Hunting with no truck

[Tactical Dave]

Have always wanted to hunt but have not had the freezer space or time. Our three year old son loves being in the woods and think in the next few years he MAY be old enough to go hunting with me. We also have another son on the way and my wife loves the woods only so I need to stop making excuses...

I don't have a truck, do t want to get one just for hunting really.

Does anyone partially butcher deer in the field then load it into coolers for a car ride home or????

The goal is to try and go out this deer season to learn, may try and pick up a nitromag 12 gauge... Would like to turkey hunt at some point.

 

[Yeah]

I've transported plenty of deer in ice chests using a variety of modes of transport. Airplanes, truck beds, boats, UTVs, ATVs, probably a wheelbarrow or two. Less the ice chest on backpacks, in meat bags slung over my shoulder, once even one of those 2 wheel game carts though never again because I felt like a woodland rickshaw pilot.

 

[Captain Morgan]

I've thrown deer on a tarp in the trunk of a car before. Don't need to do that anymore, but it's possible, depending on the size of the deer.

 

[Merrixs]

I will be stuffing one in the trunk of my Jetta providing everything goes as planned. If you will be taking the whole family with, you might consider a hitch for your car and one of those racks to bring the critter home on. That will give you room in the trunk for gear. I think a cooler is unnecessary unless you are traveling with your kill. Good luck.

 

[shibumiseeker]

My gf took hers to the checkin and processor in the trunk of her Kia Spectra. Her brother took his in the trunk of his BMW. Throw down a tarp and you are gtg.

 

[HICKMAN]

Tarp in the truck works.

A lot of guys who hunt at work and have a long commute with small cars get one of those trailer hitch cargo carriers.

With the new Check IN system, you can do exactly has you said, quarter and transport in coolers.

 

[TiminMishawaka]

I brought up a hog from Florida using a cooler in the back of a Scion TC.

 

[singlestacksig]

get a hitch, & a hitch rack...
lot cheaper than a truck...

 

[tom1025]

I would either go with the tarp in the trunck or tie it to the top of the car.

 

[sepe]

I remember a kid back in high school that just loaded his deer up in the cargo area of his Explorer. A few times he must have forgotten his tarp as it looked like a bit of a crime scene back there and it didn't smell the best. Go with a tarp and you're fine or if you wanted, the hitch and a carrier would work fine. Good thing about some of the hitch mounted carriers is that you can use it for other purposes as well.

 

[huntall50]

Ok, your all set with info,...NOW GO HUNTING! Wishing you best of times and hope your harvest your game.

 

[singlestacksig]

also check on line.. someone makes a "body bag" for deer that you just zip it up in.. keeps all the blood & goo in the bag...

 

[yotewacker]

No, you cannot hunt. Real men drive trucks. Not sissy cars.

 

[Kev]

yes on getting the hitch and hitch rack... My parents mounted on on the back of a minivan one time... worked out pretty well.

Good luck with the hunt!

 

[clfergus]

get a hitch, & a hitch rack...
lot cheaper than a truck...

This is a good option. I have an explorer and got a 49.00 carrier I load my deer on. I also use it for loading coolers and wood for camping.

You can put a hitch on a car and have nice little hauler for more than hunting long term.

 

[HICKMAN]

I know folks to put the carriers on their trucks, don't have to lift that monster buck as high!

Of course, I wouldn't know anything about that...

 

[teddy12b]

I'm in the same boat and was planning on just roping a deer to the top of the trunk if I'm fortunate enough to get one. I know it'd look redneck as could be, but I can't justify buying a truck just to transport a deer I may or may not shoot. I also can't really see me getting a deer wrapped up in a tarp and into the truck of my little chevy without spilling some blood & guts some where in the back. I'd rather just have to hose off the lid of the trunk and look like a redneck.

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

Or you could always invite someone that has a truck to come along and hunt with you. By the way I drive a F150 4x4.

 

[LtScott14]

Redneck style: Tarp over trunk lid secured with small bungees/paracord. Take car to carwash after transport. No mess in trunk. Been there twice with a 1994 Olds 88. Heat and music on after hunt on way to check in. (car is beater anyway, but clean inside)

 

[singlestacksig]

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