{"id":1015,"date":"2010-10-10T12:44:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2010-10-10T12:44:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T16:44:13","slug":"about-the-dead-sled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/about-the-dead-sled\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE \u201cDEAD SLED\u201d\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not too long ago, while in the Omaha area to teach a course in responsible armed self-defense, I found myself in a Cabela\u2019s which had graciously furnished a conference room for the classroom portion of the program. While I was there they had a \u201cdoor-buster\u201d sale that included $99.99 Mosin-Nagant 7.62mm Russian military surplus rifles. They had hundreds of \u2018em, and sold over a hundred in the first fifty minutes, according to one of the Cabela\u2019s staff guys. Damn decent condition, too\u2026helluva deal at today\u2019s prices. They sent enough Mosins out the door that weekend to defend the gates of Stalingrad.
\nWhile we were there, the cute little redhead I call The Evil Princess spotted an Internet ad from the very same Cabela\u2019s for a product named The Dead Sled<\/a>. Turns out to be something called generically a \u201cgame cart.\u201d It\u2019s basically a \u201cdolly,\u201d only set up to transport the carcass of a deer that has been transformed into venison. I was told it was a discontinued item in Cabela\u2019s \u201cBargain Cave.\u201d Given the name, I can see why it might have been discontinued.
\nWho knew? All these years, we confident deer hunters simply brought some rope into the woods with us. You shoot the deer. You dress it out. You wrap the rope around the deer, and drag it out behind you.
\nOr you drape the deer over your shoulders like Dan\u2019l Boone and those guys used to, and hope no one sees the antlers and shoots at them. Or if there are two of you, you gut the deer, tie its hooves together, cut a long piece of wood out of the forest and run it between front and back legs, and hang the fresh food over your shoulders between you as you bring it home from the woods.
\nBut, you know, I do like this new paradigm. I\u2019m not sure about wheeling a cart through the woods with me during hunting season (though at my age, I could probably use it as a walker). Cabela\u2019s also has a $20 thang called a Sleigh\u2019r<\/a>\u2122, which is kind of like a drag-blanket for you to haul the quarry out of the woods and back to the car or truck.
\nUntil we find some way to convince Bambi to walk into our freezer so we can shoot him there, this new \u201cgame cart\u201d technology DOES seem to have potential. Only thing is, I saw the Evil Princess looking at the Dead Sled, looking at me\u2026looking at the Dead Sled, looking at me\u2026
\nAnd I could tell that what was going through her mind was, \u201cHe IS kind of an \u2018old buck\u2019\u2026\u201d
\nAnybody know where I can find a Fled Sled, to get me to someplace safe?<\/p>\n

Somber expression reflects the realization that “deer cart” is about the right size for…oneself.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Cabela’s on-site classroom graciously hosted this class.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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