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Post by krank on Nov 25, 2011 19:40:24 GMT -6
Anybody got a clever way to lug coon out of the timber??
Forget the little cart with wheels.......
I have a rubber knapsack thet might hold two.
I have the pvc pipe handled carriers with the nylon rope.
Dog choke chains work too.
I sell carcasses and have a skinning machine so I am not skinning in the field...
I drop off and drive to wherever I can but still wind up lugging 4 at a time and have the bloody pantlegs to prove it.
I think I am answering my own question as I type this but am wondering if anybody has a marvelous revelation...
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Post by holtzer1 on Nov 25, 2011 20:36:09 GMT -6
Plastic sled? Slides across leaves well, stays afloat in little creeks and streams, can drill holes where the side handles are for bungee cords to hold your catch. Just an idea...I ride my atv or drive my truck to all my spots so I don't get stuck with the long walk. www.cas.muohio.edu/scienceforohio/Erosion/images/Sled.jpg |
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Post by bigbob on Nov 26, 2011 0:08:46 GMT -6
This would be the perfect application of the "CAT CARRIER". A small frame with a handle on top, a muzzle shaped basket on one end for the head, and a pointed rod on the other that screws into it's ....Well i think ya'll get it.
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Post by krank on Nov 26, 2011 7:25:22 GMT -6
I have a sled for deer but am not carrying it chasing hounds. I guess the old pvc handles with the nylon rope is still trump. I should be grateful I have this problem......
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Post by supertrap on Nov 26, 2011 20:04:34 GMT -6
Get someone that is younger. To pack them out. OR Get a pack sadel for the dogs have them packthem out for YA. A back pack for a coon hound? WoW wat a consept. WAT YA THINK?
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Post by holtzer1 on Nov 26, 2011 20:49:47 GMT -6
Good way to get them to run in circles
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Post by krank on Nov 26, 2011 23:47:10 GMT -6
I tried using kids to haul but they got wise to that and hide from me. (They don't like to help skin either. They just like to shoot and ask how much hides are bringing)
I got a bad feeling if I tried to trick the dogs into packing that they would make me real sorry. One would chase the other and the whole show would go over the hill and be gone.
I even have a nice quarter mare that moves through the timber real nice but comes unglued if you throw anything bloody on her.
I will keep lugging and maybe do a drop off somewhere and return with the 4-wheeler whenever I can.
Like I say, too much to carry is a good problem. I am so glad I built a skinning machine as it has cut skinning time in half and eleminated alot of soreness. (So I can lug more carcasses)
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Post by redneckbaker on Nov 27, 2011 13:39:54 GMT -6
i take buddies along with me to haul them out lol and i sure wish i had a skinning machine that would be nice
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Post by joefromeldonmo on Dec 13, 2011 6:02:25 GMT -6
i use a short lenth of rope with loops on the ends and rig em up like a sling i get wet but ohwell as most of my coons are in drowner sets. do the same with beaveer and otter
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Post by krank on Dec 13, 2011 17:08:37 GMT -6
I have the ropes and dog choke chains and carry 2 coon in each hand. I don't understand why it hurts to carry them. 20 years ago I did it.
My little problem has gone away as I ain't been getting alot of coons lately and have been able to carry them. I should be glad it ain't no soaked beaver.
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Post by tharris on Sept 28, 2012 3:55:42 GMT -6
cut the back of the rear foot like when you cut to hang em for skinnin and jam a beefy peice of stick through the hole. great handles and easier on the hands, especially when its cold and they were in water sets!
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Post by krank on Sept 28, 2012 11:12:03 GMT -6
Yup....stuck the green stick in the foot too. The night I originally posted this I had caught 18 coon and had to lug them all out to the road.....
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Post by yote on Sept 28, 2012 11:18:30 GMT -6
18 coon all once that alot to lug out.
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Post by krank on Sept 28, 2012 11:44:43 GMT -6
That was a long night and the day after was spent skinning after church.
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Post by yote on Sept 28, 2012 11:59:47 GMT -6
I thought 8 fox was bad enough .But I wish we have alot of coons like you guys do.
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Post by redeagle on Sept 28, 2012 18:24:17 GMT -6
Make a travois. If it worked well for the plains Indians, it should work for you, too. But, instead of using a horse or dog to drag the travois, you will be the "pack animal." You will be surprised at how much weight you can put on one.
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Post by krank on Sept 28, 2012 18:52:06 GMT -6
Make a travois. If it worked well for the plains Indians, it should work for you, too. But, instead of using a horse or dog to drag the travois, you will be the "pack animal." You will be surprised at how much weight you can put on one. Oh, I've cut a sapling and lashed 3 or 4 to that and drug it. We lost our carcass buyer so maybe pull a few field strips to lighten the load.... |
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