It's old school.:coolgleam I'm not positive, but I believe it provides greater acess to the underside and further on, the body cavity.

BD

 

front legs behind head to drag it(alot easier), then just hook to the rope and lift for hanging.

 

front legs behind head to drag it(alot easier), then just hook to the rope and lift for hanging.

Exactly

 

More room on the buck pole and easier to drag on a sled...

 

When dragging it I put a few half hitches around the front legs and drag it by the legs. That prevents that rope from damaging the hair around the neck, or stretching the neck if you plan on a mount. Hang it by the back legs when you get it to the buck pole or home.

 

Much easier to drag as the shoulders and legs don't catch on everything in the woods and swamp.

 

Much easier to drag as the shoulders and legs don't catch on everything in the woods and swamp.

 

Much easier to drag as the shoulders and legs don't catch on everything in the woods and swamp.

Once I get it to the garage then I hang it up that way. When it's time to butcher it, I take it down and hang it upside down.

Steve

 

Thanks fellas

Makes sense, I'll have to give that a try this weekend....

 

My grandpa taught me that when I 1st started hunting.

He said that you do that 1st thing when you find the deer just incase it's not dead and comes to - i can't run off.

Who knows the real deal, but I will agree that it's old school.

 

When dragging it I put a few half hitches around the front legs and drag it by the legs. That prevents that rope from damaging the hair around the neck, or stretching the neck if you plan on a mount. Hang it by the back legs when you get it to the buck pole or home.

If they are big enough to mount than I just grab one side of the rack and somebody usually follows suit on the other side and off we go. No need for a rope when they come with those head mounted, easy to use, dragging handles!


Otherwise it is the legs behind the head so as not to get stuck on every obstacle in the woods.

 

My grandpa taught me that when I 1st started hunting.

He said that you do that 1st thing when you find the deer just incase it's not dead and comes to - i can't run off.

Who knows the real deal, but I will agree that it's old school.

That's one of my biggest fears when approaching a downed deer, I think to myself, "Self, (because that's what I call myself) self, is that deer dead, or just thinking about dying?" I'm pretty nervous, and have heard one story in particular of a guy (who OWNS his own outdoor store, Props to Dave at Litchfield Outdoors!) who shot the biggest deer of his life, probably a 160-180 class buck. He went out the NEXT MORNING and found the deer (via a heavy blood trail) face down in a stream. As soon as Dave got about 10 yards from him, the monster got up and scampered off. Dave has never seen the deer again. Poor guy!

 

If she can get her legs behind her head.....wait....what are we talking about?