I have a big ole piece of plywood in the bed of my truck. Drop the tailgate, pull it out and drop one end. A ramp. Take my Jet Sled with deer and either push or pull it up the ramp into the bed.
Get two 2x4’s about a foot shorter than the bed, put 1/4 inch plywood on them to make a ramp, put two metal handles on one end. Pull the deer up on the ramp, pick the back of the ramp up and slide the whole thing into the bed.Starting to do more remote/solo hunting and realized last year that I need a better solution than the old pull-and-pray method for getting heavy deer up into my truck bed. With this method, from the ground, I just tie the antlers off near the tailgate so it's head/rack is held above the tailgate, and then I climb up into the truck bed and start pulling, using the tail gate as a fulcrum point. Not great...
I'm kicking around a few ideas such as a hitch hoist or sled and ramp. I've used the hitch-mount hoists in the past, but I'm not a big fan of them. Curious to hear some good ideas from the members here.
So what are you all doing?
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Put deer near tree
Back up to deer
Tie rope to tree
Loop rope thru eye in truck bed (near cab)
Tie rope to deer’s head above tailgate
Drive off til deer slams into front of bed
Untie rope
Shut tailgate
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