Getting your elk out

[Retterath]

How do get your elk out of the backcountry, do u guys just pack it out on your back or do u use horse,mules,llamas,etc

 

[bowhunter]

On my back one trip at a time till the job is done. I will pack it down to a closed logging road or trail to a cart if the roads are around the area I am in. I would take one load out with me then bring the cart in to get the rest.

 

[cnelk]

Yup. Just like Terry does it.
Back when I had horses, I used them.
Of all the elk we have taken over the years, every one has been quartered.

 

[bnsafe]

i boned mine out an put it on my back, its work but the adrenaline an pride will carry you threw

 

[elkmtngear]

I always wished I could put panniers on one of those \"Wilderness Area Moo Cows\" and use it for the packout. :think:

For me, it\'s all on my back, one load at a time...straight up the mountain! :roll:

 

[Tdiesel]

we do alot on our back, but own a cattle ranch so I have horses at my disposal as well,have used Motorcycles (more work than you might think) some we have been able to get out on an ATV after about a 200 yrd down hill back pack trip. Those were the best two elk pack trips I\'ve had . Really depends on the area we find the elk. I know I truley am spoiled at all the options available to me.

 

[ronco]

I\'ve used horses and a pack frame, a lot of the places that I\'ve killed elk and deer I could not get horses to. After getting hurt 3 times by horses, I\'m getting to old for that, so it\'s pack a frame and a game cart from now on.

 

[Baby Huey]

We typically bone out the elk using the gutless method and then take out loads on a frame pack. Once in a while we can utilize a game cart if we are not in a wilderness area and if we can find a game trail or main trail back to camp. In addition to game bags, I usually always carry 2 or 3 Hefty 2.5 gal storage zip bags. I put the backstraps and tenderloins in these zip bags to keep them from drying out.

 

[Swede]

I prefer to quarter and pack out my animals on my pack frame. The only thing that can beat that is to drive right up to the elk and load it. I have had the opportunity to do that twice in my life. Both times the elk ran toward an open road before dropping.

 

[elkmtngear]

Both times the elk ran toward an open road before dropping.

Just once, Lord! :angle: