Guide Gear Deluxe Deer Cart, Game Hauler Hunting Gear Accessories, with Big Wheels

Should have purchased years ago. Makes game recovery so much easier. Easy to disassemble and reassemble. Do wish the handle side was slightly longer.

I dropped a buck this week...yet didn't use my deer dolly. However, it's was with me...ready to go in the event i had a two mile hike! It seems pretty sturdy. I'm glad I have it for just in case. I actually moved some wood with it....and did well.

Sturdy wheels. Frame is solid. But it came with pins which are almost useless. Bought bolts with wingnuts which allow me to tighten them in the field. And now it works. This works fine for hauling deer stands in and out. And of course for hauling deer out. You have to secure the load well to keep pieces/parts from falling down and dragging the ground. It is hard to use it in the actual woods. But if you get on a logging road, it is fine. Gives you a nice natural workout instead of having to go to a gym. Leave the four wheeler at home and get leaner and stronger by using this. It is not silent enough nor odorless enough for me to carry stuff all the way into my hunting area on actual hunting day. But you can use it part of the way to your hunting area anyway.UPDATE: After 4 deer seasons of use, this cart still works fine. Maybe the following will help you use it more easily. If carrying deer stand parts, you will need to bind the parts together very well, or have a container for them. Otherwise, the parts will fall thru and start dragging the ground. After killing a deer, if possible put deer on cart before rigor mortis sets in. Use straps or cords to lash legs and head so they are not sticking out the sides or bottom of the cart. You will have to pay attention in order to get the rack so that it does not fall thru the space between the bars and stick into the ground. Or if you cannot get the deer on the cart before rigor mortis, try to put deer's legs and head/neck in a shape so that it will fit well on cart after you bring the cart to where the killed deer is. You need a few good straps to hold a deer on the cart right. In rough terrain with lots of brush, if going down hill it would be easier to drag deer than use this cart. Try to drag the deer to a field or logging road, and then this cart works well. It can't go over logs and branches well with a load on it. When transporting this cart to the woods in your vehicle, the cart can fit into a fairly thin space if you take the wheels off. But usually I transport the cart with wheels on and the cart turned with the wheels sticking up behind the driver's seat of my car, and with my plastic container which I hold deer hunting gear in sitting in between the wheels. (Images attached.) Also, though the images do not show it, when not in the woods, I usually keep small trash bags wrapped around the wheels, because the wheels get covered in dirt, mud and debris when using the cart, and the trash bags being around the wheels prevents getting my car, clothes, and house dirty from the wheels. I wedge old t-shirts in between rattling parts of the cart, to make it quieter.

Not a bad cart, especially for the price. Here's the deal with assembly and why everyone is losing pins. The picture shows the 2 support arms going from the inside of the ladder rack to the outside on the other side of the cart. The clips provided WILL NOT WORK with any type of load if the support bars are on the outside of the ladder rack. Sure, you can put them like that and increase your load width, but be advised that you'll need to change to a different type of clip. The reason is that any weight that pushes downward also tends to push OUTWARD on the support arms, which the clips can't handle. Sheer pins with clips or nuts/bolts would work far better.I used mine today while duck hunting and I had it assembled wrong (or like the pic). We lost a clip while transporting like 30 decoys. We had to improvise and once we relocated both arms to the inside of the ladder, we didn't even need the lost clip to support it. The support arm would simply push outward on the inside of the ladder. I also HIGHLY suggest getting bungee's rather than straps for duck hunting with this. 4 bungees would be perfect AND far easier to use because they can handle the flexing and stay tight.

This product works as should. The only issue is it is heavy. Would not want to backpack this around. It is also hard to store as you have to disassemble it completely.

I used this cart to haul a deer about 3/4 a mile over a pipeline trail to my vehicle. The trail was wide and fairly smooth, but it had couple of moderately steep hills and some standing water. At the time it was also covered with about 2 inches of snow.I fastened the approximate 160 pound deer to the cart with the three straps that came with the cart; but since they were a little flimsy, I also used a stronger ratchet strap, which I spiraled around the length of the cart and deer.The first problem was the high volume of snow that clung to the wet wheels, which made it harder to pull up the steeper hills. Secondly, when we took the deer off of the cart, we saw that the one of the side support rails was fully disconnected (both of the provided d-clips were gone) and the other support rail was hanging by one d-clip (the other d-clip was also gone). Plus, I probably would have lost at least one of the side rails if I had not added the extra ratchet strap which secured it to the side of the cart.Also important to note is that when I put the cart together, I didn't like the looks of the pins that held the wheels to the axles, so I used some cotter pins instead. I did this because I was worried about a wheel coming off (and also possibly losing a wheel washer) while transporting the deer. The cotter pins held, as I expected they would; and considering how the provided d-clips failed, I don't doubt that the provided wheel pins would have also failed.When I got home I used four bolts with nuts to fasten the two side rails, so I hope that solves the problem for the future.

Husband loves this deer cart! Makes hauling the deer so much easier! Built well and can handle tough terrain and weather. Fast shipping and packaged well!