Hunters: How do you hunters transport deer ?

[rickwol]

We always threw them on the roof. It was more fun to watch the mom's around town look at us with those faces that just sya, "EEEwwww, GROSS!!"

I remember years ago when it was commonplace to transport deer either on the roof or in some other completely exposed area. When I say exposed, I mean to the sun with rising temperatures while transporting the deer any lengthy distance. It was the number one reason for giving venison it's "gamey" taste designation. Simply put, people ate spoiled meat and blamed it on being "gamey" !

 

[Jtraskell]

I remember years ago when it was commonplace to transport deer either on the roof or in some other completely exposed area. When I say exposed, I mean to the sun with rising temperatures while transporting the deer any lengthy distance. It was the number one reason for giving venison it's "gamey" taste designation. Simply put, people ate spoiled meat and blamed it on being "gamey" !

Just for shi@ts and giggles......

 

[sc1911cwp]

I guess I'm the crazy guy who uses a tarp and puts it inside:hunter:

 

[jhawk]

Exactly what we do
Haven't brought anything back in the 5g yet, but in my 3rd gen just used a tarp.

Nice greyhounds by the way! Mine just turned 9

 

[Elk Hunter 2]

I guess I'm the crazy guy who uses a tarp and puts it inside:hunter:

I do the same, unless it's too big...wish, wish...

 

[KCcarguy]

Do you guys use anything to secure the tarp? How can you be sure blood won't run over the edges?

 

[kbaum11]

Use a small trailer. Drop it off at a spot I will return to later and them go get the trailer after field dressing the deer/elk

 

[sc1911cwp]

Do you guys use anything to secure the tarp? How can you be sure blood won't run over the edges?

Tarps are cheap enough. Just unfold it and make sure it goes up the sides. You can use tape to hold it up if you need to. Allow the tarp to hang below the bumper and once the deer is in, just fold the tarp over. When you get home or to the processors, just pull it out. The big part is just getting it up if your by yourself. Where I live, in the South, deer are small. If it was relly big, I wish, then I would need a hand or another way. I think the cargo shelf on a hitch is a good alternative. I'm going to be looking for one. BTW, I don't worry about the antlers because I've never been that lucky:crybaby: Tnx about the Greyhounds. They'll be eight in Feb.
Wyatt aka LongArmOftheLaw
Cody aka Jimbo Airport

 

[Ivy Mike]

I've always skinned and quartered the deer then put it in a large cooler(s) for the drive home.

 

[KCcarguy]

I've always skinned and quartered the deer then put it in a large cooler(s) for the drive home.

Wow. I'm impressed. It's just too easy for me to take it to the meat market to be processed. I've never done it any other way.

 

[Elk Hunter 2]

I've always skinned and quartered the deer then put it in a large cooler(s) for the drive home. I SKIN IT RIGHT AWAY SO IT WILL COOL FASTER, SHOULD BE NO BLOOD.

 

[4rbcool]

Yeah. Hunters are a small percentage of the population, even in our part of the country. If you go around offending people or giving them a bad image of hunting, it's bad for the sport. There are a animal rights activists, etc. out there who speak with a very loud voice and give a lot of misinformation.....I don't want to give them any legitimacy.

I’m not advocating hauling a dead animal with blood on it on your hitch haul however, I’m not going to let animal activist encroach on my rights either. It’s not bad for hunting if done in a way as to not be distasteful. Hunters are the first conservationist. Be a closet hunter I think not. It’s great that you hunt and harvest game but don’t be ashamed of it. If someone doesn’t want to look they will turn away. Problem is some people do feel the way you presently do and that hurts hunting because we don’t voice our position and provide verifiable information as to why we hunt and provide food for our table. I have never had anyone say anything derogatory in all the years I have haul game back to the city or around town. In fact I’ve had more people flag me down to congratulate me on a successful hunt and want to know the details. I think you give them legitimacy when you hide what you really want to do. JMO

 

[rickwol]

I've always skinned and quartered the deer then put it in a large cooler(s) for the drive home. I SKIN IT RIGHT AWAY SO IT WILL COOL FASTER, SHOULD BE NO BLOOD.

Yeh, generally speaking having the animal quartered is ideal and almost always called for after shooting a large animal such as an elk or moose simply because it's size would prohibit you from moving and transporting it any other way. With a smaller animal such as a whitetail it is fairly easy to move and transport the animal to a place where it ultimately is skinned and butchered. I do a lot of local hunting by myself and come out of the woods in the dark and drive straight home so unless you are at a deer camp and have help nearby to hoist the deer for skinning, quartering, it would simply not be practical. But yeh, otherwise its a great idea. Btw, my son-in-law shot this moose in Newfoundland last month. It was the largest ever taken by this outfitter. The animal was shot 3.5 miles from camp, skinned and backpacked out in 2 round trips with each my son-in-law and guide carrying 80lbs of packed meat with each trip! The cape itself weighed over 80lbs.

 

[KCcarguy]

I’m not advocating hauling a dead animal with blood on it on your hitch haul however, I’m not going to let animal activist encroach on my rights either. It’s not bad for hunting if done in a way as to not be distasteful. Hunters are the first conservationist. Be a closet hunter I think not. It’s great that you hunt and harvest game but don’t be ashamed of it. If someone doesn’t want to look they will turn away. Problem is some people do feel the way you presently do and that hurts hunting because we don’t voice our position and provide verifiable information as to why we hunt and provide food for our table. I have never had anyone say anything derogatory in all the years I have haul game back to the city or around town. In fact I’ve had more people flag me down to congratulate me on a successful hunt and want to know the details. I think you give them legitimacy when you hide what you really want to do. JMO

I agree. I'd never say you should be ashamed of hunting. I just think it takes little effort to throw a tarp over your game out of respect for others.

 

[reelamin]

Whats wrong with throwing them in the back? It washes out.

 

[reelamin]

I agree. I'd never say you should be ashamed of hunting. I just think it takes little effort to throw a tarp over your game out of respect for others.[/QUOT

....hmmmm....I hear ya...but don't understand ya. So are you saying I should hide my heritage and life choices so I don't offend or bother others? Does that same belief go both directions irregardless of the topic? I am seriously asking as I do not believe for half a second that is the ideals of this country. Simply hauling a dead animal denotes nothing other than a dead animal. I'm open to discussion and a different perspective.

 

[mcarey86]

I agree. I'd never say you should be ashamed of hunting. I just think it takes little effort to throw a tarp over your game out of respect for others.[/QUOT

....hmmmm....I hear ya...but don't understand ya. So are you saying I should hide my heritage and life choices so I don't offend or bother others? Does that same belief go both directions irregardless of the topic? I am seriously asking as I do not believe for half a second that is the ideals of this country. Simply hauling a dead animal denotes nothing other than a dead animal. I'm open to discussion and a different perspective.

I just took the Utah Hunter Ed course, and a large portion of it had to do with ethics.

They focused on the idea, that a lot of nonhunters hate hunters because of seeing dead animals.

It has nothing to do with the argument behind them eating dead animals. They just don't want to see them.

The course instructor highly recommended, for the sake of all hunters, to try your best to be courteous to all when transporting, hanging, and even posting public pictures of your hunt.

 

[Dorobuta]

quartered and in game bags.

I'll bone out an elk first.

when I had my FJ, they would go on the ARB roof rack.

with the T4R, once I get my prinsu, I expect to do the same....

 

[propain]

Winches are good too...

 

[zonzin]

With an elk quartered and taking up all the space in the back of my 4th gen it only left the back seat for the buck. Barely fit.