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Post by ozark on Jan 26, 2009 17:25:28 GMT -5
I have owned and used several different fourwheelers to get close to my hunting area and to drag or tote deer to a road where a pickup truck waited. Some in this areaa goes into the wilderness areas on horses and mules (ATVs not allowed).l now have a Chuck Wagon that is simular in looks to a golf cart but has four wheel drive and narrow enough to maneuver through the woods. It has a small dump bed that is large enough to haul a deer. I have it for transportation and for use by those who help me get my deer out of the rough areas. What do you guys and gals use. Ozark
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Post by jims on Jan 26, 2009 21:01:45 GMT -5
I know there are better ATVs out there but my 1985 Polaris is a favorite for this reason. I bought it used in 1990 for $900. It has never cost me anything and it has hauled two deer, two hunters, two guns out of the bog with only two wheel drive. It has served me well and reasonably although it is nothing in comparison to today's outfits. It has done everything I have asked of it over the years without fail.
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Post by dans on Jan 28, 2009 8:09:28 GMT -5
I have a pair of Irish Setters with 1200 grams of thinulate. They haven't failed to get me to the stand and back yet. Work good to drag deer too.
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Post by youp50 on Jan 28, 2009 8:34:21 GMT -5
I have a 1996 Yamaha Timberwolf 250 4x4. I bought it new and it works just fine around here. Took all the front brake parts out after they started to freeze and lock up. Who needs brakes anyway? Actually it is fairly flat around here.
I use my brothers Polaris Sportsman 500 in Colorado. It has that magic fuel injection. How it can figure out how to run at 10,500 feet or 1900 feet by merely turning it on is a wonder. Never fouled a plug or lacked the power to climb a hill and those are big hills out there.
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Post by mike3132 on Jan 28, 2009 10:36:13 GMT -5
My favorite is a 1963 International Harvester 504 tractor and my second favorite is my Honda 250 Recon. The Honda has been my favorite lately because its easier to get out of the barn. Mike
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Post by northny on Feb 13, 2009 23:17:42 GMT -5
I use a Polaris ranger. I have added windshield and roof and back over time. It has the dump box on the bed, that can handle a few deer. Sits three up front, can put two in the back. It is a year round work horse (spraying fields, getting shooting houses to locations, towing a brush cutter, getting what ever tools where ever we need them, hauling firewood). I also have a hitch haul carrier that I use to carry deer (only 8 inches off ground, it is easy for me to get deer on it alone when needed). I have a mile ride down private dirt road to get to my hunting property from my lake camp, and another mile to back of area I hunt. In the rain or very cold weather, the windshield and roof are wonderful. It does not have a macho look, but I am warm and dry. If weather is anything but nice, I will also provide ride to my best friend's dad (80 something). It does so much work outside of hunting, my wife has even stated it was a good investment!
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Post by dakota02 on Feb 15, 2009 20:05:31 GMT -5
I've got a 2009 Polaris Sportsman 500 HO. This is my first ATV and I must admit it is a lot of fun. I used this deer season to haul new stands in before the season and to haul three deer out to my truck. Up until this year, it was my pair of "Irish Setters" and either a Cabela's cart or my camo sled doing all the work. Sure made those trips out easier.
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Post by tar12 on Mar 1, 2009 1:46:03 GMT -5
My 400 4x4 Arctic Cat with out a doubt! That thing has saved my back countless times. I haul deer,stands,firewood,you name it.Skin deer with it.Winch deer up out of non climbable ravines.Hunt dogs with it in the summer time.Folow and time "Q" on his trainng runs."Q" can maintain 11 mph for 3 miles! ;D I have been entertaing the thought of getting a bigger machine with the electronic assist steering......
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Mar 1, 2009 7:54:03 GMT -5
4 wheelers are great. The two teenagers at camp have done all our extractions the past 3 years or so. After one successful doe drive/hunt we had 6 deer layed out...gutted...in a "small" area. At dark, the 2 boys went out to retrieve them. Rope, bungies and headlights. They love that stuff. Anyway, they were taking a long time and we were wondering what was going on. There was a decent layer of new snow on old crunchy snow that day. They had the bright idea to bring them out all at once. They rounded them all up in a staging area and proceeded to stringer them like a fish stringer using a long rope. Very inventive. They got them all rigged up and started back. Working great. Then, about 500 yds from camp, they had a steep hill to decend before they came back. They are safe guys and were going slow when all of a sudden, they were overtaken by 6 sliding dead does! They got all tangled up and had to rethink their project. By 10 pm all the deer were hanging out front and we all had some good laughs. 2 really GOOD kids!
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Post by rexxer on Mar 1, 2009 21:52:04 GMT -5
I have 2 Yamahas, 1 polaris four wheelers. My favorite is the 700 yamaha Grizzly with the electric assisted power steering.
The easiest if by myself after the kill is my four wheel drive tractor with loader. I can slide a 200 pound deer in the bucket by myself. I can't do that with my four wheeler.
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Post by huntingmike on Mar 6, 2009 0:08:58 GMT -5
Yamaha 400 Grizzly with wench. I have used the wench to save my back pulling deer up some very steep places also.
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Post by 12ptdroptine on Mar 9, 2009 21:08:13 GMT -5
I shoot em and then holler scream and chase them to the edge of a cornfield and then load em up in my truck. No really I use my Honda atv or an Otter sled to drag them out..But you would be surprised at how many I have really beel able to drive within 100 yds of in the last few years. Drop
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Post by mshm99 on Mar 17, 2009 22:23:50 GMT -5
I mentioned to my wife I might like to have a four wheeler. She looked at the belly hanging over my belt and said " I think maybe you ought to walk a little more"
I said " You are right dear"
I aint stupid
mshm
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Post by 6ptsika on Mar 31, 2009 9:36:55 GMT -5
I actually own four hunting vehicles in the loose interpretation of the word !
The first is my old 2000 Chevrolet S-10 4x4 ZR2 pickup , this one is used mostly to carry my number two hunting vehicle which happens to be a Kawasaki 2008 Brute Force 750i 4x4 !
My third is a little 14 foot Jon boat with a 9 horsepower outboard that I use sometimes in the eastern shore of Maryland to go from island to island in the the Fishing Bay WMA after Sika deer .
And last but not least my fourth hunting vehicle is a "Vermont Cart" this is the thing with two bicycle tires and a box that many people use to carry firewood . When I hunt a couple refuges and public lands in PA . I'll use this thing to carry my climber and a bunch of other stuff on a trail as close as I can get to where I'll climb a tree . Then I take a trace chain and lock the cart to a tree so it's there when I return . And if I'm lucky that day I can bring me , rifle , stand and deer out all in one trip and a heck of alot quicker then dragging !
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Post by Buckrub on Mar 31, 2009 14:13:48 GMT -5
My chevy pickup in 2WD will get me as far it will take me. Then I unload my '96 Suzuki King Quad, and use at least one of the 35 forward gears to go the rest of the way. I don't drive it to the stand, too noisy, even with my Stealth Muffler. Deer hear it. I walk, and they even hear that. I'm trying to learn how to fly, silently, but man it hurts my arms. I have maybe one good ATV left in me before I hang it up, and I looked at those fancy side by sides (UTV's they call 'em). Not for me. Not enough fun. I'd rather just buy a small jeep. But I'll not buy a small ATV again, mine has no ground clearance and too little power. It pulls ME ok, but not a 10' trailer full of cut firewood, or a 16' deer stand. Well, it does do those things, and has for years, but not well. I do NOT want to go fast in one, so a Can-Am is out.......two friends have one and they said the dealer told them "if it won't do 90, bring it back and we'll get you one that will". NO THANKS. I don't want to go 90 mph. I want to go one mph REALLY WELL. Not sure what I'll get. It's years away. Mine has original tires on it, 1600 miles (all by me, none on pavement), and has had one clutch adjustment. I might get a Polaris, or Kawasaki, or Suzuki, or............... Sigh. With the heart condition, I WILL have one always. Plus, it saves a TON annually on not having to buy all those new boots!!!  |
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Post by 6ptsika on Mar 31, 2009 15:42:20 GMT -5
Not sure what I'll get. It's years away. Mine has original tires on it, 1600 miles (all by me, none on pavement), and has had one clutch adjustment. I might get a Polaris, or Kawasaki, or Suzuki, or...... My ATC/ATV career started with a 4th owner Honda ATC 200S that I got when I was over 30 . I used that for a number of years . And on December 31st of 1999 I went to the local Kawasaki place and got a camo 360 Prarie 4x4 . That was a fine machine . I took it back for warrenty work two years after getting it and they had a nice new 2007 Brute Force 750 sitting there and I traded . Again a nice bike and a WHOLE lot more power . In early january of 2008 I was looking at the Can Am 800 and the Arctic Cat 1000 . I eventually decided to trade my 2007 Brute Force for the 2008 model with the fuel injection . And after a year with the newer one I am still satisfied with Kawasaki products . I'll be 48 this summer and I gotta say I still feel the need for speed from time to time . And my Brute Force with ITP mud tires will still run an honest 65 MPH on a gravel road . Granted it isn't necessary but sure nice when you want it . As far hauling or towing it has wirked great to get me and 3 deer out more then once  |
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