was it here I saw an easy way to hang a deer for skinning with only one person?

[CharlieTN]

I don't know if you watch Farming the Wild on Outdoor Channel, but the UK host Mike Robinson is a big fan of what he calls a "hanging gralloch". I've seen him use a stick for a gambrel and a utility line over a branch to get the pelvis to a comfortable working height; he also just a stick for a gambrel, cut a limb off a tree at about chest height, leaving a stub, and just lifted the doe by the gambrel to set it over the stub and gutted it that way. IIRC it put the hams at about chest height, which looked a lot less uncomfortable than working the carcass on the ground.

I also saw on one of the FB groups, someone using a couple 2-3 link sections of chain to improvise a block and tackle for hanging deer. IIRC he used dynaglide with this.

Since MN DNR says I can't butcher in the field, the stick-and-stub approach is probably more my speed.

I believe the YouTube channel is Traditional Bowhunting and Wilderness Podcast. He has a video of using the chain link for a minimalist gambrel. In the video he’s using paracord. I made one from dynema and it works well. I incorporated a CamJam XT (rated to 300 lbs) as a way to have easy progress capture that will release. I haven’t used it yet in the field but that’s a good possibility with me now hunting public land exclusively. Tests at home showed that it will work well. Grab a stick, double wrap the cord around and use that to pull down. Then you can hold it with one hand while wrap the stick again and repeat.

 

[sureshotscott]

Not real slick, but I've used a ladder, a ropeman, rope, and webbing w/cam buckle.

 

[Iron_llama]

I believe the YouTube channel is Traditional Bowhunting and Wilderness Podcast. He has a video of using the chain link for a minimalist gambrel. In the video he’s using paracord. I made one from dynema and it works well. I incorporated a CamJam XT (rated to 300 lbs) as a way to have easy progress capture that will release. I haven’t used it yet in the field but that’s a good possibility with me now hunting public land exclusively. Tests at home showed that it will work well. Grab a stick, double wrap the cord around and use that to pull down. Then you can hold it with one hand while wrap the stick again and repeat.

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That's clever, I was thinking of using a couple of chain links to make a Garda hitch to serve as a progress capture. CamJam is a lot easier though.

 

[CharlieTN]

That's clever, I was thinking of using a couple of chain links to make a Garda hitch to serve as a progress capture. CamJam is a lot easier though.

Thanks. I was worried it wouldn’t be able to grab the small diameter dunes a bit it seems to hold just fine.