Transporting Harvested Game in full view

[Scoutie]

When I was a kid I used to stand by the road during the 3 day moose hunt and literally count moose everyday watching them go by on the hoods of cars and sprawled out over quads. this was the 1980's. I have not seen an animal on someones rooftop in a longass time.

How much hate can be expected transporting a deer kill on the hood into the city to process?

[Lefty-Canuck]

My elk always gets transported in the back of the truck, always get some thumbs up and celebratory honks. Not once has anyone been angry. Seen a few people take pictures as they pass to.

LC

[HVA7mm]

Originally Posted by Scoutie

When I was a kid I used to stand by the road during the 3 day moose hunt and literally count moose everyday watching them go by on the hoods of cars and sprawled out over quads. this was the 1980's. I have not seen an animal on someones rooftop in a longass time.

How much hate can be expected transporting a deer kill on the hood into the city to process?

As thin as the sheet metal is on newer vehicles, I don't think I'd put more than a stuffed animal on it. Also with the way people drive on the highway and in the city, I'm not sure I would want a carcass strapped in front of me

[kilgoretrout]

Times have changed and its better not to give the anti's ammo.... I remember the same as a kid although it was deer not moose.....

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by kilgoretrout

Times have changed and its better not to give the anti's ammo.... I remember the same as a kid although it was deer not moose.....

Meh...the anti's will always have a issue....cover it, don't cover it....to each their own.

[Dubious]

Mmmmm road salted and dusty meat. I don’t think throwing it across the hood and driving to the first local pub on the way home has anything to do with anti’s and everything to do with taking care of the meat not damaging your vehicle And getting tickets for unsecured loads.

[sns2]

Let er rip. Anti's can scour the internet for pictures. You hauling your animal ain't gonna change things one whit. I'd rather have legs coming out of the trunk though

[daveyn]

Really, you want to strap it to the hood ? If I had to transport game on the outside of a vehicle I'd be looking for a spot with a little less heat radiating off of it, Just a thought.

[lyallpeder]

I wouldn’t because of both the negative image and road dust or salt and wind. I’d have no problem with a hoof or two sticking out.

[tikka250]

Quite honestly I don't know if I would trust a deer or elk on the roof of my Civic most modern vehicles would have damage done to them and with the abundance of trucks nowdays what's the point.
Not to mention there is very little places for securement on modern vehicles. I found this out the hard way when trying to secure a coyote on the aforementioned Honda civic.long story short I buried it in the ditch snow and came back with my truck.

[UngulateMeatEater]

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[Albertadiver]

A few years back we were really successful. Between three of us we had a cow elk and two mulie bucks in the back of one pickup. No choice but to have the antlers over the edge of the box.

Lots of thumbs up on the highway in Southern Alberta. By the time we drove through kensington in Calgary got the opposite reaction. Of course, I had to drive around the block just to rub it in.

Not real classy on my part, but I really get tired of the yuppie antis.

Generally I try to tarp over any harvested game, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!

Two years ago, we were hunting on crown land that is difficult to access, and some guy comes down the dirt road with a buck strapped to the trunk of his front wheel drive K-car. Three kids in the back and he couldn't get the car to get back up the hill he had just come down. It was a sight to behold.... Reminded me of TreeGuy for some reason.

[Dewey Cox]

I like to do a victory lap up and down mainstreet with my deer in the back of the truck.

[Sledhead71]

The world has changes a lot over the years, it's great to share with others in your group but prancing around dead animals is not the current social norm.

I would compare this to painting rainbows on our city streets, why in the heck would one group want to aggravate the masses.

[Ray Ray]

when I was kid the meat went in the box and the Moose head went on the hood. Back in the early 70s we were skunked coming back from a Moose hunt . My dads friend killed a mouse in camp and strapped it to the hood with fishing line. We stopped at a bar on the way home and the proprietor asked my old man if we had a successful hunt and he said it's strapped to the hood. The whole bar came out to see and my dads friend says to them " on that hood over there, we are mouse hunters not moose hunters" we are tagged out and going home. Still makes me smile

[Red Bullets]

Some guys have no choice but to display their animals while getting them home. Especially the guy a on bicycle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVe0rvgVvls