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fyrfyter32
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What is the best system you have come up with to carry sheds while out hiking?
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bucklover
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I use a roll of electrical tape to keep sheds tight together, and strap them to a external pack frame.
IdahoSmitty
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LAST EDITED ON Mar-08-12 AT 10:26PM (MST)[p]I use Zip ties on an Eberlestock J107 or x2
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Yoyak
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I usually shed hunt from daylight til dark, especially if I spent a bunch in gas money to get there, I wanna use the whole day. So I'm always packing food, water and an extra layer of clothing...so I need a full size back pack. I use the Badlands 2200 because it'll haul however much your legs can handle. And if you have a pack full of sheds you can still access the inside for food, water or a rain jacket through the back panel without removing the sheds.
A pack frame carries sheds better, but doesn't carry everything else very well. Hope this helps
A pack frame carries sheds better, but doesn't carry everything else very well. Hope this helps
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fyrfyter32
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Thanks all. Love the Pic Yoyak!!!! Great job!!!
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SoleSearcher36
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I mostly hunt muley sheds and have tried a variety of methods for hauling antler. I have tried daypacks, frames, etc. and they all work. Obviously there are plenty of days where you could stuff all you find inside a daypack but I will talk only about the "big load" days where you really get into them. I do not like the lack of flexibility(comfort-wise) of a rigid frame so I ditched that long ago.....p.i.t.a. to have to keep tying on additional antlers to the mess and hate having to waste that much time when I am in them thick. I ended up just switching to "horn ropes". Basically two 1/4"-3/8" stretches of rope with a slip-noose at each end that when the loops are expanded to join in the middle make about 3' diameter loops. As the deer sheds stack up I can just lay em "tines down" over the loop and then just lift up and they squeeze in tightly together.......one bundle on each end. A simple overhand in the middle to adjust the slack and then throw it over the shoulder with a bundle in the front and one in the back balancing eachother out. With two of these I can carry 4 balanced bundles out. I too carry a badlands 2200 and as the previous guy demonstrated it carries elk sheds well along with your other needs for the day and the wide shoulder straps make a nice cushion for my "horn ropes".
A few years ago I hit a helluva little jackpot that produced 133 deer sheds in a day. I was able to carry all of 'em out on the horn ropes in one trip about two miles one way. Won't say it was easy but I can't see being able to do that without my rope system. Cheap method to try and see if you like it and is easy to carry even in a cargo pocket on your pants if you don't like carrying anything but a fanny pack. At the end of the day it is always going to come down to personal preference.
A few years ago I hit a helluva little jackpot that produced 133 deer sheds in a day. I was able to carry all of 'em out on the horn ropes in one trip about two miles one way. Won't say it was easy but I can't see being able to do that without my rope system. Cheap method to try and see if you like it and is easy to carry even in a cargo pocket on your pants if you don't like carrying anything but a fanny pack. At the end of the day it is always going to come down to personal preference.
bonepicker
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I just wish I found enough to need to use more than my two hands! 
I keep some twine handy just in case though.
I keep some twine handy just in case though.
>I mostly hunt muley sheds and
>have tried a variety of
>methods for hauling antler.
>I have tried daypacks, frames,
>etc. and they all work.
> Obviously there are plenty
>of days where you could
>stuff all you find inside
>a daypack but I will
>talk only about the "big
>load" days where you really
>get into them. I
>do not like the lack
>of flexibility(comfort-wise) of a rigid
>frame so I ditched that
>long ago.....p.i.t.a. to have to
>keep tying on additional antlers
>to the mess and hate
>having to waste that much
>time when I am in
>them thick. I ended
>up just switching to "horn
>ropes". Basically two 1/4"-3/8"
>stretches of rope with a
>slip-noose at each end that
>when the loops are expanded
>to join in the middle
>make about 3' diameter loops.
> As the deer sheds
>stack up I can just
>lay em "tines down" over
>the loop and then just
>lift up and they squeeze
>in tightly together.......one bundle on
>each end. A simple
>overhand in the middle to
>adjust the slack and then
>throw it over the shoulder
>with a bundle in the
>front and one in the
>back balancing eachother out.
>With two of these I
>can carry 4 balanced bundles
>out. I too carry
>a badlands 2200 and as
>the previous guy demonstrated it
>carries elk sheds well along
>with your other needs for
>the day and the wide
>shoulder straps make a nice
>cushion for my "horn ropes".
>
>A few years ago I hit
>a helluva little jackpot that
>produced 133 deer sheds in
>a day. I was
>able to carry all of
>'em out on the horn
>ropes in one trip about
>two miles one way.
>Won't say it was easy
>but I can't see being
>able to do that without
>my rope system. Cheap
>method to try and see
>if you like it and
>is easy to carry even
>in a cargo pocket on
>your pants if you don't
>like carrying anything but a
>fanny pack. At the
>end of the day it
>is always going to come
>down to personal preference.
I also am a fan of the "horn rope" technique. Been using it for quite a while. Pretty handy
>have tried a variety of
>methods for hauling antler.
>I have tried daypacks, frames,
>etc. and they all work.
> Obviously there are plenty
>of days where you could
>stuff all you find inside
>a daypack but I will
>talk only about the "big
>load" days where you really
>get into them. I
>do not like the lack
>of flexibility(comfort-wise) of a rigid
>frame so I ditched that
>long ago.....p.i.t.a. to have to
>keep tying on additional antlers
>to the mess and hate
>having to waste that much
>time when I am in
>them thick. I ended
>up just switching to "horn
>ropes". Basically two 1/4"-3/8"
>stretches of rope with a
>slip-noose at each end that
>when the loops are expanded
>to join in the middle
>make about 3' diameter loops.
> As the deer sheds
>stack up I can just
>lay em "tines down" over
>the loop and then just
>lift up and they squeeze
>in tightly together.......one bundle on
>each end. A simple
>overhand in the middle to
>adjust the slack and then
>throw it over the shoulder
>with a bundle in the
>front and one in the
>back balancing eachother out.
>With two of these I
>can carry 4 balanced bundles
>out. I too carry
>a badlands 2200 and as
>the previous guy demonstrated it
>carries elk sheds well along
>with your other needs for
>the day and the wide
>shoulder straps make a nice
>cushion for my "horn ropes".
>
>A few years ago I hit
>a helluva little jackpot that
>produced 133 deer sheds in
>a day. I was
>able to carry all of
>'em out on the horn
>ropes in one trip about
>two miles one way.
>Won't say it was easy
>but I can't see being
>able to do that without
>my rope system. Cheap
>method to try and see
>if you like it and
>is easy to carry even
>in a cargo pocket on
>your pants if you don't
>like carrying anything but a
>fanny pack. At the
>end of the day it
>is always going to come
>down to personal preference.
I also am a fan of the "horn rope" technique. Been using it for quite a while. Pretty handy
Here is the "was not ready for having this good of a day" technique.
Here is the better prepared but still "not ready for this even better day" technique.
Both of these days I left a large stash of #2 and #3 on the hill. Horns suck when you do well. After 3 or 4 100 lb. loads in a week or so I got gout in my foot so bad I was laid up half the summer.
Here is the better prepared but still "not ready for this even better day" technique.
Both of these days I left a large stash of #2 and #3 on the hill. Horns suck when you do well. After 3 or 4 100 lb. loads in a week or so I got gout in my foot so bad I was laid up half the summer.
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toughshed
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Wow squirrel...that's some serious bone. Next time, leave your wallet in the truck...no ATM's up there in those hills....hahaha
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JREDBUCK
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I would use me
Let me know and I will come help you out.
Let me know and I will come help you out.
>hooly cow squrrel what state do
>you live in?
According to my wife I live mostly in a state of denial or a state of confusion depending on the day...
My house sits in Co though. Those loads are not the norm last year was a VERY good year. The #2 & #3 piles are still awaiting me this spring now that my feet have healed up, hopefully the #2 haven't chalked too badly.
>you live in?
According to my wife I live mostly in a state of denial or a state of confusion depending on the day...
My house sits in Co though. Those loads are not the norm last year was a VERY good year. The #2 & #3 piles are still awaiting me this spring now that my feet have healed up, hopefully the #2 haven't chalked too badly.
Ticks N Tines
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I have a little pack with a criss cross draw string on the back. I add a few small bungies and this thing will carry up to 20 sheds (deer). I actually just found the capacity a few days ago. I had 19 on here and it's a good thing that elk shed was only half an elk shed, cause I couldn't carry anything else on that pack.
Gotta love it!
Gotta love it!
elkcrazedfrk
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This is how I roll. Packed these out yesterday. App. 5 miles of rugged mtns.
