New Drags

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AWS

Retired PM Staff
Went hunting last week and had to dig to find a drag. I keep giving them away and found I'm down to one and really like to keep one in each pack so I made a few.

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I made a quicky drag last year with a 12" x 3/4" dowell, 3/16" cord with a knot on both ends.

One for the handle, & the other for a small S hook that I closed up one side for the cord, the other side just big enough to go over the cord.

Easy peasy to loop around a leg or 2 and go.
 
Mine fits the thigh pocket of my Kings snow camo fleece pants. I can loop behind top canine teeth for double drag. Or opposite front/back leg, over hand knot the rope at the handle and carry on hip(rope over shoulder) or handle in hand(fox usually). Main thing is not having to squeeze handle in below zero temps and rope not freezing.
 
I like to loop around the upper jaw/snout, half hitch around lower jaw and in thick cover half hitch around front legs pulling the up to the jaw. It streamlines them so they don't hang up. I like my drags long enough to wrap around and my waist for long drags or using trekking or ski pole or just to keep from having to grip the drag handle for a long time, arthritic hands.
 
I usually hunt pretty close to the jeep and carry a couple of 18" pieces of 3/16" or 1/4" paracord with hard loops in both ends in my pocket. Feeding the cord through a loop forms a slip knot which can be looped over a leg or snout. Each cord will handle one or two coyotes if necessary and then hang from an idler pulley on the chair.
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I make these for myself. Good for 1-4 yotes/coons at a time. The key is to do a round braid on the handle otherwise it isn't comfortable.
 
AWS said:
I like to loop around the upper jaw/snout, half hitch around lower jaw and in thick cover half hitch around front legs pulling the up to the jaw. It streamlines them so they don't hang up. I like my drags long enough to wrap around and my waist for long drags or using trekking or ski pole or just to keep from having to grip the drag handle for a long time, arthritic hands.
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Buy a deer drag harness and clip any drag to it. They are less than $10 and way more comfortable than having it around your waist.
 
Gave one to my hunting partner this morning and we broke it in this afternoon.

Ive used a lot of drags for deer and preds. I like the center pull handle unroll as much as you need, put a half hitch around it. Roll up the cord to store. Again wrap around the waist and it lowers the pulling point so less strain on the body. With the long cord you can hook up multiples so they follow in the track of the front one less chance of snagging in the brush and in the snow pull much easier. With the long cord you can pull clearing your skis or snowshoe tails.
 
AWS said:
Gave one to my hunting partner this morning and we broke it in this afternoon.

Ive used a lot of drags for deer and preds. I like the center pull handle unroll as much as you need, put a half hitch around it. Roll up the cord to store. Again wrap around the waist and it lowers the pulling point so less strain on the body. With the long cord you can hook up multiples so they follow in the track of the front one less chance of snagging in the brush and in the snow pull much easier. With the long cord you can pull clearing your skis or snowshoe tails.
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Thank you for the drag. You not only called in the coyote for me, you also gave me the drag and then dragged it back to the truck yourself. It was a big dog for southern NM.
 
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