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Drag rope idea

Ehunter

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Just got to thinking today while driving. Got home and made a whoopie sling, but made it long enough to be a deer drag rope. Use a limb as a handle, and you are only carrying in 1-2 oz. Made it out of 1/8 Amsteel. Didn't try it on a deer yet, but drug some other stuff around and it worked great. Cheap, easy, light....(leaving out the ideal woman comment) lol
 
I had similar idea and actually used this, with the option of some extra amsteel i carry to extend the handle if necessary. Made my 300ft drag a breeze. Didn't need to extend, just girth hitched one loop over the forelimbs and the other around the hindlimbs, good to go.

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That turkey tote kinda made me laugh. I came up with that idea about 20 odd years ago. Guy that used to build my strings had 2 daughters, and I sent them a prototype, and they started making them. Made from all paracord though. Hutch & Son Archery out of NH. Sadly, they are out of business now.
 
I carry a length of webbing, run through a 10" pc of 1/2" PVC for a handle. I usually only drag to a flat spot or edge of field and quarter to pack. Something I Made for Some Customers From 1/4" Hot Roll. Called a Jagerschmidt, I Think That's German. Hook Up Through the Bottom Jaw and Go For the Truck. Sorta Like a Small Hay Hook! No More Bouncing Up and Down of the Head. It's a Solid Connection From Your Wrist to the Spine of the Critter. Some Have Even Hooked it Through the Nose of a critter. It Also Gets it a Little Higher Off the Ground.
 

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The way I drag critters is this.....I'm wearing my saddle and my linesman's belt is girth hitch to my left side...I use the biner and attach the linesman rope to the neck of the critter and then take the rope up over my right shoulder. Now I can drag with full force of my whole body and don't need to rely on any grip strength. Screenshot_20241219-073055~2.png
 
The way I drag critters is this.....I'm wearing my saddle and my linesman's belt is girth hitch to my left side...I use the biner and attach the linesman rope to the neck of the critter and then take the rope up over my right shoulder. Now I can drag with full force of my whole body and don't need to rely on any grip strength. View attachment 112503
I do something similar when I drag them out.
Wear your saddle backwards either around your hips or chest and act like the neck of the critter is the tree. Hook up the tether on the bridge like you normally would. This puts all the weight on your legs like a sled drag.
 
The way I drag critters is this.....I'm wearing my saddle and my linesman's belt is girth hitch to my left side...I use the biner and attach the linesman rope to the neck of the critter and then take the rope up over my right shoulder. Now I can drag with full force of my whole body and don't need to rely on any grip strength. View attachment 112503

I like that. Kinda reminds me of the deer drag loop on the fall arrest harness that came with my summit climber. Clip in and use the whole harness to pull the animal along behind you. Ive wondered how to do that on a saddle. Thanks for posting.

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I use my saddle as a deer drag. Girth hitch around the head then clip my ropeman into my bridge. I can shorten the drag when going uphill or over obstacles to get a little more lift on the deer or lengthen going downhill or as needed. I put the saddle over a shoulder and across my chest. Works great but it’s still a drag.
 
I do something similar when I drag them out.
Wear your saddle backwards either around your hips or chest and act like the neck of the critter is the tree. Hook up the tether on the bridge like you normally would. This puts all the weight on your legs like a sled drag.
Same for me. The more you can multipurpose your equipment the more efficient you can be.
 
I was thinking about this idea recently myself. How long did you make your whoopie sling @Ehunter ?
Marmuzz,
I used 8 1/2 feet total. That includes the bury for the end loop. Thing I like best is, you can wrap the legs in with the head, and keep them from snagging on stuff. Might need to make it a little longer for something with a big rack, but should work for the majority of deer. Should keep the rack off the ground as well.
 
Just got to thinking today while driving. Got home and made a whoopie sling, but made it long enough to be a deer drag rope. Use a limb as a handle, and you are only carrying in 1-2 oz. Made it out of 1/8 Amsteel. Didn't try it on a deer yet, but drug some other stuff around and it worked great. Cheap, easy, light....(leaving out the ideal woman comment) lol
That's plenty strong. Instead of a limb, don't you have anything on you that you always carry in as a handle? Pocket knife? Carabiner?, etc?
 
Sechelik, I try to carry as little as possible in with me. Not a "minimalist", just don't see the need to carry in something I can find once I'm there. Could throw the saddle across my chest backwards, use a biner to hook the drag to the bridge, and drag that way. Might have to play with that idea a bit. Use the saddle as a harness, like a few have mentioned above, but without subjecting a tether or linesman's to any ground contact.
 
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