I started fieldquartering and packing my deer out in a military ALICE pack during the '82 season. Since then I've done over 300. As far as I'm concerned it's the only way to get a deer from the field to the vehicle. This is my method.
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Thinking about quartering deer vs dragging out. Thoughts??
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My wording could have been better. The discussion of CWD often gets into conspiracies and/or politics. Please let's not go there.
PastorKen
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In Ohio, I have to check the deer in, by phone or internet. Then, once I have my 18 digit confirmation number, I can quarter and pack it out. I use the gutless method. Game warden said I’d be considered a poacher if I didn’t have my 18 digit number. I don’t have to have evidence of sex.
Got ya. Thanks for the clarification.
Same as in MD. We have to check it in and have confirmation number first and we have to quarter it where it fell. We can't drag it somewhere else to quarter it.
hokiehunter373
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I just found out the same and bought a pop up 28 because of it. I'll be packing them out this year.
My dad is always amazed when I just cut right through the ham. Same thing for the joints that break the shoulder down into pieces. It's immensely satisfying to break a deer down with just a Havalon or pocket knife.
Most of the time if I'm cutting up deer or pigs, the muscles are still twitching, they're so "fresh." I've been known to nibble on a little backstrap like it was sushi. I don't know why, but to me the whole process of cleaning a deer is fun now that I know how to do it in the field. Just seems less of a chore, and less nasty compared to doing one at a skinning shed.
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Jmho: get something like a badlands 2200. Keep it in your vehicle. Whatever you prefer...keep a game bag on your person or leave in you vehicle.
Only take out what you need. And....leave the ticks on the hide in the woods and leave less for your pets or raccoons to pick through.
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Only take out what you need. And....leave the ticks on the hide in the woods and leave less for your pets or raccoons to pick through.
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shwacker
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Been meaning to make a vid, but I basically do the exact same think as the gentleman above. However I usually de-bone the hams and will get in for the tenderloins (which you can also do without gutting)... Ended up handing the head and cape over to my buddy to carry out. A large buck with head and cape is still some work packing out, but still Wayyy better than a drag! Used to use the ALICE pack, but use a MOLLE now.
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swampsnyper
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Here is our very own @WHW. Once he showed me his method, I don’t drag unless it’s a short drag or not legal. When at my camp, I may get the deer with my atv but clean it on the ground at the camp. I don’t even have a skinning rack. Just too easy this way.
And if you want to hang them, I came across this video years ago and made one but never used it. Pretty neat and packable.
And if you want to hang them, I came across this video years ago and made one but never used it. Pretty neat and packable.
That hoist is cool. I love hanging a deer head down to process. I think I might be half way done by the time I get it set up though.
Swampfox
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If you’re in a swamp then quartering on the ground is a nasty mess. I use my tether with ropeman and lineman’s belt to hoist the deer up the side of a tree. Then I quarter and pack out.
I think @sureshotscott was just trying to calm things down before they got going. The discussion to date has been fine. Discussion of the laws as they relate to us is fine. Discussion of how one party or group or another opposes such laws would be over the line.
Where have you seen that you can't do it in NJ? A couple years ago they added a wanton waste law but I still interpret that as being allowed to quarter it up.
“.... Make every effort to retrieve your game, remove the animal from the field—except entrails may be left discretely in the field—consume the edible portions and properly dispose of the remains such as bagged in your household trash.”
Game digest
My take is that everything has to be removed except the entrails. I wasn’t precise in my wording. I can see how quartering is allowable, but may not really buy the hunter anything.
Hmm.. Maybe they changed the wording again and I haven't read it since.
Kyle Hey
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I would love to get an MR pop-up 28, or something similar. However, (for budget purposes) I am thinking about getting a MOLLE frame with hipbelt and shoulder straps. Ideally, I would like to make a "meatshelf" by taking some webbing vertically and horizontally (making a rectangle) across the frame with some ripstop covering the center rectangle.
Also, ideally I would like to a cheap backpack and sew some buckles on the outside that would mate with buckles attached to the frame. That way I could attach meat directly to the frame, and then attach the backpack to the frame on top of the meat.
I have no idea if this is feasible as I have never messed with a MOLLE frame before.
Anyone ever do something similar?
shwacker
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I have plans of making a fabric meat shelf, will try it next season.
As far as making a backpack attach, there are lots of connection points so I’m sure you would be able to make something work, especially if you can sew and make some custom connectors.
Depending on what’s in your backpack, adding that on top of
Meat is going to get pretty bulky and add the extra weight away from your body, but worth a try.
Switching to saddle hunting this year so my plan is to have my sticks/platform attached to my frame, then if I kill one I’ll have to walk out with that and take the sticks off and attach the rucksack. It’s two trips but the rucksack is a decent amount of extra weight to carry in every time when of course you aren’t always killing one. I don’t use a backpack, I keep pretty minimal and have all I need in a fanny pack.
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As far as making a backpack attach, there are lots of connection points so I’m sure you would be able to make something work, especially if you can sew and make some custom connectors.
Depending on what’s in your backpack, adding that on top of
Meat is going to get pretty bulky and add the extra weight away from your body, but worth a try.
Switching to saddle hunting this year so my plan is to have my sticks/platform attached to my frame, then if I kill one I’ll have to walk out with that and take the sticks off and attach the rucksack. It’s two trips but the rucksack is a decent amount of extra weight to carry in every time when of course you aren’t always killing one. I don’t use a backpack, I keep pretty minimal and have all I need in a fanny pack.
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