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Re: How not to transport a deer
[Re: Texas Dan]
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01/05/16 06:01 PM
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Threelranch
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Whats the big deal , to many people here really over think and down other for no reason . Many many of time i have hauled mule deer and elk back in st strange ways , you have to do what you need to . Just because it's not to your high up standers doesn't mean it wrong !
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Re: How not to transport a deer
[Re: Texas Dan]
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01/05/16 06:14 PM
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Rustler
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I wouldn't call him a moron, but, for me 62F is way too warm to carry a deer any distance. Skin & quarter and put the meat in an ice chest with ice, then strap the ice chest to the receiver rack.
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Re: How not to transport a deer
[Re: Texas Dan]
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01/05/16 06:55 PM
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Hunter-Steve
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Back when I was hunting in upstate New York (early to Late 80's) it was required that you keep all harvested deer outside of your vehicle. I even drove my white Izuzu Trooper through downtown NY City headed out to Long Island with two deer on the roof without anyone complaining.
When I was growing up this was very acceptable. And often had neighbors hang their deer or bear in a tree in their yard for all to see for days. Granted it was both to show off their success but also good practice to age the meat as the temps were always below 40 that time of year.
Sad to see that an incident like this is headline news. What have we become.
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Re: How not to transport a deer
[Re: Texas Dan]
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01/05/16 07:54 PM
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I have driven with a few on the roof but it was only 3 miles to the locker. Hitch rack makes that job much easier. Someone should buy this guy one. $59 at Academy. If I don't quarter I still wrap in a tarp as I don't like dirt and dust all over it.
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Re: How not to transport a deer
[Re: Texas Dan]
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01/05/16 09:09 PM
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jsplinter
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What about this guy? All I have is an SUV so I haul mine in a cargo rack.
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Re: How not to transport a deer
[Re: Texas Dan]
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01/06/16 03:24 PM
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tShawnB
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Probably a bit to far to transport in this manner, but it does look like he field gutted the deer and honestly, at his age I bet this just started out as a way to get the deer home and processed and probably took a little more entertaining turn as he got attention for it. Not something I would do, but no big deal IMO.
How come everybody I meet is a deer hunting expert?
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Re: How not to transport a deer
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01/06/16 04:05 PM
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redchevy
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Saw a suburban over the Christmas holidays with a field dressed dow ratchet strapped to the roof rack.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: How not to transport a deer
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01/06/16 08:54 PM
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passthru
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Carried a red hind an hour and forty five minutes back to camp one cold morning on my hitch rack. Of course in the hill country nobody cares.
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Re: How not to transport a deer
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01/08/16 02:08 AM
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bigjoe8565
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Wow. He got it done and I'm guessing he got more than a few funny looks.
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Re: How not to transport a deer
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01/08/16 02:16 AM
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Sneaky
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Wow. He got it done and I'm guessing he got more than a few funny looks. I'll bet he got more thumbs up.
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Re: How not to transport a deer
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01/08/16 04:02 AM
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MathMan
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I like this one:)
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Re: How not to transport a deer
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01/11/16 03:56 PM
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[quote=jsplinter] My son sent me this picture with the caption: How to tell a hunter with a suspended driver's license". By the way, when I was a kid back in the 60's, my dad and three friends used to hunt in Colorado every year, and they would drive all the way back to central Texas with the deer strapped to the hoods of their pickup and jeep. The deer were so big compared to the little deer I had seen that I thought they had shot cows.
Alcohol,Tobacco, and Firearms. Should not be a government bureau. Should be a department store.
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Re: How not to transport a deer
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01/11/16 06:10 PM
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Jacob645
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At 70, he probably fashioned the winch so he wouldn't have to struggle lifting it onto a rack. Just looped around the leg and winched up. Lifting and dragging deer is hard on old fellas.
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