best way for getting coons out of the field

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AR-MAN

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Hi guys, I am looking for some good ideas for getting multiple coons from the field to the truck. I was out the other night and shot 5 coons on one section of land and it was too muddy to drive in so I had to pack out all the coons. I have a decoy bag I usually wear and put the coons in them but even putting 4 of them in the bag and trying to carry them out was bad. I ended up leaveing two by the railroad tracks that are next to the land and packing out the other 3 then walked back in on the tracks and got the other 2. Those little critters can get heavy. I thought about pulling in a saucer sled when I have to walk a long ways. What do you guys do?
Thanks, Mike
 
I've had similar problems on successfull coyote hunts in remote areas. I usually drag them out with a yote - tote, a simple devise made of plastic and string. It loops around their K-9's and you can just drag em' out. I've had up to 4 yotes on 1 tote, that sucked, and really didn't work. My advise is carry a small folding gambrel with you and field skin them on the spot. Coons skin the easiest when freshly killed anyway, and with a little practice you'll be able to do a coon in a matter of minutes from a tree, or fence post.
 
AR-MAN

It sounds to me like your getting way to many coons for living that close to me !!!! Ha Ha Getting ready to head out myself wish the full moon would get overwith already. I got three last night but it wasn't that much fun in the rain. I have wondered the same thing myself at times. I have thought about taking one of my 5'x 7'camo tarps and a few bungee cords and some rope to make a drag bag out of. But I usually just "FEEL THE BURN" no pain no gain right ????
 
Hello,

I've found the best way to drag virtually anything over a long distance it a childs sled, like you mentioned. If you can find the smaller toboggan(sp?) type sleds that are about 3 1/2 feet long seem to do well even with deer. The large footprint they leave is easier to pull but more difficult to manuver that the saucer shaped ones.

JA in SD
 
Hey,
I was reading through the Cabela's fall master catalogue last night and saw something that immediately reminded me of your post. It was a deer cart that folded up into a backpack size unit. I think that would be the ticket. It's got two big wheels on it and can handle deer size game and it looked like it could handle 8 or 10 coons or so. If you're seriously looking for an answer to your problem, I would at least check these out.
 
Thanks for the replys. I made up a sled with one of my girls saucer sleds. I went out last night and of course forgot it at home. I shot 3 coons. 2 Big ones and one medium one. I felt the burn getting them out of the section.
Bandit, I sent you an email, did you get it?
Mike
 
Well the next time someone at your work talks about going to the gym just invite them along.

I would look at it as a challenge. Make it into a work out, sux the first few nights but then it will get easier.... 5 coons at 20lbs a piece is only 100 friggen pounds....buck up camper its a long hike /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
H-Bar, do you have any cheese to go along with my whine? Another method I was thinking about was a back pack with a frame. What kind of backpack do elk hunters use to get those big elk quarters out of the mountains? I suppose they are pretty expensive.
Mike
 
Bandit, do you still have the same email address that you listed in your profile? I just resent the email that I sent you before.
Mike
 
I think Song-Dog is onto something, but I first thought of using a wheelbarrow to haul those fatties back. But would you expect from an Irishman ?
Keep piling them up and thinning em out, you're doing fine, AR-MAN.
 
I've been doing a lot of coon huntihg with dogs this season. We've had a good season so far. The best night we've had we got 21 coon. On average though we get 3-10 coon a night. We always skin them in the field as we get them. It's a lot easier to carry them and you can leave the mess out in the woods. A choke chain dog collar works great for skinning coon out in the field. Just hang 'em up by there back legs over a stout limb or fence post and knock the skin off. I usually pack a couple of good sharp knives too. It doesn't take long to dull a blade after skinning 4 or 5 coon. By the way the night we got 21 coon we got permmision to hunt some virgin land that was used as a hunt club for released pheseants. The owner wanted the coon population thinned out. What a night, we had one guy who skinned coon for 2 hours straight.

Good Luck, Budman
 
I guess I am going to have to learn a better way to skin a coon. It takes me forever. That's why I sell them whole.
Hope you get some more nights like the 21 coon night.
Mike
 
I always skin the coons in the field so all I carry out is the hides. If its close to the house, i'll take it in cause baked coon is some fine table fare! Never had that problem with yotes! Wish I did!

Budmandan...I feel sorry for the poor fella skinnin' coons for 2 hours straight! I bet he was tired of the greasy suckers! After a few, my forearms get to hurtin'! 21 coons is a VERY good night! What kind of dog you runnin'?
 
Sullie
We're running mountain curs mostly. I'm new to coon hunting but the group of guys I've been hunting with have been showing me the ropes. The one guy I hunt with runs Original Mountain Curs. While my brother jumps in with us, on occasion, he has a Kemmer Stock Montain Cur. The guy with the OMC's promised me a pup out of his bitch, this winter. Don't feel sorry for the guy that was skinning. He is very good at it and gets a kick out of skinning 2 coon for every 1 that a normal person can do. But hey who am I to argue with that?

Budman
 
If you have your battery pack on a belt, take short lengths of rope and tie them to it. At the tag end make a slip knot (refer to Boy Scout Manual). When you shoot the coons slip the head or foot through the knot hole and pull tight. All the weight will be around your waist and your hands will be free to carry your equipment. Do not use long lengths of rope because the coon will drag on the ground. If you skin in the field, do not tie the knot and pull the rope through the eye holes and tie it off to the belt. Good luck.
PJ3
 
I have found that taking my teenage son along aids me in getting my haul back to the road... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Well, I shot 2 coons last night and tried the saucer sled method of getting them out of the field. It didn't work very well. The coons kept sliding off of the sled. If I am going to use that method I will have to put some kind of a cover over the sled to hold them on it. So I got them out the easy way. It was dry enough that I was able to drive in and get them. That was easy.
Mike
 
i made a dragging rope for yotes and coons out of 1/2 inch rope and it works fine for the dragging part.or you take a burlap sack and throw them in there tie a rope around it and drag it out also
 


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