I have heard of old time guides using a light weight axe to quarter the moose.
My wife shot a 610# 42" bull saturday morning 1 mile from the road. It took us until 2:00 PM sunday for us to get it on the trailer Two of us pulled it out by hand,my buddy was the camera man. and my wife carried the winch,gas and extra cable (all down hill) strapped him to a truck bed liner and away we go. We did need the winch twice to get him out of low spots.Needed a beer real bad after that.We were going by dualmas' advice( and others in the know) and headed for the high country. We were at 2865 feet where he went down with one shot to the neck in 5" of snow real pretty.
We couldn't have done it without the snow on the ground at the time. Strapped him to a truck bedliner we draged up the mountain. and it was all down hill. we used the chainsaw winch twice. The rest was really myself and my buddy dragging. My wife carring the winch, and gas, and extra cable. When we were done dragging the moose, we were dragging a$$ big time
Read about these guys on another forum that just drag 'em out by hand. This was my reply........You dragged a 610 lb. moose out of the woods a mile by hand. That's quite a feat. We shot a 570 lb. cow this year and 2 of us couldn't budge it by hand......guess they're alot stronger than I am.
I was just wondering how you guys go about getting the dirty (or just heavy) work done after you have downed your moose?I have never shot a moose yet, but my father inlaw tells me that he just skins half the moose then takes off the front and rear quarters and the loin, then flips him over and does the other side (and of corse the horns). He doesn't even unzip him (so the back straps are wasted, yes). He might take off alittle more meat but that is it. I was just wondering how others do it, the way he talks I could do it all myself (and I might have to if I hunt alone for afew days)