest path for a mile or so without it breaking.
 
I was going to start a thread with the same question. To add on, what about the ones that tie into a hitch to double as gear storage when they don't have a deer loaded?!
 
I use a Rambo cart and it's light weight folds down easily and the wheels come off and it balances nicely . I really like it.
 
99,95% of the time I am hunting public land. I am all too familiar with that 1- 1.5 mile hike to get to somewhere at least semi secluded! Hunting public land comes with its own unique set of obstacles... #1... NOTHING is safe or sacred on public land!!! People are pretty rotten sometimes. So I don't bring anything $$$ with me that Isn't on my person. You do need a cart when out that far. I look for a cart ones on sale or on Marketplace. I just got an Allen Meat wagon on sale at Scheels a couple of weeks ago for like $60. I take it apart camo it with some spray paint completely, take the factory wheels off and replace them with mountain bike tires from a used bike (yard sale or whatever) camo them too. rubber and all. A cheap basic cart is sooo much better with some mountain bike tires... it makes pulling anything super easy and will roll over logs and through creeks and deep mudpuddles on horse trails!! Slap on some ratchet straps and bring a lock and a cable. I walk in until I get within a half mile or less of my area, find a place off the trail and lock up the cart and throw some sticks on it, mark it on my GPS and go hunt, If get something I can come back and get it pretty quickly, if I don't get anything I can leave it overnight or as long as I am still hunting that area. then I don't have to drag into the woods with me the next morning. If someone actually did find it and actually had bolt cutters way back there and stole it... then it hurts a lot less if it was all under $80. This set up has worked for me for years. The only reason I am building a new one this year is because I let my old man borrow mine and now he has decided he's keeping it. LOL
 
mudda2474 said:
99,95% of the time I am hunting public land. I am all too familiar with that 1- 1.5 mile hike to get to somewhere at least semi secluded! Hunting public land comes with its own unique set of obstacles... #1... NOTHING is safe or sacred on public land!!! People are pretty rotten sometimes. So I don't bring anything $$$ with me that Isn't on my person. You do need a cart when out that far. I look for a cart ones on sale or on Marketplace. I just got an Allen Meat wagon on sale at Scheels a couple of weeks ago for like $60. I take it apart camo it with some spray paint completely, take the factory wheels off and replace them with mountain bike tires from a used bike (yard sale or whatever) camo them too. rubber and all. A cheap basic cart is sooo much better with some mountain bike tires... it makes pulling anything super easy and will roll over logs and through creeks and deep mudpuddles on horse trails!! Slap on some ratchet straps and bring a lock and a cable. I walk in until I get within a half mile or less of my area, find a place off the trail and lock up the cart and throw some sticks on it, mark it on my GPS and go hunt, If get something I can come back and get it pretty quickly, if I don't get anything I can leave it overnight or as long as I am still hunting that area. then I don't have to drag into the woods with me the next morning. If someone actually did find it and actually had bolt cutters way back there and stole it... then it hurts a lot less if it was all under $80. This set up has worked for me for years. The only reason I am building a new one this year is because I let my old man borrow mine and now he has decided he's keeping it. LOL
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I agree that replacing the stock wheels with bicycle wheels/tires makes a huge difference. The only issue that I had with that was making the axle. In my case the front and back wheel from the same bike had different ID for axle. Due to the brake set that was on it. Maybe there is a secret someone could share?
 
Colliw11 said:
Any recommendations on game carts? The reviews seem all over the board. I don't need to be able to take it up a mountain or through a swamp, but would like it to have something to at least make it out a state forest path for a mile or so without it breaking.
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Wheelbarrow with the legs cross memeber removed to allow one to either pull or push it. On top of that it doubles for yard work and what not around the house. Simple, cheap, effective.
 
mudda2474 said:
99,95% of the time I am hunting public land. I am all too familiar with that 1- 1.5 mile hike to get to somewhere at least semi secluded! Hunting public land comes with its own unique set of obstacles... #1... NOTHING is safe or sacred on public land!!! People are pretty rotten sometimes. So I don't bring anything $$$ with me that Isn't on my person. You do need a cart when out that far. I look for a cart ones on sale or on Marketplace. I just got an Allen Meat wagon on sale at Scheels a couple of weeks ago for like $60. I take it apart camo it with some spray paint completely, take the factory wheels off and replace them with mountain bike tires from a used bike (yard sale or whatever) camo them too. rubber and all. A cheap basic cart is sooo much better with some mountain bike tires... it makes pulling anything super easy and will roll over logs and through creeks and deep mudpuddles on horse trails!! Slap on some ratchet straps and bring a lock and a cable. I walk in until I get within a half mile or less of my area, find a place off the trail and lock up the cart and throw some sticks on it, mark it on my GPS and go hunt, If get something I can come back and get it pretty quickly, if I don't get anything I can leave it overnight or as long as I am still hunting that area. then I don't have to drag into the woods with me the next morning. If someone actually did find it and actually had bolt cutters way back there and stole it... then it hurts a lot less if it was all under $80. This set up has worked for me for years. The only reason I am building a new one this year is because I let my old man borrow mine and now he has decided he's keeping it. LOL
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Just like the kid from high school that always described his girlfriend, but never showed a picture................. I guess what I’m saying is pics please.
 
Try to find 2 front tires if possible that way you don’t have to Frankenstein an axle ( like did with my old cart, I had to use a rod inside a 1” square tube to keep down the deflection when loaded)
Here’s the old cart that my old man Debo’d from me. When I get my other wheels for my new cart, I will post that one too.
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Not gonna lie, read the thread title and thought of

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Here's a pic of my cart with the Frankenstein axle. Notice the mongoose mountain bike tires the was once riden by my daughter. I due have very minor deflection when loaded. However, it is a proven cart that has saved me much work a couple times last year.
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mudda2474 said:
Try to find 2 front tires if possible that way you don’t have to Frankenstein an axle ( like did with my old cart, I had to use a rod inside a 1” square tube to keep down the deflection when loaded)
Here’s the old cart that my old man Debo’d from me. When I get my other wheels for my new cart, I will post that one too.
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Debo’d LMAO. “It will be like its both of ours we will just keep it at my house”
In stitches
 
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