My random idea on how to load a deer up to a truck bed. (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/3/2024 10:29:35 AM EDT
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I am hunting alone, two hours away from any friends who could come and help with recovery. I have a deer cart to haul the deer from where ever it expired, but was puzzling about how to get it on a truck bed alone. So, I looked around the garage and found a couple items that I thought would help. A motorcycle ramp and a 6:1 pulley.... Yesterday I tested it and it worked! Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Thant works. I have also seen a rope tossed over a limb and a deer hauled in the air via a vehicle. Tie off the deer to the tree with the long other end of the rope untie the vehicle and back it under the deer. Then lower it. Another variant is to use a ramp or plywood tie off the the rear pick up bed tie downs and run a rope from the deer, up to a rope in the front the bed like you have done and the tail end of the rope tied to a tree. Drive away slowly from the tree and the deer goes up the ramp in to the bed. No winch needed. Your way works anywhere though, no trees needed.  Oh and congrats! Can you spare a tenderloin or two! 
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I have used your same method for years. My only difference is that I use a tri fold ATV ramp just because that’s what I had in the garage. Once you get the head in the bed and the body on the ramp, it’s a good position to do a little trimming and let the blood drain out. If you take a jug of water you can get a good cleaning. Edit: congratulations on a nice deer. |
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If i had some good trees in the area I would do that, but all tall ones are behind 4-5 feet of tall brush so can't get the truck close enough. This time I was lucky - I shot this buck in the middle of the food plot and it never ran away - dropped dead 30 yards later right into the brush that's is before the tree line. Drove the truck up to 10 ft from the deer :) |
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I use a hoist to get it up, then it's easy. Looks like your way worked as well without having to buy anything. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By DoctorCAD: Wait... you're tarping the bed???? The very reason I bought my pickup truck is because I still have deer hair and blood inside my SUV from last year's deer. Truck bed...just rinse it out. |
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Correct me if i'm wrong, but looks like you didn't gut that deer? They're quite a bit lighter sans that 30 pounds or better of guts, i've always just picked them up and loaded in the bed after gutting 'em. |
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Originally Posted By Dragynn: Correct me if i'm wrong, but looks like you didn't gut that deer? They're quite a bit lighter sans that 30 pounds or better of guts, i've always just picked them up and loaded in the bed after gutting 'em. Yeah, not all deer are "pick up-able" Attached File Attached File |
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I started with a receiver hitch game cleaning thingy. Slide hitch part in. Part 2 has a hangman type Crain with wince. Mounts to hitch part and can rotate 360 degrees. Pin holds it in place. Crank up deer, pull pin and swing around to put front end in bed then lower back end. Ready to travel once hoist is put up. Me being lazy and hunting from back deck of the house. I now use a cart platform on the back of my red neck golf cart. Slide deer up ramp, drive to tripod cleaning station and attach leg spreader. Which up to convenient height and get to work. Got the tripod cleaning station from Temu for 99 bucks free shipping and 5 bucks tax. Exactly like the ones sold in sporting goods stores for 149 to 200 bucks. |
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a man with no disabilities should be able to lift a field dressed deer into the bed of a truck if you have to go more than a mile with it ... cut the neck off cut off all the shoulders and haunches and put them in a bag slice the back strap and tenderloins off and put them in a bag and walk back to the truck |
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Originally Posted By Dragynn: Correct me if i'm wrong, but looks like you didn't gut that deer? They're quite a bit lighter sans that 30 pounds or better of guts, i've always just picked them up and loaded in the bed after gutting 'em. Attached File |
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That's a fine idea that obviously works. A way I often use is a sled to drag them out. If you prop the front of the sled on the tailgate, you can pick up the back and slide them in easy enough. You can do the same thing with boards. You can roll them on 2x4's or whatever you have propped up, then lift and slide them in. Younger guys can certainly lift deer in if they really want. The best way I've found is to grab low on the legs, stand up, then sit back and let it sit on your knees. Re position your hands around the body and stand and hip thrust it on to the tailgate. Basically lift it like an atlas stone. While I am physically capable of that on any size deer, I will always work smarter, not harder if I get the choice. Sliding a sled in is way easier. A pully or come along like this would probably be easier yet. |
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Originally Posted By PortaJohnPicasso: I've shot deer that were over 200# field dressed. Just sling that up into the truck, I'll watch Same here. Plus I don’t field dress. I’m usually less than ten minutes to cleaning shed. |
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Originally Posted By Dragynn: Correct me if i'm wrong, but looks like you didn't gut that deer? They're quite a bit lighter sans that 30 pounds or better of guts, i've always just picked them up and loaded in the bed after gutting 'em. And yeah, about 30# less weight to hoist, too. |
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Originally Posted By Jodan1776: It's always very important to gut them ASAP, so the meat starts cooling down. Heat supports bacteria growth. And yeah, about 30# less weight to hoist, too. |
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Originally Posted By Samal: Lol. I am lazy. It was easier to tarp it then to wash har and blood off the line-x coat Originally Posted By Samal: Originally Posted By DoctorCAD: Wait... you're tarping the bed???? The very reason I bought my pickup truck is because I still have deer hair and blood inside my SUV from last year's deer. Truck bed...just rinse it out. So then you throw the tarp away right? |
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Originally Posted By Samal: yep. it was a throw away tarp anyway :) Do you use a second set of cow rectal exam gloves while throwing the tarp out? I have always just muscled them into the truck. Now I almost always have one of my teenage sons there to help. As I get older, I should probably use a smarter method... |
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I just take a bit of paracord, handcuff the front legs. Sit the deer with its back to the truck. Slip the front legs over my neck and squat up with the deer. Fall forward and over half of the deer is on the tailgate. Push the rest of the way. Although I am tall. |
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Originally Posted By heavy260: What do you do with the guts once they're out at home? Throw them in the herby curby? but most of the time I field-dress, so I drag less weight. this time I just did not have to drag at all |
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I hunted with a buddy tonight and had a chance to shoot another buck... who expired practically on the same spot as the first one. I was able to drive my truck to the deer again but this time no tarp or winch - we just dragged it up it started raining on the way home and rained so hard we skinned and quartered the deer in the garage, so still used the tarp there. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By PortaJohnPicasso: I've shot deer that were over 200# field dressed. Just sling that up into the truck, I'll watch Originally Posted By PortaJohnPicasso: Originally Posted By HighPlainsDrifter89: a man with no disabilities should be able to lift a field dressed deer into the bed of a truck I've shot deer that were over 200# field dressed. Just sling that up into the truck, I'll watch Same. I hook the antler on the tailgate cable then climb up and horse them in. Couple old guys here use a 2x10 as a ramp. |
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Originally Posted By Samal: I am hunting alone, two hours away from any friends who could come and help with recovery. I have a deer cart to haul the deer from where ever it expired, but was puzzling about how to get it on a truck bed alone. So, I looked around the garage and found a couple items that I thought would help. A motorcycle ramp and a 6:1 pulley.... Yesterday I tested it and it worked! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/277406/1000011201_jpg-3366786.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/277406/1000011206_jpg-3366787.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/277406/1000011207_jpg-3366790.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/277406/1000011208_jpg-3366792.JPG @Samal Do you have a link to the pulley you used? Nice buck! |
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Originally Posted By Dragynn: Correct me if i'm wrong, but looks like you didn't gut that deer? They're quite a bit lighter sans that 30 pounds or better of guts, i've always just picked them up and loaded in the bed after gutting 'em. They bloat fast so I gut them where they drop. Anymore I don't hunt alone so have help loading but that's a good idea to save your back. |
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Nobody uses a loading ditch? Dig a ditch big enough for your rear tires drop into yet can still pull out of. Drop tailgate, back into ditch. Tailgate will be a lot closer to the ground now. Drag deer into bed. Works great for loading dirt bikes and ATVs. Best part is you can leave the ditch there for years and nobody will steal it. |
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Originally Posted By Princeton: Why not just force the deer at gunpoint to climb up into the truck himself before shooting it? That would be ideal. Since I can't use a ATV to recover the game on the game lands. It has to be dragged out. I use a plastic sled to place the deer on and drag back to the truck. Once there, slid out the sheet of plywood, pull deer up half way onto plywood, lift end and slid into truck. Could also use a come along attached to front to pull up. |
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| Lots of over thinking here....I have a deer sled in my truck. Sometimes I use it to drag out the deer, sometimes not. Regardless, when I get to the truck, lift the front end of the sled until it rests on the tailgate. Then left the rear of the sled up and slide the sled in. |
| In years past I slung a lot of deer up in the truck bed without much problem. I have a hitch mounted winch now, much easier. It's actually harder to mount the winch though than get a deer in the truck so I set it in place with a forklift at my shop then leave it on the truck for the time I'll be able to hunt. |
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