Roadrunner2
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I'm curious about how the rest of you get your elk out. If you shoot a really big bull elk, then you can have quite the problem on your hands. I understand that a large bull can weight in excess of 1000 lbs. Do you quarter your elk, or do you bone it out. How do you do transport it? Do you drive your truck to the kill site and toss the quarters in? Or do you utilize some sort of ATV? What about backcountry or elk shot in rough, difficult, rock/steep terrain. Do you pack it out on horse back, or do you pack it our yourself? What about utilizing a snow sled or a game cart?
Where I hunt any sort of motorized or electric powered vehicle is strictly not allowed. Only people and horses are allowed where I hunt. However all the people that I know who own horses are rich (other than the Amish), and I ain't rich. I have a bad back so I can't pack out a huge quarter on my back. I've tried game carts, and they work well on relatively flat, open country. But they are a super pain in rough, rocky, steep terrain or in areas that have a lot of sage brush/vegetation. Snow sled are awesome on flat snowy surfaces, but they don't work well on steep hills or in rocky conditions. Where I hunt, I walk in about three miles to get to the mountain. In the late fall/early winter, the first mile or so going in may be free of snow, while the remaining miles may be snow covered. Game carts are almost impossible to use in any but the smallest amount of snow, and snow sleds of course don't work at all without snow. So when my travel conditions are half snow and half bare ground, I'm at a quandary as to how to get my elk out. I really don't want to haul a plethora of transportation equipment into the backcountry (game cart and snow sled) in order to get my animal out. I just recently moved to this area so I don't have any friends who can help me haul my elk out. I've approached a number of rich horse owners and offered to pay them to haul my elk out, but each and every one of them have steadfastly refused to do so; I guess they are just so rich that they are not interested in money anymore.
Your comments are appreciated. Thank you.
Where I hunt any sort of motorized or electric powered vehicle is strictly not allowed. Only people and horses are allowed where I hunt. However all the people that I know who own horses are rich (other than the Amish), and I ain't rich. I have a bad back so I can't pack out a huge quarter on my back. I've tried game carts, and they work well on relatively flat, open country. But they are a super pain in rough, rocky, steep terrain or in areas that have a lot of sage brush/vegetation. Snow sled are awesome on flat snowy surfaces, but they don't work well on steep hills or in rocky conditions. Where I hunt, I walk in about three miles to get to the mountain. In the late fall/early winter, the first mile or so going in may be free of snow, while the remaining miles may be snow covered. Game carts are almost impossible to use in any but the smallest amount of snow, and snow sleds of course don't work at all without snow. So when my travel conditions are half snow and half bare ground, I'm at a quandary as to how to get my elk out. I really don't want to haul a plethora of transportation equipment into the backcountry (game cart and snow sled) in order to get my animal out. I just recently moved to this area so I don't have any friends who can help me haul my elk out. I've approached a number of rich horse owners and offered to pay them to haul my elk out, but each and every one of them have steadfastly refused to do so; I guess they are just so rich that they are not interested in money anymore.
Your comments are appreciated. Thank you.
