Game cart?

mtAl

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I'm certain this has been brought up before, but I've got to ask.

Last weekend my friend and I hauled our antelope about 2 miles from kill site to car (he drug his, I boned/packed mine out) on Saturday and drug his big-bodies mulie over a mile to the car on Sunday. We only had enough energy to hang out in the motel the rest of the day.

Is there a good, packable, light weight game cart for the non-horse, non-ATV hunter? We look for places with no ATV access and walk pretty far back. However, one is often relucatant to pull the trigger when considering the amount of work it takes to get something back to the car. A light game cart would change all that!

Some of the carts are very heavy (Cabelas), others look cheap. Any ideas?

BTW, a Subaru Outback with a mulie and antelope hanging off the top and another in the cooler in the back looks pretty funny around all the trucks around here!
 
There are commercial ones available or people build their own. I've seen some crazy ones in the past with chainsaw motors etc etc. Just be aware that anything with wheels will be illegal in a wilderness area.


-DallanC
 
I have a Carryall Buddy(www.carryallbuddy.com). It is a one wheel cart with hand brake. Through experience I have found that if the trail has some uphill grade or rocks it is killer to push or pull the load. If my route is not a road or smooth-level trail, using a backpack is the best method.
 
There is a company called Sasquatch Fabricators that make a product called the Pak-Kart.

They are located in Keremeos bc. Canada (250) 499-5984 e-mail: [email protected]
 
I just used my "baby jogger". THis weekend to pack out my wifes elk. Its a running stroller, used so you can go jogging with your kids. Mine happens to be a two seater. It can also be attached to a mountain bike. I cut my wlk up so that the four legs fit in it fine, then I carried all of the loose meat and hide and horns on my back. I didn't want to break the stroller. My wife was able to push it, while I backpacked out my huge load. Its got three wheels. I don't know how well it would go offroad though. We were four miles back in a gated logging road.
 
I was thinking that wheeled carts are OK in a wilderness...that mechanized power is what is prohibited. Like bikes.
 
Engines or wheels are prohibited. Bikes are not mechanized but do have wheels.


-DallanC
 
LAST EDITED ON Nov-13-04 AT 11:23AM (MST)[p]DallanC is right on. Foot and horse traffic only in a wilderness. Nothing with wheels is legal, motorized or not. Ttherefore gamecarts are not legal in wilderness areas.

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 

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