What's everyone use to get game into your truck.

[Xbolt7mm]

Just wondering what kind of gadgets/contraptions you all use to get critters into your truck. Pics would be great if you have them, I'm building a crane for my truck I'll post pics tomorrow.

[Hunter4ever12]

There's this thread going on right above yours.....

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=305173

[CNP]

Originally Posted by Hunter4ever12

There's this thread going on right above yours.....

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=305173

Which is a different subject entirely...

[Lr1000]

Muscle.

[Richard B.]

In dry conditions I use a home made dolly with an aluminum tube frame and one large bicycle wheel in the middle. In the snow I use a modified kids snow slider.

[shakeyleg02]

Usually just use 2 hands and 2 foots ..stand in box of truck and pull ..last moose i killed was halfed and we used a come along which was still a chore but it worked

[Coiloil37]

Usually I back up to a ditch or small bank and use a bit of muscle power but if it's an elk and I'm by myself I've got a winch in the box. I built the mount to slide into the 5th wheel hitch rails.

[catnthehat]

Fir deer just hands, fir the bigger stuff I have a capstan
Cat

[Dick284]

Build a reinforced 3/4" plywood ramp/bed protector. Then use it like a ramp.
A rope and a cut bank or ditch and it's easy to load most any critter.


Or there's the landowners tractor with a bucket or bale forks.

[Demonical]

I've been thinking of building one of these forever. Finally threw it together last year.

It's mainly 2"x2"x1/4" tubing, with a short stub of 3"x3"X1/4", for the vertical piece to slide into.

There are 2 pulleys on the vertical, for the cable to run through, but I only had one in place, when I took the picture.

Original intent was simply to hoist deer-elk type stuff up into the truck box, but I can also see where I'll end up using it to hold game for skinning-dressing.

It's 8' tall. I may add an extension, to raise it higher, depending on how well it works.

I actually haven't used it yet.

[3blade]

Game cart, quad ramps, hand winch (from an old boat trailer) that is mounted to a wooden frame.

Drag deer onto the cart. Get back to truck. Put quad ramps in place. Set up wooden frame with winch. Run a strap from one side of the bed to the other through the wooden frame. Attach winch rope to game cart, winch it up. Have any animal loaded in a couple minutes.

The game cart I already had, the winch and wood didn't cost anything. Bought quad ramps on sale, nice to have for hunting and otherwise. Cheap solution

[ram crazy]

Originally Posted by Lr1000

Muscle.

2x...

[Battle Rat]

For deer I've used a section of cable tray. Used it like a stretcher.
Loading a deer in the back of a CJ7 by yourself took some imagination.
Helped a friend load a moose in his truck.
He had two sections of old insulated garage door.
They are light a surprisingly strong.

[histyle]

Originally Posted by Dick284

Build a reinforced 3/4" plywood ramp/bed protector. Then use it like a ramp.
A rope and a cut bank or ditch and it's easy to load most any critter.


Or there's the landowners tractor with a bucket or bale forks.

I do this, as well. A piece of plywood with some strategic holes cut into it to tie the animal down to the plywood, and for the come-along to connect to. Strap the animal down, and start hand winching the plywood ramp & critter into the box of the truck. Works well for deer & elk, especially when my best hunting is done alone!

[RancheroMan]

For smaller game like deer, a section of old extension ladder works well.

Place the ladder section on the ground at the end of the truck, roll the deer onto the ladder;doesn't hurt to tie it down. Tie a short section of rope to the end of the ladder nearest to the tail gate.

Get in the truck box and lift the ladder end by rope and get it resting on the tailgate. Jump back down, grab the end on the ground, lift up and slide into the truck bed.

Pretty much the long-winded version of what Battle Rat said!

[Big Grey Wolf]

I have a suggestion for you guys that want to man handle a whole deer, elk or moose. Cut it into 1/4's, you will be surprised how easy they are for one person to handle.

[Battle Rat]

Originally Posted by RancheroMan

For smaller game like deer, a section of old extension ladder works well.

Place the ladder section on the ground at the end of the truck, roll the deer onto the ladder;doesn't hurt to tie it down. Tie a short section of rope to the end of the ladder nearest to the tail gate.

Get in the truck box and lift the ladder end by rope and get it resting on the tailgate. Jump back down, grab the end on the ground, lift up and slide into the truck bed.

Pretty much the long-winded version of what Battle Rat said!

I've considered putting rollers on the front so that when you lift the back it can roll on the truck bed.

[HunterDave]

Originally Posted by RancheroMan

For smaller game like deer, a section of old extension ladder works well.

Place the ladder section on the ground at the end of the truck, roll the deer onto the ladder;doesn't hurt to tie it down. Tie a short section of rope to the end of the ladder nearest to the tail gate.

Get in the truck box and lift the ladder end by rope and get it resting on the tailgate. Jump back down, grab the end on the ground, lift up and slide into the truck bed.

Pretty much the long-winded version of what Battle Rat said!

A 6' stepladder works well for big Alberta bucks. I tie the deer to it so it doesn't slide off and I just lift the end onto the tailgate and slide it on. For moose I use the gutless method to dress it so I have manageable pieces to deal with.

[Xbolt7mm]

K,,,got mine finished today, I only had 350 lbs to hang from it but it was a cinch for it

I've tried everything I can but it still posts upside down sorry

[6speedGTX]

https://youtu.be/gYgVTxYLc64

I haven't tried this method, but it looks like it would work pretty good.

[recce43]

anything big I use a sheet of plywood slide the animal up in to the truck I also carry a come along

[Ranch11]

Take tail gate off truck, put on box to use as a ramp, pull animal up the tailgate into the box, using a rope, then put tail gate back on, and drive away. It's pretty efficient and doesn't take up any extra space in the box.

[Battle Rat]

Originally Posted by 6speedGTX

https://youtu.be/gYgVTxYLc64

I haven't tried this method, but it looks like it would work pretty good.

That's what I did in the back of the CJ7.
Tied off to the roll bar.

[Okotokian]

Made them here in Calgary. Not sure if they make them anymore. Bomb proof. Have used it with elk.


Also read about a technique where you back up to animal, put some sort of ramp on back of truck (tailgate at midpoint of ramp so you can pull forward a bit without it falling off). Then use a short length of rope to attach pulley to attachment points at front of box. Then tie rope to animal, through pulley, and back to an anchor point like a tree. You drive forward and animal is pulled up ramp into box.

[rottie]

Originally Posted by 6speedGTX

https://youtu.be/gYgVTxYLc64

I haven't tried this method, but it looks like it would work pretty good.

Being doing this method for years with deer sized game. Works very well

[Stinky Buffalo]

Originally Posted by Okotokian

Made them here in Calgary. Not sure if they make them anymore. Bomb proof. Have used it with elk.

Their web site is no longer up, but here is some potential contact info in case anyone wants to try and inquire about them:

Address: 5111 Hubalta Road SE , Calgary T2B 1T5, AB
Calgary Metropolitan Area, Central AB, Central Foothills
(403) 369 7344
http://www.quickwinch.ca

[Naoscaire]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

I have a suggestion for you guys that want to man handle a whole deer, elk or moose. Cut it into 1/4's, you will be surprised how easy they are for one person to handle.

That way works very well indeed.

[claystone]

Deer whole, moose and elk , old school, skinned and quartered.

[fordtruckin]

Another one who just uses 2 legs and 2 feet. Granted it may double f I have a buddy with me. Saw a nifty home made game cart last week that was a repurposed wheelchair.

[Beeman]

Originally Posted by Ranch11

Take tail gate off truck, put on box to use as a ramp, pull animal up the tailgate into the box, using a rope, then put tail gate back on, and drive away. It's pretty efficient and doesn't take up any extra space in the box.

I thought I was the only one out there who didn't care enough about a scratch here or there who did this. On my truck the tail gate sits nicely where the license plate is and with a come along I've even loaded elk this way. And a moose but I used a quad and a pulley block tied to the headache rack for that one.