Thread: First public land deer, and a near disaster

I take a small block n tackle set up (6mm or 8mm paracourd and a couple of very small 8mm pulleys) that way if the animal is too big or in a spot where I canno tget grip or traction, I can hoist it and hold it....Even just a bit of string to hold legs apart while you butcher can make things much easier....

Well done.

I find if lessons are learnt 'the easy way' we tend to be repeated a few times before they sink in, but learn the hard way , and you almost always pick it up frst time....

And yes I always take gear before meat...Ask yourself what is easier to replace....the gear or an animal?

Originally Posted by timattalon

I take a small block n tackle set up (6mm or 8mm paracourd and a couple of very small 8mm pulleys) that way if the animal is too big or in a spot where I canno tget grip or traction, I can hoist it and hold it....Even just a bit of string to hold legs apart while you butcher can make things much easier....

Well done.

I find if lessons are learnt 'the easy way' we tend to be repeated a few times before they sink in, but learn the hard way , and you almost always pick it up frst time....

And yes I always take gear before meat...Ask yourself what is easier to replace....the gear or an animal?

Yes, a small block and double pulley system is on my list of must haves from now. A second person helps a lot but is twice as noisy.

look honestly a block and tackle system just something more to carry - no - just not needed - work out how far to home and carry out what you can - if you need help leave it and come back next day- thats when you can take in a block and tackle with ya mate - every thing you carry in you pay for in effort - most hunters carry way to much - you need to lump it all out later - learn how to bone out your meat - like this as a policy -how far out - do I want to come back -no -then what are the best cuts thats what I will take - I take no more than about a kilo out hunting and that's a drink as well

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

look honestly a block and tackle system just something more to carry - no - just not needed - work out how far to home and carry out what you can - if you need help leave it and come back next day- thats when you can take in a block and tackle with ya mate - every thing you carry in you pay for in effort - most hunters carry way to much - you need to lump it all out later - learn how to bone out your meat - like this as a policy -how far out - do I want to come back -no -then what are the best cuts thats what I will take - I take no more than about a kilo out hunting and that's a drink as well

My one fits in the palm of my hand and weighs less than my knife. In fact if weight was an issue I would leave two rounds of 303 at home and be lighter...... Even if I didn't take it, I would carry the paracord as part of my safety gear anyway (Broken slings, broken straps / laces / belt and thats without any first aid or shelter type uses....In reality I am not lifting the animal up as most of the time there is no tree or anything in the right place to do so. I use it to hold legs etc where I can access the places I need to cut with less strain which reduces the liklihood of an accident with a sharp knife....... That is a 223 case beside it, a green river skinning knife and a 12g 2 3/4 shell for size. The shotgun round is heavier than the block and tackle. It is capabale of holding a whole animal up, but I have never needed to do that with it. But when I have lifted an animal, a trick an old timer showed me was to hoist it by its anus through the pelvis that way you can more easily manhandle the back legs about....