Transporting Heavy Loads and Big Game in the Wilderness: The Travois
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Lmao that tackle on Lenny the Deer in the beginning made my morning 🤣🤣🤣
Dude it's afternoon 😋
Couldn't have said it better.
@@rezaamanat3259 lol it was morning here when I watched it Reza. You get my drift🤣🤣🤣
Ha Ha! Me too! Tackled and quartered all at once! 🤣
In Finland we put one leather or canvas strap to go over our neck/shoulders, which is then attached to the travois.
Agreed .... instead of square lashing the two smaller cross bars we make a series of open loops so that the load can be shifted if needed and in the front make a suspenders type harness with with a long strap one each pole that fits over each shoulder... a back strap to hold them together, and then an optional padded front strap to lean into like a horse collar.... it’s the equivalent of moving a couch or dresser using lifting straps and the hands are only gripping it for stabilizing the load, versus the hands cramping up from actually trying to bear all the weight of the load
@@MrSheckstr it all depends on the terrain, load and distance.
In BC we have some really rough terrain where the cross members are a liability, catching on obstacles.
Minimizing them and moving them higher might make it easier, and lacking straps allows for adjustment of height on inclines.
In open terrain comfort is more important. The device has to be adjusted to the specific circumstances.
BEST...INTRO...EVER
100% Laughed out Loud!!!
Love your show. Three points to mention on this post. Add a third cross member on the pulling end so your hands don't get tired. Tuck it in the crease between you legs and torso as you walk. For super heavy or long drag, add a strap over your neck and shoulders. Third, for a heavy load poles must be same size or stiffness or your load will role over. Keep em coming.
hope you're happy. my paracord was too frayed to stay in the woods with me after dark!
My cat likes to play with it,but now he's a frayede-cat.
@@tedzilla5826 i'm 'frayed' i can't think of anything funny to say about your cat turning into a sissy.
I was expecting an arrow or some other bushcraft projectile. Little did I know Dan is a bushcraft pojectile. :D
Great if a member of your group has a leg injury, etc.. that requires them to be transported. Another awesome video, as usual.
Thanks! Dan!👍
Years ago when I lived in Colorado we took this concept to the next level. We took the poles, made our own leather tack, attached it to a saddle harness for a horse then attached the poles to a 12ft flat bottom boat. We used this to pull downed elk out of wilderness areas where vehicles are not permitted. Took a little training to get the horses used to it, but it made less effort for the horse and if needed two people could pull the sled in fairly level areas. Was a great set up. On the primitive side I have used the concept in this video to move downed deer. Great video!!!
Had to use one of those to drag my brother out of the woods when we were kids . Thought he broke his ankle but didn't . got him out to the nearest road and a neighbor gave us a ride from there . Good video . Thanks.
That deer tackle was awesome! I was dying! This is the reason why we're here, this dude is great! And has useful tips
Man I have pulled so many deer out of the woods and thanks a lot you are making me feel like an idiot once again. In my defense I don't get out as much but I've watched Jeremiah Johnson enough to make up for it. Seriously though thanks for the reminder to use the knowledge that we learn over the years.
I used to watch Jeremiah Johnson and The Mountain Men (Charlton Heston and Brian Keith) the night before opening day with my father and brother for years.
Archery invented approximately 70,000 years ago
Hunters before 70,000 years ago: 0:05
Showed a friend my get home gear for when we travel (61,and disabled) and they said man,that’s a lot of stuff! I told him that’s what a travois is for! Then this pops up! Love it! Also in certain circumstances you can add wheels
When I make a travois, I usually meet and slightly cross the top (carrying) end, and lash there to make an acute triangle. Then I lash the bottom end with crossbars, and lash the top end with another crossbar, of slightly stouter thickness and a couple of hands-widths wider than the two long poles, about as far back from the tip as needed for shoulder width plus a little bit. This is not only more dimensionally stable and helps prevent lashings from working loose from their places, but also gives the important option of not only carrying/dragging using only arms and lats, but also the abilty to pull it up and brace against abdomen or chest. If dragging over very rough terrain, or in deep snow, it's MUCH easier.
Also easier on the hands, and helps prevent dropping the load when one or both rear stick ends, um, stick on a rock, snag in brush, or drop in a hole.
also,,, try shoulder straps, that would free up both hands and arms, for other things.
@@willybee3056 Interesting idea! Never seen such a set-up, but it could work well. Any link or description where I might find the results of someone who's already puzzled out the details? I mean, I can (and often do) reinvent the wheel, lol, but am old enough to admit my ignorance, and learn from others.
@@dangray4086 Well,,,
I was born in the first half of the last century. ..
And I know enough to know that I still don't know enough.
I think that I saw that set up in a movie, back in the 60s.
They had a harness around the waist to pull the load, and shoulder straps to hold the poles up to the waist.
And then he was able to carry a rifle with both hands.
Who knew,, holiweird never gets things,wrong. Lol
@@willybee3056 Thank you. Coupla years younger than you, oldtimer, but grateful for all the inspiration others old and young have shown me over my nearly 60 years. I can picture how it could be set-up much better, now. Seems to me a lot like a snowsled rig, but that has single-point towrope attachment. LALA Land is home to many freakazoids and professional liars, but the practical special-effects and stunt folks are real-world technicians and innovators.
Intro....should get an Oscar....freaking hysterical!
Omg.. That was a great start to the video, just about choked on my coffee!! You are the king of great edited videos for Great entertainment. You could use this to carry someone out of the woods too if say they were injured.
If you flatten the bottoms of the trailing ends they will be less drag because they won't constantly be digging into the dirt. I agree that putting the crossbars slightly toward the center will be better because the load will be less likely to snag on rocks, roots etc.
Also helps to tie off para cord or a rope from one pole to the other, from just behind your hands up over the back of your shoulders to the other side. A jacket or cloth wrapped around the rope over your shoulders helps.
If you are moving heavy loads long distances (like an injured person in your groundsheet lashed to the travois, their kit would be at the bottom below the persons feet to syop them riding down with the bouncing.
The rope across your back can then rest on your pack shoulder straps between your pack and the back of your neck.
Moving an injured person 10-20 miles has a lot of strain on your hands grip and your elbows and front of your shoulders under tension.
With the rope across your shoulders it greatly reduces the load on your arms etc
You can also tie off another cross piece at the front to rest your arms folded, shorten the rope over your shoulders and lift the travois into a bit of a steeper angle. This allows greater control and allows you to also push against the cross piece instead of simply dragging it.
This may be because the sick/injured person on the travois may be getting pukey from the bumping and laying to flat makes it worse, so you may want to lift it
Just some considerations if you moving an injured person instead of lenny the dead dear that couldnt give a hoot.....
Beautiful 13 x 17 buck!
Thank you for the wonderful video. Becoming a regular. Your advice, method and experience are much appreciated! Great vibes from New York.
As someone out here with a spinal cord injury... I'm going to have to give this a shot.
Such a simple yet effective method to transport heavy/bulky items! If you had an animal with a nice rack you wanted to keep, you’d want to tie the head/antlers back. The neck would be flopping around and you wouldn’t want to damage the rack.
Lolol Laughed my ass off with that tackle......Nicely done Sir.
I was NOT READY for the Brian Urlacher tackle at the intro! 😂😂😂
We need more Lenny episodes. This episode was fun to watch.
Great video. No trees where I live. Needed urban carrier. Bought game carrier on wheels. Modified front end to be able to tow behind any bike. Replaced flimsy cover with metal webbing over the frame.
Nice Dan, now I have to get a deer for the test. Thanks and take care.
Think smarter,don't work harder!,this is a great idea...and it works!.
Thanks Dan !! I have used this before. My great Gran showed it to me when I was a young kid. The intro.......EPIC!!!!!
Hell of a rack! Great tip
Dan!
Great information, I thought a travois was a pretty simple concept and never thought about the length being so critical.
Hopefully I never need to use it, but if I do I can skip a few of the learning steps thanks to your instruction.
This video was a real drag!
@Scott Mohr - Any chance you are a dairy farmer?
@@outdoordauber
I'm not but we have family from a few generations back from
Stanley WI.
First round barn in the state from what I understand.
@@A_Meek_lake_Dweller Nice bit of history! I know a Scott Mohr who is a dairy farmer in PA. LOL
@@outdoordauber
The roots go back to there.
Thanks for inquiring. : )
LOL Tah intro! 🤘😆🤘 I was expecting and arrow shot or something! 🤣
Simple and effective. I probably would never have thought of making one of these. Thanks for another great video.
Thanks for showing me different uses for this tool. Hope you and your family remain safe and healthy. OG coalcracker
Nice demonstration, thanks!
2 things I will add from personal experience, 1: have a cross bar just in front of where you'll be grasping to use as a push bar for your waist, 2: make yourself a harness either over your shoulders or around your waist because your hands and arms are going to get tired fast from holding the bars as well as weight while pulling.
Everybody, a travois can ALSO be used to pack out an injured party member. Twisted ankle, broken leg, whatever it is, once you've stabilized the injury, put down two (or more, depending on the injury) cross bars, settle them on the travois, and haul away. Not everyone can sling a person over their shoulder, but if you have with you the tools to make a travois (and you always should!), a 100-pound healthy hunter/hiker can haul a 200-pound injured hunter/hiker out of the bush and back to the truck with this method.
The video started, and I'm thinking, "The arrow's gonna fly in any moment now... any moment now there's gonna be an arrow... any moment now..." and then wound up busting out laughing out loud. Thanks for both the education and the entertainment!
Great 👍 tip. A shoulder strap would help as well. I really enjoy your videos thanks for the great tips be safe out there.
Tying a bandana or t shrit on the front of the poles were your hands go at your waistline, and standing behind it could give you more leverage. If your going far and you need to switch carrying position to give your arms a bit of a break, can also be fed through belt loops to take even more of the load off your arms.
The travois was the first thing I thought of. Add another person on the other end, and it's called a stretcher. Lol.
That is a brutally crude travois. They work amazingly well.
That is the most manly way of hunting tbh.
Definitely bow-worthy
thank you sir for all your amazing content!
Yup, it's all fun and games until you pull the trigger.
Only watched a few seconds and went WOW.. Would live to hang out with this guy... Football tackle a plastic deer... Ok. He drinks more than i do lol
Sick rocking C. C. Filson hat. Seattle, WA!
Good tip for heavy loads!!
Used on a larger scale by the Sioux and Crow to move their lodges for centuries. 2 longest lodge poles as the runners, lodge coming used to cover the frame. 2 horses could move an entire familu
That deer got steamrolled, Coalcracker style. Thanks for another great video.
and we have The Traveler by Fuzzy to round out the sped-up bits. nice. Agree on all benefit points. When the load is quite heavy compared to your bodyweight though, it's good to consider a simple waist harness of some sort to bear the pulling load. Otherwise you're relying on the small muscles of the biceps, traps and front delts as "anchors" for the pull of the walk. Very tiring. And you know what I mean, oh ye of Lifting of Heavy Load Sports.
Thumbs up just for that tackle....also the rest of the video was good too lol
Damn that dear didn't see you coming lol
Another great video once again
I cracked up on the comment about frayed cord 🤣 you are way to cool 😎 ❤️ from ky
little things can make life so much easier
Yes, you don't need your $20K 4-wheeler. This is useful in rough terrain where you can't get a machine in safely or at all. The French Canadian voyagers used this if you read their diaries.
Put some blaze orange on the deer, especially in PA, LOL.
The stick antlers are the best lol
I like this idea. Very good.
Good job brother!
We like to put a piece of rope between the handles to lean on with are waist. It makes it almost half the effort. Close to hands free. Asome video.
Love it! Nice tackle too 😂😂😂😂😂
Tackle Lenny the deer 🦌 😳 LMFAO. Great tip 👍 will definitely help out
That was great !!! I have needed one of those many times and didn't have one . Thanks for posting this video !!! By the way is Lenny related to the Grinch's dog lol . Take care and stay safe my friend !!!
Great idea. Just found your channel and love it.
The day you lash a bear to a travois you will be adding more crss pieces under it. They are jello when freshly killed and don't have anything to hold onto. I get mine into the truck using a pulp hook in the lower jaw. Wrks well for other big game, too, if the distance isn't great.
OMG You killed Lenny!...you bastard!
Love the hat. I live south of Seattle. Love the videos.
Travois...? Oh! You mean the South Pacific wheelless-barrow! Also known as the El Ninio half-stretcher or the Wolsley-Higginson drag-a-round! Why didn't ya say so?? 😉😋
I see Dan's been hittin' the boilo early this year. 😁
I tested it right the way ... it wirked verry well.
Did same vid years ago but transporting a doe I shot. Thx for sharing
my garden wagon has yet to be afforded so i guess i was a bit genius making one of these for harvesting the garden:)
A wheelbarrow is the reverse of a travois. a travois is a > that you pull by the narrow end, and a wheelbarrow is a < that you push by the wide end. Both can get the job done, especially if you attach a bin or tub to the travois. I've even reversed myself & pulled a wheelbarrow when the load was just too heavy for me to push easily.
Nice hat! (My Hometown!)
Great tackle! 😂😂
Love the big deer tackle, I’ll have to try that some day, but I’m 69. Lol one other option is to just set up camp and eat it there. I would need to make at least 4 trips to get a moose out 120 lbs plus per quarter
Haha, i hope for the class in Nov. Lenny is hanging at the cabin😂 his rack is impressive! 🤣
Its nice knowing some of the video spots now LOL
Like what you see? or S.E.E.? "Simple, easy & effective"! Only way to go!
:05 That's how I've always harvested my deer.😁
Why leave the paracord frayed? What's the benefit to not burning it?
Lol 😂 super cool l!!! thanks man for making my day!!
I’m thinking Lenny was some mighty tough eatn..
A flying body slam would have been more impressive. Great vid!
travois.. of course
Atvs and side by sides... yeah, I have all of those.
Enjoyed I have use before worked well
I know that deer tackle hurt something..LOL
im still laughing at that tackle . lol
I only use white, frayed paracord. Cuz I'm a master bushcrafter.
YEah, what Ivan said; why no strap over the shoulders to ease the weight and free up hands at times?
May actually try this out this winter if I get a deer.
Historically pre bows, Hunters were chasing the game till it dead. So the intro is pretty accurate😂
Are you and Corporals Corner teasing each other?
He’s a loser
@@coalcracker I love you guys!
Coalcracker Bushcraft Anytime Anywhere Big Dog 💪
You took that deer down real expert like ....
Nice tackle 😂😂
Primitive hunting at its finest!!!😂😂😂
Travois is an old French word that means "We haven't discovered wheels."
Great info. What camera are you using here? Looks incredible. Thanks for all your tips!
"Lenny: is a real "lightweight".
I love your video....what part of Pennsylvania are you in ?
I am northwest Pennsylvania.