Thread: Hanging deer/pigs for preparation?

[QUOTE=Flyblown;844526]Are you talking about where you shot it, or back at camp, or near your vehicle or what?

I was wondering the same , presuming he means once you get it home , most basic type of hoist is a truckers knot , next would be a tie down either the ratchet type or just the pull one,s , all 3 of the above work great if you already have the animal on the back of the ute as your already half way there ..that's my go to , after that the list is pretty much endless but I guess if you have a fwd next pick would be one of those hand crank type winches 3-4 ton that you can pick up for around $100 or less then you have 2 uses for it , getting unstuck & lifting animals , next would be a block & tackle there pretty handy but only if you want to lift a carcass , after that you could consider a specialised winch mounted to your fwd but if your not four wheel driving , your not worried about getting stuck & you just want to lift animals off the ground id go for an endless chain you can lift a cow with them next would be to just use a pulley & drive backwards but if you weren't meaning any of the above & what you actually mean is some sort of winch to lift a whole animal up a tree to gut it or do some other butchery well in that case you don't need to get it off the ground & all you need to work on is your butchery skills , carrying around some sort winch in your day bag hoping there's a handy tree is just stupid no matter where the animal may fall it can be cleanly or fairly cleanly done , more often than not leafs etc get picked up carrying the beast out vs dealing with it on the ground .