Very well-done!
Pedersoli Blue Ridge Rifle Buck
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What a great looking buck!! I have never had to drag one that far but my brother and I did carry one lashed to a pole! It was my nephews first deer. Cabelas hawkins 50 cal. It ran 300 yards around then down a steep KY hillside!! It was brutal…slope was at or over a 50* . My brother bought a game cart after that!!
justinoldguy
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If I continue hunting deer in future years, I am going to have to acquire some sort of contrivance to get them out. In reality, when I go out, I don't expect to see anything, as I only have access to heavily hunted public land on which to pursue game. However, the last two years I have shot bucks at an almost identical location, and both times it resulted not only in the death of the deer, but nearly of myself. Seriously, both times it took me hours of strenuous effort to get these bucks out of the woods. With over 6 decades of life past, I am not going to continue to be able to do that. Sure miss the days of throwing a deer on my shoulders and walking out!
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Hey Justin you need some family or forum members to help you haul them out!!
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Congrats! And I am not dragging on public anymore. It really is easy to quarter out or I will go ahead and debone it right there and just pack out. May seem silly, but you’re going to need to do that anyway and it is SO easy to get out that way!
Funny how when you squeeze the trigger or release an arrow, you feel like a kid again, but when it comes time to drag it out, all the sudden you feel 120. I've gotten to be fond of my deer cart on public, and my Yamaha of private. Great shot on a great buck!
You did well on a beautiful buck. Congrats.
One option you might want to look at, and is something I have been considering the last few years, is one of those rollup kind of hard plastic rolls for deer. Kind of like a more portable deer sled. A deer cart is not an option for the terrain I hunt, neither is an ATV for most locations, at least until I can drag the thing out a ways.
The other option I have been considering is going back to the method I used while living out west for many years. Quartering the critter up and packing it out. A couple of trips is better than a heart attack.
If I kill a tick toter far enough back I need a cart. As been said here qtr. & pack or skin on the ground & bone it out. Takes me couple hours now as I am getting on the older side.
Very nice Buck. Well done.
Congrats on a real nice buck!
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