“Deer Sleighr” game drag system: real world test.
It’s one thing to drop a monster buck (or elk, moose, ram, etc.) in the hinterland. Quite another to get the darned thing back to camp or the truck. Yes, you could chop it up and pound your way up hill and down dale with the meat strapped on your backpack. Trouble is, this method carries substantial risk. If you fall with 100 pounds of meat on your back, you could get injured bad. Not the thing when you’re hours–perhaps days–from help. Plus, do this season after season and at some point you become an orthopedic surgeon’s preferred customer.
How can you minimize the wear and tear on your body and still get your game from the field? One long-used method is to drag the beast over the ground. Hope you don’t want the hide, because unless you’re on snow, the dirt and rocks will grind the hair off and then rip into the skin itself.
What’s a hunter to do?
Enter the “Deer Sleighr” transport sled. It’s a brilliant idea, if you think about it. Take a deer-sized polyethylene sheet, some cord, and a handle, then lash old Mr. Buck to it, and voila! Now you can drag a critter without damage to it, or your knees and back.
Sounds good, but how’s it stand up in the real world? Guess what? We at the LocaCarnivore took it on a mule deer hunt in the Rocky Mountains to give the “Deer Sleighr” a real workout. Make that a real thrash. We manged to bash this thing laden with a nice mulie buck over rocks, dead fall, and just plain gnarly stuff to find out if it has what it takes.
You get to learn from our experience. To find out if the “Deer Sleighr” is worthwhile kit, just watch our informative video.
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