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Post by jackryan on Sept 12, 2014 22:24:41 GMT -5
Last season I used a cart for the first time & it may be the last time. I had my stand about a 1/2 mile back into the woods it was fairly flat land but there was no real trail or road back there. I downed a 8 point buck early opening morning of gun season, I was by myself that is why I had the cart. I gutted the buck (180 lb +)& loaded him onto the cart. By the time I got him out to the road I was wore out, that cart caught every stick, stump, rock, root, & vine in that woods, I would have been easier to just drag him out because most of the time I was dragging him & the cart. So unless you have a clean path, or a road of some kind close to where you are hunting I would say give up on the cart & just drag out your kill. That's a pretty good description of my experience with a cart.
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Post by esshup on Sept 13, 2014 8:58:43 GMT -5
Carts work the best when the ground is not snow covered. Yes, they can catch on a lot of stuff, but I think it's still easier then trying to drag a deer. Sleds work best when there's snow on the ground. We hunt an area that is 1700 acres (private property) that is in the shape of an "L" and it's only accessible from the lower right corner of the bottom of the "L". There are logging trails thru it. Carts and sleds are the only way to go - no motorized vehicles are allowed.
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Post by trapperdave on Sept 13, 2014 9:11:03 GMT -5
Last season I used a cart for the first time & it may be the last time. I had my stand about a 1/2 mile back into the woods it was fairly flat land but there was no real trail or road back there. I downed a 8 point buck early opening morning of gun season, I was by myself that is why I had the cart. I gutted the buck (180 lb +)& loaded him onto the cart. By the time I got him out to the road I was wore out, that cart caught every stick, stump, rock, root, & vine in that woods, I would have been easier to just drag him out because most of the time I was dragging him & the cart. So unless you have a clean path, or a road of some kind close to where you are hunting I would say give up on the cart & just drag out your kill. how many deer have you pulled out of the woods? A cart is a back saver and time saver IMHO. Its still work, but only about a third as not having one.
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Post by majyang on Sept 15, 2014 7:55:31 GMT -5
folks, appreciate all the traffic on this. I went with the Northerntool recommendation and am looking forward to trying out the cart with its new wheels. Even more excited for when i'll get to op check it with a deer come Oct 1st!! Thanks again and good luck out there everyone.
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Post by INhuntin on Sept 18, 2014 16:52:51 GMT -5
Last season I used a cart for the first time & it may be the last time. I had my stand about a 1/2 mile back into the woods it was fairly flat land but there was no real trail or road back there. I downed a 8 point buck early opening morning of gun season, I was by myself that is why I had the cart. I gutted the buck (180 lb +)& loaded him onto the cart. By the time I got him out to the road I was wore out, that cart caught every stick, stump, rock, root, & vine in that woods, I would have been easier to just drag him out because most of the time I was dragging him & the cart. So unless you have a clean path, or a road of some kind close to where you are hunting I would say give up on the cart & just drag out your kill. how many deer have you pulled out of the woods? A cart is a back saver and time saver IMHO. Its still work, but only about a third as not having one. I have only drug out a few by myself most of the time I'll have hunting buddy or two around to help. But as we all get older I have noticed less & less of the hunting buddies going hunting. So if I'm going hunting on public land (the others don't like public land) I'll have to find a way to get the harvest out by myself. I like hunting deep woods, I have found that is where the big ones are & the hunting is easy, the hard part is getting them out. The other hunters in my group want to hunt 20 to 30 yards into the woods from the parking lot & they about not seeing anything. I have brought back videos of the ones I've passed on just to make a point. The only benefit I have found with a cart is, I just roll him up to the back of the truck & the cart acts as a ramp to help lift the bruiser buck into the bed of the truck. I had to strap the cart down on top of the buck because he took up almost all the room in my little S10 bed. If I can find one I'm going to get one of the roll up plastic sled types of drags I've heard that they work better than most things.
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