I read in the Book Gone Huntin that the Author Pat Ferguson would hang a smelly item of clothing on the Carcass. I bet my 5 day old Boxers would keep anything away, maybe attract an eager ole Cow Moose tho
I tried that about 5 yers ago, Lost half a mountain goat to a griz,,didnt know he was even around, I actually hung the jacket on the game bags because we were seeing wolves,,yup kept the wolves away, or maybe the bear did,,lol
Next year I may be hunting Elk where there are Grizzly, if I were to carry each sack of meat 70-100 yards or so where I can keep my eye on it at all times. Going back and forth for each meat sack so as to do it all in one trip instead of coming back and forth to the truck twice or five times, have any of you guys had problems like that while your traveling with the meat?
That is a lot of work more than i would like to handle taking the packs off and on numerous times when likley the distances are a mile or over unless you shoot it just a short distance from your vehicle. once the pack is on my back im even loath to rest on the way out lol
I know it is a lot, but it will be hard the other way too. Figure I could cut some time by doing it that way. I probably sling the quarters over my back and just keep the antler and meat bag with the loins, tenderloins, rib and neck meat tied to the pack so that I keep that one bag on there and only have to take/put on the pack once every mini trip
Last edited by TheObserver; 08-25-2022 at 09:20 PM.
ive deboned alot of elk and packed out on my back. Ive never packed out the meat and rack in just two trips. Meat on a mature elk is probably 200 pounds and up and the the rack i think with skull is probably 40 pounds but if you plan to cape it well its alot more. Maybe im just a sissy and take more trips im usualy a 3 or 4 trip pack for me. I know guys who will slam a good hundred pounds on their back but they dont want to stop and take it off and on that is a ordeal in itself. if they rest tough to get back up as well lol.
If I do get an Elk this year it will be my first one, I could very well be underestimating my work and plan may not go, I may have to hang it all in a tree and make 4 trips.
What do you figure a bone in Elk quarter weighs on a 6 point, just general figure for a rear and a front?
I wanted to do it in a leap frog fashion like that every 70-100 yards so its one big trip, I would only have one quarter on my back at a time no crazy weight or doubling up or anything like that and I can see it the whole time but if its just too much I will of course scrap that idea lol
Last edited by TheObserver; 08-26-2022 at 05:54 AM.
Good book. If I recall he also used to take a pee on the area surrounding the carcass... In his 50+ years hunting and never having an issue he could either be the luckiest guy around or maybe there is something to it.
We hunt elk in grizz country and the fellows pee around camp, we still have grizzly and black bears coming into the camp area. So I'd say that's an old wives tale.