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I don't use a cart,so when I have a long drag in the woods,I've found that its easier if I take the front legs and tie them behind the head/neck,seems they don't get hung up on every tree you pull um by as bad,How do some of you do it to make it easier?
 
If I hunt from my stand, I use the safety harness. Wrap that around the body behind the shoulders and drag. Makes it a bit easier. I've heard of folks using sleds before but I don't wanna haul a bunch of stuff around.
 
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I hoist it up onto my shoulders and hold the front legs with my right hand and the rear with my left. Beware of the antlers tho, they can poke ya.
 
I'll be honest,the drags sure got alot easier since i've been running 20-30 miles a week.Don't hardly have to stop for a breather any more unless i'm takeing it up a hill.
 
I put a sturdy stick ( usually a cedar limb ) between it's back legs like the way you would if you were hanging it with a gamble. Then I put the stick above my belt line and then take off through the woods. I have drug many deer over a mile this way. Sucks dragging but you do what you got to do.
 
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....and 600 yards of mule tape, I'm thru dragging deer.
 
Killing time said:
I hoist it up onto my shoulders and hold the front legs with my right hand and the rear with my left. Beware of the antlers tho, they can poke ya.
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Not trying to be a smart @##,but thats a good way to get shot
 
Good sturdy limb, cut holes in front legs or tie them onto limb. Hold in crook of your arms in front of you and drag. Keeps head and shoulders off ground and gives you leverage close to your body which alleviates stress on muscles and allows you to use legs
 
Dolan82 said:
I put a sturdy stick ( usually a cedar limb ) between it's back legs like the way you would if you were hanging it with a gamble. Then I put the stick above my belt line and then take off through the woods. I have drug many deer over a mile this way. Sucks dragging but you do what you got to do.
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dragging against the grain of the hair creates more resistance and makes it more difficult.
 
cecil30-30 said:
I'll be honest,the drags sure got alot easier since i've been running 20-30 miles a week.Don't hardly have to stop for a breather any more unless i'm takeing it up a hill.
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Amen! I've been running 15 miles a week. I made that doe I dragged Sunday my fluffy kitten.
 
stik said:
Dolan82 said:
I put a sturdy stick ( usually a cedar limb ) between it's back legs like the way you would if you were hanging it with a gamble. Then I put the stick above my belt line and then take off through the woods. I have drug many deer over a mile this way. Sucks dragging but you do what you got to do.
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dragging against the grain of the hair creates more resistance and makes it more difficult.
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Yes but only 1/3 of the deer is on the ground. If I have some rope I tie to the front legs like mentioned earlier.
 
I just start lifting weights a couple of months before deer season. Also do the grip exercisers too because a doe can be a killer to hold onto since there's no antlers to use as a handle. Those skinny legs slide right out of your hand if you don't have a good grip.

Luckily my woods are shaped and cut up enough that it's unlikely to have to drag more than 150 yards anyway.
 
Hunting the woods of East TN means you WILL have to drag if you hunt any distance off the road.
I too pull the front feet up behind the head, put a rope around the neck (does) and cut a 12" sapling about a foot long to wrap rope around. I also occasionally hook them to my safety harness at the waist. The trick for either method is getting the rope short enough to have the head slightly off the ground, makes them slide along much easier. Also field dressing them immediately as a gutted deer will slide 2x easier than a whole one. I owm 4 wheelers, golf carts, tractor, etc. But none will do you any good in most the areas we hunt.
 
Poser said:
UTGrad said:
Poser said:
Dragging a deer for more than 100 yards = the least intelligent things that hunters do.
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Uh ok??
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ATV and trucks accessibility aside, why would your go to extreme efforts to drag a deer that you intend to cut up anyway when you can just cut it up where it lays and have a much easier time getting it out? Do you push your car out of your driveway so that you can drive it on the street? :crazy:
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Because I don't carry everything I need to break a deer down on every hunt I make. Its much more practical to drag a deer 1/4 of a mile or more vs breaking it down where it lays. I can have it drug out before you get it broke down. Now on the deep woods hunts where I walk an hour in, yeah I will break one down if necessary.
 
Like I said earlier, the long walks and long drags over 1/2 a mile will normally get the knife, but dragging one a manageable distance isn't a problem. 6 hours is what I used to do before I knew better!
 
Poser said:
Dragging a deer for more than 100 yards = the least intelligent things that hunters do.
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I don't cut mine up in the woods,if its real far I'll get a 4 wheeler,But I have a question,I've not read the rules in along time about this,but they once said something to the effect that you had show proof of the gender,so if it's a doe what do you do if ya cut it up in the woods to show it was a doe?
 

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