The Meat Pole

A reader inquired about the meat pole set up for deer camp this year.

You may recall that a year ago we were inspired to revisit our deer hanging set-up and came up with a novel mechanism for handling deer by means of constructing a new meat pole.  A week before camp Six Deuce and I reassembled it in short order.

This is what it looked like at the close of the second day of camp last weekend.  

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It is quite capable of handling up to five carcasses with ease.

Furthermore, assembly and take down is a snap.  The brackets remain affixed to the horizontal bar along with the pulleys.  The four legs as simply inserted into the brackets requiring no bolts or fasteners.  Four of us took it apart and stored it in the barn yesterday in about ten  minutes.  

This is an uncomplicated solution for any deer camp.  The brackets can be purchased online for less than $100 and the 4x4, ten foot timbers, pulleys, cleats and rope from any big box home improvement store or local lumber yard. 

Someone needs to inform the manufacturer of these backyard swing set brackets that they need to market a meat pole kit through retailers like Gander Mountain and Cabela's/Bass Pro Shops.