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Deer cart recommendations
- Thread starter jonkytron
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Nightmares are made of that.
And I did. Thank you. Till the snow hits, this is it. Nice fat tire mod would be cool.THAT is a deal. GET it before they are all gone! THank us later!
Hawk Hunting Crawler Multi-Use Cart
The Hawk Hunting Crawler Multi-Use Cart is great for hauling deer through the woods. This multi-use cart has Dual Rotating Axles that crawl over obstacles. SCHEELSwww.scheels.com
Your going to saddle purgatory. Shame!
Lucky13
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Hawk is great but could be better if it had a brake. Tacking that thing like a sailboat down a hill with 200+ pounds can be tricky. Also, don't run it along any creek or river trails that have an incline... If that's the only route make sure you have a boot dryer
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Hawk crawler!! Awesome!Hey yall, This past week I killed the biggest buck I've ever taken... I was 2.5 miles deep in the woods, and the terrain to get out was hilly, thick, rocky, and littered with logs and other obstacles. I use a Chapelle jet sled, and normally that works just fine, but this drag took me 4 hours to get it out, and If it werent for the help of a friend, I’m not sure I'd been able to get it out alone. I literally spent the entire day in bed the next day after that drag.
Does any have experience using a deer cart and a jetsled? Was it way easier using the cart? If so, what cart would you recommend? I’m currently looking at the hawk crawler cart or one of the traditional 2 wheel carts.
Please save the "Just cut it up and pack it out" I prefer dragging the deer out whole
That’s what I’m saying. You’re reminding me of stuff I never thought of lol.
Does the hawk cart break down and stow away easily? The 2 wheel cart is nice in that aspect. Remove the wheels and they nice and flat also to, it doesn't take up much truck bed space
I think this about the only time Hawk has been recommended on this forum. I meant to look at one of these at Academy the other day but I forgot.
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Game Winner Game Cart | Free Shipping at Academy
The Game Winner Game Cart features a sturdy steel frame that supports up to 500 pounds and a 2-way fixed position handle that allows for ease of mobility. Heavy-dut...
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That's the 1 I have. For the 50 or 60 bucks it cost, it paid for itself imo. I had a 18 foot pole 6" diameter strapped to it taking some debris out of the woods at my grandmas farm and it bent the bars a little but other than that it takes all the abuse I put it thru. The 1 "modification" I made was stack up some washer and tacked welded them together to make spacers to take out side to side slop in the axle and wheel lateral movement. Without the spacer if I push the axle bar all the way to 1 side the opposite side tire has like an inch of play. I think it was 5/8 axle and i think I used 3, 3/4 washers on either side to make the spacers? Don't quote me on it ..I've owned it for a while ..at least 6 years
I have one of those I built a hitch onto to pull behind my bike. It works good, although with a big deer my bike doesn't like it lol been meaning to redesign the hitch but haven't yet. My 4 year old likes to put stuff on it and push it around the yard too.I think this about the only time Hawk has been recommended on this forum. I meant to look at one of these at Academy the other day but I forgot.
Game Winner Game Cart | Free Shipping at Academy
The Game Winner Game Cart features a sturdy steel frame that supports up to 500 pounds and a 2-way fixed position handle that allows for ease of mobility. Heavy-dut...
I made a similar connection and the front tire gets light with a load....hahaha
You and I both should make an axle mounted connection. Look at those baby trailers and the bracket that those use
Yep, it wants to ride a wheelie lol I been wanting to make it off the axle, or something similar to what out on a limb done. We're getting slow at work and I'll have the time to mess with it in a few weeks.
Maybe it’s just me, but it’s wild to me to hear anyone recommend anything hawk. You’re not the first person I’ve heard say the game cart is legit. Why can’t their other stuff be even halfway decent?
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I had great luck with their helium climbing sticks. I was blessed enough to upgrade to something lighter but would use those again for sure. New people buy less expensive things but don’t take the time to learn to use it. Then they buy $400 sticks, watch 23 tube videos, practice, and say it works better. It’s user error 99% of the time but no one admits it because it wasn’t a cool brand.
It's weird recommending something from them for sure but they got it right with this cart. It's heavy which is the only real negative in my opinion but it works really well. Even with missing bolts(the handle kept trying to fold up on me) it was super helpful getting my buck out last week, went over quite a few logs. I've got new bolts and wingnut, and it'll be even better with a fully functional handle.
To be honest I still have and liked my 30" helium sticks I started out with. Never had the suction cup issues other did, but moved on from them because they are heavy. Don't think I'd reccomend anything else from hawk though.
I have that cart. Bought mine on Amazon but don’t thing it’s available any more. It’s a beast of a cart.
