Where in SW Ok can one hire a paid deer-dragger?

AlongCameJones · November 18, 2021, 11:55 PM

Golfers hire caddies for assitance on the course. Fishing party boats hire deck hands. Where and how can a non-guided deer hunter hire a sort of "caddy" for field assistance? Is there a special name for such a "deer caddy"?

The CADDY (unless there is a better term for this line of work) should be able to drag the deer from where it's down to the parked truck. I would also like a CADDY who can gut the animal and do it well. The quarry should be handled well by the worker to prevent contamination and ruining the meat. I don't want full-on guide or outfitter services, just some strong helping hands that can do the hard and dirty work after I squeeze the trigger. The meat processor can do the rest once the gutted deer is pulled off the truck. I don't like loafing or goofing off on the job. The CADDY, if you will, should have the work ethic of an Amish plowhorse and only charge a fair-market fee for good services rendered. I would like a flat rate for the whole hunting trip and not pay an hour-by-hour wage. What is a fair-market price for deer-dragging services to get one whitetail doe out of the field gutted?

Double Naught Spy · November 19, 2021, 05:41 PM

You can find those folks at some of the high dollar high fence hunting ranches. Buy the package hunt and the help will be included.

The rest of the stuff you want is just nonsense.

Schlitz 45 · November 19, 2021, 05:44 PM

Do you need a gun bearer too Bawana?

WyMark · November 19, 2021, 06:35 PM

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Do you need a gun bearer too Bawana?

Hahahahaha

Sometime I really wish this forum had a "Like" button.

bamaranger · November 19, 2021, 11:51 PM

I read an account where a guy had killed a bear in the NE somewhere, I think PA. He drove down to the nearest tavern and promised a case of beer to anybody who's help get the critter out.......worked like a charm.

603Country · November 20, 2021, 10:03 AM

I have never heard anyone ask the deer-dragger-for-hire question. But, that sort of ties in with a basic hunting rule of mine - never shoot anything too big to drag.

Last night I remarked to my wife that there was one more good thing about our living in Texas - that the deer were smaller than back in NE Louisiana, and I was able to easily drag the deer here. I’ve aged (74) and dragging a deer is a lot tougher than it was when I was young.

When the neighbor’s kid gets a year or two older and stronger, I think I have my future deer dragger close at hand, if needed.

reynolds357 · November 21, 2021, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by AlongCameJones

Golfers hire caddies for assitance on the course. Fishing party boats hire deck hands. Where and how can a non-guided deer hunter hire a sort of "caddy" for field assistance? Is there a special name for such a "deer caddy"?

The CADDY (unless there is a better term for this line of work) should be able to drag the deer from where it's down to the parked truck. I would also like a CADDY who can gut the animal and do it well. The quarry should be handled well by the worker to prevent contamination and ruining the meat. I don't want full-on guide or outfitter services, just some strong helping hands that can do the hard and dirty work after I squeeze the trigger. The meat processor can do the rest once the gutted deer is pulled off the truck. I don't like loafing or goofing off on the job. The CADDY, if you will, should have the work ethic of an Amish plowhorse and only charge a fair-market fee for good services rendered. I would like a flat rate for the whole hunting trip and not pay an hour-by-hour wage. What is a fair-market price for deer-dragging services to get one whitetail doe out of the field gutted?

$225 ,Kill or not, per 3 hour hunt would be about right.

thallub · November 21, 2021, 03:04 PM

For many years i hunted on Fort Sill. Few times i tired out from dragging a deer or hog. i walked to the nearest road and stood looking old and pitiful. Soon a couple strapping soldiers would come by and offer to help. i really did appreciate that.

burrhead · November 21, 2021, 08:38 PM

Just go down to the Stop & Rob and get a "rent a wino". Done it several times when I've needed a low skill hand. Gotta do it early though.

Double Naught Spy · November 22, 2021, 10:01 AM

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Just go down to the Stop & Rob and get a "rent a wino".

I think it is obvious from the parameters stipulated that ACJ has far higher standards than renting a wino.

Kreyzhorse · November 22, 2021, 07:57 PM

If you can't clean it, why shoot it? It's all part of the experience isn't it?

Double Naught Spy · November 23, 2021, 09:56 AM

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If you can't clean it, why shoot it? It's all part of the experience isn't it?

Some people just want to hunt without having to endure the menial hardships of the common hunter.

Seedy Character · November 23, 2021, 10:32 AM

Invite someone to go with
A long as they get to hunt, too

Let them know beforehand, you will need help dragging and know nothing about cleaning.

I will go with you, IF I got deer some, too. If I'm dragging and processing, I am keeping half.

Blindstitch · November 25, 2021, 12:13 PM

Take a kid hunting, get a game cart, sled or even a tarp.

I think everyone wants to laugh but my dad has trouble walking in thick cover and dragging so I hunt 9 days of deer season with him but after that he's on his own. He ended up shooting a deer after I left and had to call my cousin to haul it out. She did the job and was happy he got a deer.

std7mag · November 28, 2021, 09:14 AM

After dragging 6 deer yesterday, i'm looking for one or 2 in PA.!

And to think people pay lots of money to flip & drag old tires at a gym!

My butt should look like JayLo's after yesterday!

buck460XVR · November 28, 2021, 03:23 PM

One reason I quit hunting large parcels of public land was the drag out. In my younger days, dragging a 140-170# deer 3/4s of a mile by myself, wasn't a big deal even if it took a good part of the day to do it. The came those days when I seldom hunted without one or both of the boys within shouting distance. When they and I both got older and that became the oddity and not the norm, I just quit going in so deep on those days I knew a cell phone call wouldn't bring them to help. Then I just quit going in so deep all together. Got so the deeper I went in, the bigger the buck had to be in order to take the shot. Shooting does got delegated to field edges and or relative closeness to the truck. I did the game carts and the tarps too, but neither works well in the swamps and bogs. Nowadays, I hunt private land where I can drive the SxS right up to the animal. If there is a drag, it's downhill. As ol' Inspector Harold Francis Callahan said, "a man's got to know his limitations".

reinert · December 1, 2021, 08:10 AM

"a man's got to know his limitations".

And plan accordingly...even before that critter's on the ground. The well-placed killing shot, proper field dressing, the extraction (your concern, mostly?), the hanging, skinning, butchering/processing/wrapping, then in the freezer, is all (to me) the whole experience in what hunting's all about, and how I learned it many years ago. Then, while you're eating that steak, you can remember/relive that day of the hunt and know you've done it right, and respected that animal properly.

I'm 70 years old this year, and just a couple of weeks ago, I killed a nice whitetail doe with my ol' Marlin 336, 30-30, with one shot. She ran about 25 yds., and when I got to her, she had already given up the ghost; exactly how I like it (oh, that it could be like that all the time...). I made the kill at the base of the Big Horn Mts., on a creek bottom just above my town and only had to drag her about 300 yds. Had to cross the creek, and up the bank to my vehicle, and was thankful when she was loaded up in "Ol' Blue," my old Durango. Had it checked for CWD, and she tested negative. So thankful on that, too.

So, ACJ, I would just suggest that you try to line up some field help beforehand (energetic youngster who's a hunter comes to mind) on a big game hunt you plan for. Also, be in on the whole processing job on a critter from kill site to freezer (learn to sharpen knives properly, too). All that you can experience on the whole big game hunting shebang will greatly enhance your own knowledge and appreciation of what it takes to be a good big game hunter. And don't forget to fill out that tag properly at the kill site, too...

November 18, 2021, 11:55 PM	#1
AlongCameJones member Join Date: May 25, 2021 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 203	Where in SW Ok can one hire a paid deer-dragger? Golfers hire caddies for assitance on the course. Fishing party boats hire deck hands. Where and how can a non-guided deer hunter hire a sort of "caddy" for field assistance? Is there a special name for such a "deer caddy"? The CADDY (unless there is a better term for this line of work) should be able to drag the deer from where it's down to the parked truck. I would also like a CADDY who can gut the animal and do it well. The quarry should be handled well by the worker to prevent contamination and ruining the meat. I don't want full-on guide or outfitter services, just some strong helping hands that can do the hard and dirty work after I squeeze the trigger. The meat processor can do the rest once the gutted deer is pulled off the truck. I don't like loafing or goofing off on the job. The CADDY, if you will, should have the work ethic of an Amish plowhorse and only charge a fair-market fee for good services rendered. I would like a flat rate for the whole hunting trip and not pay an hour-by-hour wage. What is a fair-market price for deer-dragging services to get one whitetail doe out of the field gutted?

November 19, 2021, 05:41 PM	#2
Double Naught Spy Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Forestburg, Montague Cnty, TX Posts: 12,717	You can find those folks at some of the high dollar high fence hunting ranches. Buy the package hunt and the help will be included. The rest of the stuff you want is just nonsense. __________________ "If you look through your scope and see your shoe, aim higher." -- said to me by my 11 year old daughter before going out for hogs 8/13/2011 My Hunting Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/HornHillRange

November 19, 2021, 11:51 PM	#5
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,303	dunno but........ I read an account where a guy had killed a bear in the NE somewhere, I think PA. He drove down to the nearest tavern and promised a case of beer to anybody who's help get the critter out.......worked like a charm.

November 21, 2021, 08:38 PM	#9
burrhead Senior Member Join Date: July 6, 1999 Location: Chihuahuan desert, Texas Posts: 1,148	Just go down to the Stop & Rob and get a "rent a wino". Done it several times when I've needed a low skill hand. Gotta do it early though. __________________ Join the GOA, SAF and the TSRA I'm offended by people that are easily offended.

November 22, 2021, 07:57 PM	#11
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	If you can't clean it, why shoot it? It's all part of the experience isn't it? __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

November 19, 2021, 05:44 PM	#3
Schlitz 45 Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2018 Location: Colorado Posts: 385	Do you need a gun bearer too Bawana?

November 20, 2021, 10:03 AM	#6
603Country Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2011 Location: Thornton, Texas Posts: 3,998	I have never heard anyone ask the deer-dragger-for-hire question. But, that sort of ties in with a basic hunting rule of mine - never shoot anything too big to drag. Last night I remarked to my wife that there was one more good thing about our living in Texas - that the deer were smaller than back in NE Louisiana, and I was able to easily drag the deer here. I’ve aged (74) and dragging a deer is a lot tougher than it was when I was young. When the neighbor’s kid gets a year or two older and stronger, I think I have my future deer dragger close at hand, if needed.

November 21, 2021, 03:04 PM	#8
thallub Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2007 Location: South Western OK Posts: 3,112	For many years i hunted on Fort Sill. Few times i tired out from dragging a deer or hog. i walked to the nearest road and stood looking old and pitiful. Soon a couple strapping soldiers would come by and offer to help. i really did appreciate that.

November 23, 2021, 10:32 AM	#13
Seedy Character Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2021 Location: SW Okla Posts: 201	Invite someone to go with A long as they get to hunt, too Let them know beforehand, you will need help dragging and know nothing about cleaning. I will go with you, IF I got deer some, too. If I'm dragging and processing, I am keeping half.

November 25, 2021, 12:13 PM	#14
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,692	Take a kid hunting, get a game cart, sled or even a tarp. I think everyone wants to laugh but my dad has trouble walking in thick cover and dragging so I hunt 9 days of deer season with him but after that he's on his own. He ended up shooting a deer after I left and had to call my cousin to haul it out. She did the job and was happy he got a deer. __________________ NRA Lifetime Member

November 28, 2021, 09:14 AM	#15
std7mag Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2013 Location: Central Taxylvania.. Posts: 3,609	After dragging 6 deer yesterday, i'm looking for one or 2 in PA.! And to think people pay lots of money to flip & drag old tires at a gym! My butt should look like JayLo's after yesterday! __________________ When our own government declares itself as "tyrannical", where does that leave us??!! "Januarary 6th insurrection". Funny, I didn't see a single piece of rope...

November 28, 2021, 03:23 PM	#16
buck460XVR Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2006 Posts: 4,342	One reason I quit hunting large parcels of public land was the drag out. In my younger days, dragging a 140-170# deer 3/4s of a mile by myself, wasn't a big deal even if it took a good part of the day to do it. The came those days when I seldom hunted without one or both of the boys within shouting distance. When they and I both got older and that became the oddity and not the norm, I just quit going in so deep on those days I knew a cell phone call wouldn't bring them to help. Then I just quit going in so deep all together. Got so the deeper I went in, the bigger the buck had to be in order to take the shot. Shooting does got delegated to field edges and or relative closeness to the truck. I did the game carts and the tarps too, but neither works well in the swamps and bogs. Nowadays, I hunt private land where I can drive the SxS right up to the animal. If there is a drag, it's downhill. As ol' Inspector Harold Francis Callahan said, "a man's got to know his limitations".

December 1, 2021, 08:10 AM	#17
reinert Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 646	"a man's got to know his limitations". And plan accordingly...even before that critter's on the ground. The well-placed killing shot, proper field dressing, the extraction (your concern, mostly?), the hanging, skinning, butchering/processing/wrapping, then in the freezer, is all (to me) the whole experience in what hunting's all about, and how I learned it many years ago. Then, while you're eating that steak, you can remember/relive that day of the hunt and know you've done it right, and respected that animal properly. I'm 70 years old this year, and just a couple of weeks ago, I killed a nice whitetail doe with my ol' Marlin 336, 30-30, with one shot. She ran about 25 yds., and when I got to her, she had already given up the ghost; exactly how I like it (oh, that it could be like that all the time...). I made the kill at the base of the Big Horn Mts., on a creek bottom just above my town and only had to drag her about 300 yds. Had to cross the creek, and up the bank to my vehicle, and was thankful when she was loaded up in "Ol' Blue," my old Durango. Had it checked for CWD, and she tested negative. So thankful on that, too. So, ACJ, I would just suggest that you try to line up some field help beforehand (energetic youngster who's a hunter comes to mind) on a big game hunt you plan for. Also, be in on the whole processing job on a critter from kill site to freezer (learn to sharpen knives properly, too). All that you can experience on the whole big game hunting shebang will greatly enhance your own knowledge and appreciation of what it takes to be a good big game hunter. And don't forget to fill out that tag properly at the kill site, too...