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What is the non motorized way to haul a deer out of the woods or swamp

this year I used my sitdrag + tether and linemans belt with ropemans and carbiners to hook up to my game cart (ropemans to get the length right and keep the cart from dragging)
Its amazing how easy it is to pull a loaded game cart with your waist/body versus arms/shoulders pointed behind you. Uphills that normally would've worn me out hand-pulling a cart, was a cakewalk sitdragging it

It would probably even be simpler to fab a belt with a single loop in the back to hook a carabiner between it and an eyebolt from center of cart handle, now that I think about it.
I wonder if a double shoulder pull would be even easier...like a back pack made out of one of those cheap included treestand harnesses.
Still the toughest part is probably keeping the ass end of the cart from dragging the ground too much....ropemans on each side of me made it easy

Either way, pulling the cart with your hands and arms is the wrong way to do it from my exp
 
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Looks good to me. There is a point of diminishing return on hillsides because depending on the number of pulleys you may have to pull 100 foot of rope to move the deer 20 but if you have to get one out of a ravine in one piece it will do the job. If you can quarter your deer I would rather do that. It wouldn’t be a bad tool to have at your disposal.
 
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sb220 said:
this year I used my sitdrag + tether and linemans belt with ropemans and carbiners to hook up to my game cart (ropemans to get the length right and keep the cart from dragging)
Its amazing how easy it is to pull a loaded game cart with your waist/body versus arms/shoulders pointed behind you. Uphills that normally would've worn me out hand-pulling a cart, was a cakewalk sitdragging it

It would probably even be simpler to fab a belt with a single loop in the back to hook a carabiner between it and an eyebolt from center of cart handle, now that I think about it.
I wonder if a double shoulder pull would be even easier...like a back pack made out of one of those cheap included treestand harnesses.
Still the toughest part is probably keeping the ass end of the cart from dragging the ground too much....ropemans on each side of me made it easy

Either way, pulling the cart with your hands and arms is the wrong way to do it from my exp
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I made extensions for my cart so the handles come out to my sides I have straps I crisscross to the original handle across my shoulders and use the handles to stabilize the cart and walk out
 
Some wilderness areas of the west will not allow anything w/a tire on it, not even a cart. Just something to look at if you're planning an out of state hunt.
 
If I can't get my 2018 off road tacoma close I use the versa cart and a sled.I use the sled in bed of truck and in my boat to keep down the mess and in swamps just to get to the cart then tie the sled behind cart and pull them all out.
 
sb220 said:
I was thinking the other day about trying to motorize my deer-cart. Wondering if I can rig up the business end of an old trolling motor to some kind of belt/chain system and run it off one of those smaller 12 volt batteries they use for feeders/kayaks.... just to "assist" on hills. Like a pull you across the yard lawnmower

Legal on public? would it technically be considered a vehicle?

good product idea regardless...wonder why its not already available, so I don't have to build it
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I been thinking on this also, but using a Ebike motorized wheel hub.
 
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