I’m a hunter and one of the things that is nice to have is some sort of hoist to hold an animal up for processing.
Living in an apartment condo, I do not have a yard where I can hang an animal for processing so that type of stuff needs to be done out in the woods where I am hunting. The animal needs to be split up before I bring it into my unit.
Last fall, I was finally lucky enough to catch a deer after four years for trying. They always say that once you catch one, that is when the works starts. They were not kidding!
Where I was able to get my deer, there were no reasonable trees to be able to throw a rope over and hoist up a gambrel to make the work that was to come easier. Instead, I had to attempt processing it on the ground while rain was coming down and darkness descending. Being my first time skinning, it made the endeavour more difficult.
Had I been able to hoist the deer up, it would have made for a more pleasant experience and made the work a little more efficient.
I drive a 2 door Jeep Wrangler so space is at a premium. If I’m lucky enough to catch a deer, I still have to be able to get it in the Jeep along with the rest of my gear.
When looking through the hunting section of my local Canadian Tire, I came across a product that looked interesting, a hoist that would fit in a 2 inch receiver hitch. It looked pretty good however, I didn’t know how it would fit in my Jeep with all my other gear. The price was $200 and I didn’t want to waste money on something I couldn’t use.
I was finally able to determine that the game hoist should indeed fit inside my Jeep and if it did not, I’d figure a way to bolt it on to the rear tire carrier bumper I have. So I went ahead and purchased it.
On the weekend, I was able to take it out to open up the box, see what was inside, and put it together.
The first stab at putting it together is here on my YouTube video.
I probably spent about 30 minutes getting it out of the box, assembled, and connected to my Jeep. Now that I know where everything is supposed to go, I would think it’ll be 5 or so minutes to get it together in the future.
The tubing is solid, everything fit as it should, and I was impressed with the quality. It does seem a little wobbly where it goes in the 2 inch receiver hitch but that will not be a problem.
When I disassembled the Game Hoist, I was able to fit the component parts quite easily into my Jeep.
Overall, it seems like an excellent product and I’m happy to add this to my gear that I’ll take out with me on my trips out hunting.
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