Deer Drag-A-Matic 600

[Eric Krewson]

I have found I can't even drag a deer downhill without paying for it later (bad hips and back fusion gone wrong). I have my 4 wheeler for normal retrieval but what if one falls into the bottom of hollow that is not accessible with a 4 wheeler; Enter the Deer Drag-A-Matic 600, patent pending of course, he says tongue in cheek.

A 600 lb boat winch, 80 ft of 1/8" cable, a ratchet strap to secure the winch to a tree, a 20V lithium drill driver with a spare battery and manual hand crank as an optional source of power. Don't know if it will work but I suspect it might. Total cost less the drill driver, $24.

If the drill driver doesn't have enough power I have matching impact wrench (seen in the picture) that puts out 250 ft # of torque that surely will.

OK a nutty idea but there are some areas I like to hunt (walk in only) that the impossible deer retrieval has kept me away.

[DC]

You know the deer is going to be 90' from the ATV don't you?

[Zuma]

That's cool. have you given it a dry run yet?
Zuma

[Eric Krewson]

No test yet. I pull deer in an ice fishing sled that make the resistance a bit less.

[Hawkdancer]

The umiak and 4 wheeler with a lot of rope should work!  I thought I was being smart by have a "come along" and 600 ft of Paracord!  Move that critter 7 ft at a time!  Lot of cranking! 
Hawkdancer

[PEARL DRUMS]

I'm glad you keep hunting and finding creative ways to do it.

[bjrogg]

I'm glad you keep hunting and finding creative ways to do it.

Ditto what Pearl said Eric. Sure hope you get to try it out and it works flawlessly for you.
Bjrogg

[PEARL DRUMS]

Although, that high tech device will look funny next to those low tech guns you use

[lebhuntfish]

Great idea! I just keep about 4 pullies and a couple hundred feet of rope.  A couple double pully setups and im normally out of the woods.  No put intended of course.

Patrick

[Eric Krewson]

Well, I gave my contraption a test this evening on a big 6 point, it didn't work, the gearing was too high and the drill driver amped out. Feeding the cable back on while using the crank was difficult. The deer hung up on the smallest thing, the winch wouldn't pull the deer off whatever it hung up on.

[bjrogg]

Glad to hear you got to try it out Eric. Sorry it didn't work
Bjrogg

[Hawkdancer]

Maybe a power takeoff winch or an electric winch off the battery on the 4 wheeler.  I have noticed that deer will hang up on almost anything, though. . Congratulations on the hunt!
Hawkdancer

[lebhuntfish]

That sucks bud,  I was hoping it would be pretty slick. Well im sure you will be able to make something that will pull!

Patrick

[Pat B]

Roll the dead deer on a cheap plastic snow sled then crank it up on the trailer.

[osage outlaw]

The buck I killed this season died at the bottom of a steep hillside.  We backed my dads UTV as close as we could get it and ran some nylon webbing and rope the rest of the way to the deer.  It was maybe 75 yards downhill to the deer.  Luckily it was clear with just some light brush in the path.  He slowly pulled the deer up to the flat where we could load it.  We were both surprised with how well that worked.  We talked about some improvements to try next year.  We thought about getting a pulley to hang on a tree limb so it would pull the deer at a better angle over the peak of the hill.  I'm going to get a longer piece of that nylon webbing to keep in the UTV.   Our property is nothing but hills and the deer seem to die in the bottoms.