I used the jet sled this last winter. Worked great, but would be a little difficult without snow obviously.
I'm a 68 year old solo DIY elk hunter in Idaho. I've had both a total knee and shoulder replacement. If it wasn't for my Hawk Crawler and Smitty Sled game carts, I could not retrieve my meat from the field. Thanks to these carts, I can haul it all out in one trip. My carts can go anywhere I can go. Due to my age and replacements' limitations, I am restricted to medium terrain hunting. I do not use a motorized hunting vehicle.
FANTASTIC! Game Carts are a growing industry with many renovations happening everyday. Through contact with Fish & Game departments, I have been told that; although using bicycles are banned on trails and off road during hunting seasons, non-motorized game carts are the exception. With my limitations, I cannot hunt through thickly wooded forests where game carts cannot go. So, my game cart can go anywhere I can physically go. Thus, I can continue to hunt big game even in my older years saving my back, hips, and feet. If I decide to drop camp, my game cart hauls everything in for me. And if I hunt very far into the wilderness, I simply park my game cart close by when I need to shoot.
All depends on the hunt!
Call your local office concerning the use of a non-motorized game cart. I bet they'll make exceptions.
What offices have you had success getting an exception like this from?
Would make sure you get it in writing and signed.
On the low odds Bill Christy is not a robot, I would use that information for other purposes. Namely calling the line officer on that district and telling them they should stop that nonsense.
Nice, is that homemade?
I normally ask as I go ahead of time. So far, New Mexico and Idaho have made allowances for the use of non-motorized game carts.
It is homemade. My father and I built them. It's designed for two guys but if the terrain isn't terrible say you have a game trail or a two track one guy can handle a deer by himself or an antelope. The brakes are a must have as it looks like the game cart you picture has brakes also. It works well in snow (as seen in your picture) and you don't need a trail just go wherever it looks easiest.
