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#21 ·
I ordered a hoist from sportsmans guide. It was 80 bucks and it swivels so I can crank the deer up and the swivel to drop him in the bed.
It's heavy made too, I was surprised, came with gambrel and all.
 
#23 ·
4hunting said:
That IF your back is strong enough now, but word to the wise, even IF it is, find other ways to do so while it still is. I remember my Alpha Bravo days, thought I was made of steel & indestructible. Nothing to heavy to lift, nothing I needed an aid to to do. Just man handled many a river bottom buck out of the woods with nothing but brute force. Now here a few years later while typing this, back & legs are killing me cause of all this in the past, taking steroid shots in spine, and may be looking at maybe a 3 level fusion on my lower back in the near future.
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I'm getting a double disk fusion next Wednesday, because of thinking like that. I've tried chiropractors, PT, pain meds, steroid shots, and Epidural pain blockers, where they shoot opioids right onto the nerves inside the spinal canal. I'm 32 and hobble around like I'm 82. Also, a little over an inch shorter than I was 4 years ago. There is no way I can pick up a deer by myself. Heck, I spent the last three years having my wife put my boots on me in the morning, so I could go to work welding, making the problem worse. Next Wednesday can't come soon enough for me. I'm sick of this.
 
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I made my dad one. Really simple.

Cut a piece of 2'' square tubing that fits into receiver hitch and comes out just far enough to clear the bumper.

Weld an upright on that about 24" long. It can be any round tubing as long as you can find a piece the next size up to slide down over it. over it.

Cut the next piece long enough that it will slide all the way down over the upright and bottom out on the square tubing, but be long enough that a deer hanging will clear the tailgate with it up. This keeps the weight closer to the hitch. It is not necessary, but it will take up less space broken down than if the receiver piece extends out far enough to clear the tailgate with it down.

Attach a pulley of some sort to the top and a hand crank winch just above tailgate level so it doesn't interfere when swiveling.

Put your rope/cable/strap around the deer's neck, winch it up to the top, swivel it 180 degrees where it is over the bed and winch him back down.
 
#26 ·
browning_gold_12 said:
I made my dad one. Really simple.

Cut a piece of 2'' square tubing that fits into receiver hitch and comes out just far enough to clear the bumper.

Weld an upright on that about 24" long. It can be any round tubing as long as you can find a piece the next size up to slide down over it. over it.

Cut the next piece long enough that it will slide all the way down over the upright and bottom out on the square tubing, but be long enough that a deer hanging will clear the tailgate with it up. This keeps the weight closer to the hitch. It is not necessary, but it will take up less space broken down than if the receiver piece extends out far enough to clear the tailgate with it down.

Attach a pulley of some sort to the top and a hand crank winch just above tailgate level so it doesn't interfere when swiveling.

Put your rope/cable/strap around the deer's neck, winch it up to the top, swivel it 180 degrees where it is over the bed and winch him back down.
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Inspector Gadget roflmao!
 
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#29 ·
Mr. Chitlin said:
Mr. Chitlin uses one like that. He made it from scrap metal and a spare boat trailer winch he had around the shop.
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Reggie tried that. However, the chunks of slag on the sides made the final masterpiece impossible to lift. Fortunately the $10 from the scrap yard went just fine toward the payment to Cabelas.

Seriously, with each passing year, picking up dead wood goats gets more and more challenging.

R2G
 
#31 ·
reggie-2-guns said:
Reggie tried that. However, the chunks of slag on the sides made the final masterpiece impossible to lift. Fortunately the $10 from the scrap yard went just fine toward the payment to Cabelas.

Seriously, with each passing year, picking up dead wood goats gets more and more challenging.

R2G
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Mr. Chitlin had a friend that was a welder by trade so he had good welding done on his deer lift. Mr. Chitlin can easily handle his lift while hunting alone. :thumb:
 
#32 ·
I tie a rope around a tree about shoulder high then tie another rope around the antlers. I pull the head off the ground about as high as the rack on the four wheeler and tie it off. I pull the deer around to the side of the tree and back the wheeler up to the tree. Pick the back legs up and put the deer on the rack, then untie the rope to the antlers.
 
#34 ·
On a couple of occasions I would pop a wheelie on the ole 250 timberwolf and stand it straight up resting on the back rack. Strap the deer to the rack and then grab the front brush guard while standing somewhere on the bottom. Lean back and step back once it starts tilting. Believe it or not it actually works. Learned that one hunting solo on the black river bottoms.
 
#35 ·
reggie-2-guns said:
And... shoot smaller deer.

Some folks Reggie knows have one of these. They seem to like them.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/ForE...1089652.uts?searchPath=/browse.cmd?categoryId=734095080&CQ_search=hoist&CQ_st=b

R2G
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I have a contraption like this for my truck but way to bulky to carry for four wheeler use. I bet it weighs 80-100 pounds.
Last big deer I loaded by myself was right in front of my game camera. I was able to watch the play by play of me failing before I got it on. Ended up pulling the head up and tying it to the back rack then pulling the rear end up and securing.
 
#37 ·
Mr. Chitlin's home made rack looks like this. He can push the deer over the tail gate and load it in the back of the truck. Normally he just skins and quarters his deer on the rack though.
 

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