Thread: Be Honest - How do people carry out meat and large weight

I think Pig hunting teaches you how to carry weight. It's a strange sport and really only hunting where boning out on the spot just isn't really done. Part of the culture and story behind catching a big boar is the carry too.

Originally Posted by whanahuia

I think Pig hunting teaches you how to carry weight. It's a strange sport and really only hunting where boning out on the spot just isn't really done. Part of the culture and story behind catching a big boar is the carry too.

Yeh but most i know can't carry shit by their mid 30s and have replacement knees by 40. The amount of my mates i grew up with that pig hunt that have had joint issues (hips, knees, ankles etc) is exceptionally high and thats in the central north island no way it would work int he country i hunt down south (above treeline). They all seem to regret it now just for the glory so they can weigh it and compare.

Personally I find it all situational and doing dumb stuff is the way to find out. I usually take backsteaks and a few rump cuts areas dependent if I'm in the tops. If I'm near a riverbed with a flat walk I'll grab signifcantly more. Its descending elevation I avoid. Even pack training I use water in bladders for weight and then dump it at the top to save my knees and joints.

My exception is in the states where full meat recovery is required. Then it becomes a function of how many trips vs how much weight at a time.

Here's an entire mule deer after I offloading the hunting gear to my partner. Was enough to be unpleasant descending a few thousand feet but we had glassed up 2 bears in the catchment and didn't want to lose the meat. Its easy to forget how dense meat is.

Originally Posted by Stocky

Yeh but most i know can't carry shit by their mid 30s and have replacement knees by 40. The amount of my mates i grew up with that pig hunt that have had joint issues (hips, knees, ankles etc) is exceptionally high and thats in the central north island no way it would work int he country i hunt down south (above treeline). They all seem to regret it now just for the glory so they can weigh it and compare.

Personally I find it all situational and doing dumb stuff is the way to find out. I usually take backsteaks and a few rump cuts areas dependent if I'm in the tops. If I'm near a riverbed with a flat walk I'll grab signifcantly more. Its descending elevation I avoid. Even pack training I use water in bladders for weight and then dump it at the top to save my knees and joints.

My exception is in the states where full meat recovery is required. Then it becomes a function of how many trips vs how much weight at a time.

Here's an entire mule deer after I offloading the hunting gear to my partner. Was enough to be unpleasant descending a few thousand feet but we had glassed up 2 bears in the catchment and didn't want to lose the meat. Its easy to forget how dense meat is.

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Actually I think the worst thing I did for my body, was the redbands. I can't hardly wear them now. Any prolonged period in therm now, sees my knees start too hurt.

I usually keep that opinion to myself but i totally agree.
The first pair of redbands i ever got i wore for a year and a half as my main footwear (living and working rural you can do that) until they got a hole. But I’ll never get another pair. Big soft heel. Completely changed the way i walk and gave me knee and back pain. I was figuring it out towards the end.

No shade if they work for you though. That was just my experience. Footwear can do subtle things to you and is pretty relevant for this topic

Originally Posted by whanahuia

I think Pig hunting teaches you how to carry weight. It's a strange sport and really only hunting where boning out on the spot just isn't really done. Part of the culture and story behind catching a big boar is the carry too.

Always wonder what those big boars taste like? Do the boys eat them after they’ve finished driving around town with it on the back of the ute?

Originally Posted by Bush Basher

Always wonder what those big boars taste like? Do the boys eat them after they’ve finished driving around town with it on the back of the ute?

Nothing particularly wrong with them, but not fantastic either. We usually stored them for the local Marae's, and they seemed to come up pretty well when cooked in a Hangi. Or made them into sausages for ourselves. There are though, only so many sausages you could eat. But we had the choice of good pork from younger pigs. There were always members of the community who were very appreciative of any meat you could spare.