Originally Posted by ikillbux
Might have already been said (I didn't read the comments), but unless you're on a road, a deer cart is more work than it is help IMO. I guess determine the easiest route to the nearest roadbed, drag it there, and go get the cart.

Just comes down to a "cost vs benefit analysis".... does that deer look like it'll be more fun to kill than it will be work to drag out? I bet we all got stories of killing one on a WMA somewhere (like Choccolocco with all those mountains), and it taking 3 hours to get the deer outta there. I've wondered before how easy it would be to do the ol thing where you tie the deer's legs to a big limb and you and a buddy put it on your shoulders (deer between you) and start walking?


Reminds me of a scenario from earlier this year. My old club is now a WMA and no motorized vehicles are allowed beyond the gates. I know where to find deer and when but getting to them and especially getting them out is now a much more daunting task. My first ML hunt this year I went into a place where I’ve killed it at least seen good bucks every first sit n that timeframe. This year was no exception but I buggered up my chance on two that came in behind me. Although I didn’t make a kill I was looking at how I’d get them out if I had. I’m only about 200 yards from a road but it’s 150+ feet of elevation up to that road. There’s a less steep ridge that ends in there but that’s a good 400+ yard drag uphill and around to the same spot. Or I can drag them about 200 yards on mostly flat ground to the road through the property but then it’s nearly a mile to the access gate for the road. Two years ago I’d have just driven my wheeler up in there and loaded one up.