Does anyone have any experience with a receiver hitch deer hoist for skinning or just to get a big deer off the ground and out of the woods?
Deer hoist
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moosedog
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Yes. I hunt alone, so I came up with this method of taking a deer out of the woods in back of my property. I don't gut mine until I get to the house where I hoist the deer up and gut it.
I have this rack on my side by side and bungy straps. I lift one end up onto the rack and bungy it. That secures the deer so I can lift the other end up and bungy that.
Hope that helps.
I have this rack on my side by side and bungy straps. I lift one end up onto the rack and bungy it. That secures the deer so I can lift the other end up and bungy that.
Hope that helps.
I've been needing to rig something up like that myself (I hunt alone a lot). Arthritis in my shoulders makes lifting deer a bit more difficult than it used to be. I've got a Honda Rancher I can try that on.
Eric300
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I do pretty much the same as Moosedog. I don't leave gut piles in the woods (there's enough coyotes around here without leaving food out for them). I drag them back whole in a large size ice fishing sled attached to my 4-wheeler back to my house and use an electric hoist on a buck pole I made behind my barn. I made a 'gut bucket' by cutting down a 55 gal plastic barrel. Then line it with a HD garbage bag and put it under the deer. The end trails just drop into the barrel.
To answer your question, an ice fishing sled works great for dragging the deer out. It works better than even a 2-wheeled cart. Whether attached to a ATV or being pulled by hand.
Once you get to an area where you want, field dressing a deer on the ground is pretty simple. You don't necessarily need to hang it to field dress.
To answer your question, an ice fishing sled works great for dragging the deer out. It works better than even a 2-wheeled cart. Whether attached to a ATV or being pulled by hand.
Once you get to an area where you want, field dressing a deer on the ground is pretty simple. You don't necessarily need to hang it to field dress.
My dad used one quite successfully. Kept deer hunting until he was 93. I have a cheap Harbor Freight winch on a fabricated frame for my UTV. Pulls them right in the bed.
boykinlp
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That’s a NICE ‘UN! How much did it weigh?
Larry
tabora
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I have this one which I used for hoisting my 290 lb outboards during an exchange last year. Worked great!
Eric300
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Thank you. Not my biggest but still nice enough. 97 yd heart shot with my TC Pro Hunter .50 cal. muzzle loader. 207 lbs. on the hoof.
I’ve used this one to load several 200+ pound Canadian bucks, solo. It works with my Tundra tailgate just fine. Can’t remember where I got it but it says “www.deerfeeder.com” on the lift.
OP
Thank you all for the info and pics! I was thinking a drag sled/stretcher in the woods but a snow/ice sled might be easier. The lift is more to get it into the bed of a truck than to gut it.
steelslaver
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Buy a Harbor Freight 2500# wench and dump the hand crank wenches.
My answered is covered in snow in this picture. It is a jib mounted on the left rear corner of my trucks rack it pivots 360 and will lift a deer high enough I can swing him in. With elk I first lit the hind end up, tie it off then run the cable to a snatch block right behind the cab then use it to pull it the rest of the way in
On my side by side I have a small jib that I can raise the arm on by hand and pin the angle brace. Then I use a small 1/4 ton come along to lift with
My answered is covered in snow in this picture. It is a jib mounted on the left rear corner of my trucks rack it pivots 360 and will lift a deer high enough I can swing him in. With elk I first lit the hind end up, tie it off then run the cable to a snatch block right behind the cab then use it to pull it the rest of the way in
On my side by side I have a small jib that I can raise the arm on by hand and pin the angle brace. Then I use a small 1/4 ton come along to lift with
tabora
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For getting big game out of the woods, I have a battery powered winch. Just keep pulling from tree to tree with resets each time. This fellow did me the courtesy of dropping only about 150 yards from the dirt road.
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I know absolutely nothing about hunting, not a thing. What do you do with the guts if you don't leave them for the scavengers? Can they be used for anything? Even eating? Now that doesn't interest me at all.
Rick
Rick
Eric300
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They're biodegradable.........I know absolutely nothing about hunting, not a thing. What do you do with the guts if you don't leave them for the scavengers? Can they be used for anything? Even eating? Now that doesn't interest me at all.
Rick
True, so they are just left for the scavengers then. You said before you didn't leave them for the scavengers. I'm confused. As I mentioned earlier I don't know a thing about hunting.
Rick
tabora
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Usually the coyotes are fighting over them before we even clear the area...
Ok, that's what I thought but still don't know what Eric300 does with his after he bags the guts when he finishes.
Rick
Eric300
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I pull the plastic trash bag out of my 'gutting bucket', tie it off on throw it in my trash bin to be picked up on trash day. I'm sure it ends up in a land fill somewhere.
OP
I was thinking some type of gin pole or block and tackle before I saw that the receiver hitch hoist was already a thing. I like the davit setup on your truck!Buy a Harbor Freight 2500# wench and dump the hand crank wenches.
My answered is covered in snow in this picture. It is a jib mounted on the left rear corner of my trucks rack it pivots 360 and will lift a deer high enough I can swing him in. With elk I first lit the hind end up, tie it off then run the cable to a snatch block right behind the cab then use it to pull it the rest of the way in
On my side by side I have a small jib that I can raise the arm on by hand and pin the angle brace. Then I use a small 1/4 ton come along to lift with
OP
Around here the vultures or bald eagles get the guts pretty fast. We don't have trash pickup so it would be lifting into a roll off dumpster or a drive to the dump if they weren't left in the field..
The Kid
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If legal in your area just quarter on the spot. Much easier lifting that way. No need for any special gear aside from some game bags to keep everything clean.
I can’t imagine trying to wrestle an elk or moose out whole and deer come apart the same way as their bigger cousins.
I can’t imagine trying to wrestle an elk or moose out whole and deer come apart the same way as their bigger cousins.
This is really cool, Thanks for sharing.
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