What type of hauling method do you use to retrieve your hog.

[Hog slayer]

I have heard a lot about using mule tape. I thought about buying a roll of it. I was just wondering what tensile strength should a person purchase. Nylon rope is too weak for the steep mountain sides and takes up to much room. Any suggestions out there and what type of method you use. I know its always nice to get a hog on the road but you know that is not always the case.

 

[Beastmode]

Mule tape is usually 2500 lb test. We use alot of it at work. I keep about 1000 feet on a wind up extension cord reel. It works great for pulling out hogs.

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[jerryt]

I use the 2500 LB at work. I carry a 3000 foot real of it in the my truck. I have never used it to hall a pig. I have used it too hall elk. Pigs are typically close to the weight of a california deer so I just half hitch the nose and drag them out by hand. If the hill is real steep I usually just time them to a frame pack and hall them out. If they get around the 300lb mark I skin them in the canyon by hanging them in a tree with a pully and then strap them to the pack so I don't have to deal with the heavy hide.

 

[voidecho]

If I ever get a hog I'll let you know.

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[ltdann]

I usually use a cart being pulled by a friend or two.

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[Mjp62]

If she's not too drunk I just lift her up under her arms .

 

[jbcaptain11]

depending on the size i grab a buddy and carry it out tie the legs to a log and sling it over the shoulder

 

[Grasslandhntr]

I quarter it up and put in my badlands 4500 only backpack I use and I love it

 

[Hog slayer]

I have pretty much done all of those methods from deboning an elk, deer and a hog. All is hard work. I am just trying to think smarter and save my back. Its nothing but hard work when an animal is down. I have made some easy drags before but there are those times when an animal runs off and dies down some ugly steep mountain. My next question can a person use a pulley with the mule tape to set up a change in direction. I have used pulleys before with rope but my concern with mule tape is that the tape can get caught between the pulley body.

 

[jerryt]

we use pulleys with our mule tape. you do have to be a little cautious with it but it's not much of an issue

 

[hunterdoug]

I use nylon drag slings, they are tied in loops with rubber tubing for handles. The loops are about three to four ft long and work well. I got em at an archery shop in santa rosa.

 

[hunterdoug]

depending on the size i grab a buddy and carry it out tie the legs to a log and sling it over the shoulder

I tried that once and it about killed us, never again.

 

[bobby7321]

If its any distance from the truck, its getting butchered and packed out. Just makes things to much easier. Gutless method keeps things pretty clean too. Plus I figure I'm going to butcher it later anyways, so why not.

 

[QuackAssassin]

Grab a decent pulley and a peace of webbing and carabiner. Go on youtube and look up a 2:1 haul method. You will cut your work in half and with ease. We use this methods for hauling people or each other out of confined space rescues. Great for step inclines!

 

[QuackAssassin]

Sorry I'll be a little more descriptive... Go on youtube and kern how to tie a water knot with your webbing. If you do that u can easily wrap it around an object creating a "3 bite" attach a carabiner with a pulley . Run your rope . Ex 1/2" or 9-7mm rope . Through your pulley. Make sure your rope runs through and back around not breaking 90 degrees otherwise you will lose your advantage you created. You can simply haul your animal this way. If you want to get really technical you can create a 3:1 hauling system . Simply cut a section of your 9-7mm rope 2 feet in length and tie a "double over hand bend" or " barrel knot " (youtube it). After u have created this it's now considered a "prussic" ( Google it and youtube how to attach to your rope. Add the Prussic to the line that is coming from your animal to your first pulley several feet away from your first pulley. Attach a second carabiner and pulley and run your rope through it . This is now called a "z rig" giving you a 3:1 advantage. You can easily pull a few hundred pounds by your self. Once the Prussic reaches the first pulley in the system have a second person reset it as far as your working space will allow. Or tie off your line and reset it yourself.

I kno that sounds very complicated and confusing but it's very simple after u understand it and read up/ watch youtube on it. I have retrieved two deer this way on very steep hills that allowed me to anchor off something. If it's too confusing the. 2:1 system is a cake walk . Hopefully this helps and with the right anchor and ropes you can pull up anything. Your Prussic will be rated no less than 2,400 lbs . Good rope will depend on manufacture , and webbing is rated to 4,000 lbs in the 3 bite method.