Abstract: An apparatus for carrying harvested game animals is includes a rod that is sufficiently sized and shaped to be insertable into the bore of a firearm barrel. A stopper portion of the apparatus is operatively connected to the rod and has a width that is wider than the bore to thereby limit insertion of the rod into the bore. A cord is mounted to the rod and stopper such that, when the rod is inside the bore of the barrel, the cord is outside the bore. A method of using the apparatus includes securing the cord to a harvested animal, inserting the rod into the bore of a firearm, and supporting the firearm on a shoulder to facilitate carrying the animal.

Abstract: A gambrel for hanging an animal to be butcher or skinned, the gambrel having an adjustable length suspension bar from which lines extend to be wrapped around the legs of the animal to be butchered or skinned. The adjustable length suspension bar consists of one elongated member inserted into another elongated member. Each elongated member has a slot through which each end of a gambrel suspension line is extended into and retained within each elongated member so that the geometry of the gambrel suspension line remains the same when length of the adjustable length suspension bar is changed to accommodate different sized animals.

Abstract: A turkey carrier and method of manufacture of a turkey carrier are described. The turkey carrier may be assembled from a single strip of material, a buckle, and a strip of comfortable padding. The assembled turkey carrier comprises two loops (a small loop and a large padded adjustable loop) and an intermediate area. During use, the intermediate area between the small loop and the large loop of the carrier is positioned under the turkey's legs, typically above the spurs of a male turkey, so that the two loops are on opposite sides of the turkey's legs and the larger loop is inserted through the smaller loop and pulled tight to secure the legs leaving the larger padded loop to be used as a wrist strap. The carrier is designed to tightly secure the turkey's legs while simultaneously providing the user with a comfortable method of transporting the turkey.

Abstract: A compact lightweight flexible disposable game carrying sled comprises a flexible high density polyethylene sheet configured to receive game thereon and be dragged along the ground during transport of the game. A plurality of sets of holes defining lines are in spaced locations along the sheet. A plurality of tie down lines are included, with each tie down line weaving through one set of holes to couple the line to the flexible sheet. The tie down lines are configured to completely encircle the game to secure the game to the sheet. A plurality of intersecting uniform material thickness fold lines extend across the sheet, allowing the sheet to be folded to form a compact structure for storage and for transport when not in use and unfolded when the game carrying sled is to be used.

Abstract: A device for moving game after the game has been slain wherein the device acts as a sled or toboggan. A combination of the device is the device in a folded condition and inserted into a container for carrying the device. The container is a fabric bag with appropriate openings and straps for inserting the device and carrying the device, respectively.

Abstract: A device for manually transporting a carcass 8 or similar sized object includes a transport member 12, at least one hauling member 18 for manually pulling the transport member 12 with a carcass 8 therein, the hauling member 18 being secured to the transport member 12, at least one carcass member 20 for securing the carcass 8 to the transport member 12, and at least one closing member 22 for wrapping the transport member 12 about the carcass 8.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing the carcass of a slain large game animal, such as a deer, from the woods includes a polymer sheet that is placed beneath the carcass of the slain animal to reduce frictional forces associated with the dragging of the animal through the woods. The polymer sheet is formed with eyelets to permit the attachment of straps to fix the carcass to the top surface of the sheet. The polymer sheet can be rolled for storage in a quiver having caps screwed onto each opposing end thereof. When the sheet is to be utilized, the quiver is placed at the front edge of the sheet to stiffen and round the front edge so as to form a toboggan. A handle can be passed through the opened quiver to permit the apparatus to be dragged through the woods with a minimal amount of effort.

Abstract: A backpack strap system for carrying a load comprises: an elongated sheet of flexible material; vertical load straps each attached at the top and bottom edges of the sheet; and horizontal load straps each attached at the first and second side edges of the sheet. Sheet and load straps are adapted for wrapping around and securing loads of various sizes and/or shapes. The top edge of the sheet is adapted for carrying the load, usually on foot, by shoulder straps, carrying straps, and/or a hanging strap secured thereto. The load is laid on the sheet, and the sheet and load straps are wrapped around the load to secure it, enabling the load to be lifted/carried. Examples of oversized loads include animal carcasses, firewood, or an injured person. The sheet may be adapted to fold up and function as an ordinary backpack, and/or to carry auxiliary packs or storage containers.

Abstract: A game lifting apparatus for lifting and loading a game animal upon a rack of a prime mover such as an ATV. The game lifting apparatus includes a rack support assembly including a rack support member being adapted to securely mount to a prime mover, and also including bracket members being fastenable to the rack support member; and also includes a rack assembly being attached to the bracket members for supporting and lifting a game thereupon.

Abstract: The invention is a specialized carrier for a wild turkey taken by a hunter. After shooting the wild turkey, the hunter simply removes the carrier from his pocket, fastens the carrier to the neck and feet of the turkey and then places the carrier over the shoulder to transport the turkey. The wild turkey is a heavy bulky bird and when carried in the traditional arm over shoulder position, the hunter can experience discomfort to the arm. This discomfort to the arm will require the hunter to take frequent rest stops if carrying the turkey long distances. The wild turkey carrier solves this problem by placing the weight of the turkey on the hunter's shoulder. The wild turkey carrier functions similar to the use of a shoulder strap on a heavy carry bag where the shoulder strap is the wild turkey carrier and the carry bag is the wild turkey. This simple concept allows the hunter to use both hands to safely carry a gun and other hunting equipment.

Abstract: An upland pack vest for hunting has a rear game pouch and an adjustable belting/strapping system designed to evenly distribute the weight of game loaded in the game pouch. The pack vest includes a pair of shoulder staps connected to the top of the game pouch and a hip belt connected to the inside of the game pouch. The shoulder straps are hung over the shoulders of the hunter and the hip belt is buckled around the waist of the hunter. A pair of adjustable diagonal straps connect the respective shoulder straps to the game pouch. A sternum strap connects the shoulder straps to prevent the shoulder straps from spreading as the adjustable diagonal straps redistribute weight from the game pouch onto the front portion of the shoulder straps. The length of the diagonal straps are adjustable in order to allow the hunter to adjust the fit of the vest.

Abstract: A portable animal storage unit comprising a pliable, foldable panel, said panel having an inner facing and an outer facing, a first side edge, a second side, a top edge, and a bottom edge, the inner facing and outer facing defining an insulating space therebetween, the inner facing being formed of a water-impervious material, the insulation space containing a thermal insulating material, a sack attached to the inner facing and having an openable end, the sack being made of a material that permits heat transfer, and a closure for holding at least the first side edge and second side edge together when the panel is folded such that the first side edge and second side edge substantially overlie one another.

Abstract: A portable rack is shown for transporting objects including animal carcasses such as deer. The rack is removably secured to a vehicle and includes a carrying tray assembly adapted to receive the object, i.e. animal carcass. The rack is structured such that the tray assembly can be selectively mounted from a ground position to facilitate loading to an upright position for transporting of the object which has been loaded. The carrying tray assembly can also be selectively adjusted from a straight, in line contour to an arcuate or angulated contour.

Abstract: A game drag for dragging an animal including a flexible line having a draft handle end, an opposite end having a fixed snout loop formed therein for passing over the snout of an animal to be dragged, and an intermediate portion which passes through the fixed loop and forms a second adjustable loop that passes around a portion, such as the neck, of an animal to be dragged. The invention also contemplates a method of mounting a game drag, having a snout loop in one end of a flexible draft line, on a game animal including the steps of passing a portion of the line adjacent the snout loop around the neck of an animal to be dragged and through the snout loop to form a second variable size loop, mounting the snout loop on the snout of an animal to be dragged, and then applying tension to an opposite end of the line to partially close the second variable loop tightly about the animal's neck.

Abstract: A game carrying hunting pack for carrying hunting supplies and game animal carcass on a user's upper body. The game carrying hunting pack includes flexible front and back panels each having upper and lower portions. A spaced apart pair of shoulder straps couple the upper portions of the front and back panels together. The front and back panels each have a main pouch coupled to the lower portion of the respective panel. The main pouches each have an upper edge defining an open top of the respective main pouch. The upper portion of the back panel has an elongate flexible securing strap coupled thereto for securing the antlers of a carcass held in the main pouch of the back panel.

Abstract: A harness fits the head of an animal carcass for dragging the carcass with a tether line. The harness has an elongated connector coupled to a longitudinal adjustment strap, and a length of flexible strap coupled in a figure eight with a sliding connection at its central crossing, thereby forming first and second loops. A ring or other pull fitting for the tether line is attached to an end of the connector member adjacent to a sliding connection with the flexible strap at the front, and the longitudinal adjustment strap is coupled between the connector member and a sliding connection with the flexible strap at the rear. The first loop fits around the snout of a carcass such as a deer. The second loop includes a length adjustment between opposite ends of the flexible strap, which adjusts the circumference of both loops due to the sliding connection at the central crossing. The second loop is fitted around neck of the carcass and optionally also the front legs.

Abstract: A game towing assembly comprises a flexible adjustable collar adapted to fit snugly about a neck of a slain game animal. A manual towing structure is secured to the collar for pulling the collar along with the slain game animal, so that the slain game animal can travel along the ground.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a camcorder is disclosed for maintaining an optimum viewing angle for an LCD display when the camcorder is tilted at an angle in the process of aiming the camcorder at a subject. A separate drive unit moves the LCD display with respect to the camcorder body. The amount the LCD display is moved by the drive unit is controlled based upon a sensed amount of movement of the image pickup device when the camcorder is pointed in different directions.

Abstract: The combination, with an ATV, of a lift comprised of two arms and a back bracket being pivotally attached to the ATV and a lift leg with a positive stop spade point at the forward end being mounted inside a center bracket that is pivotally attached to the arms, may be lowered to the ground to receive a load; and, with forward movement of the ATV, the load will be lifted and will slide down against the ATV back rack. After the load is moved upon the ATV back rack, the lift is then set in the retracted position and locked up to the ATV back rack by means of angle brackets attached to the ATV back rack and pins. The locked up position readies the lilt to receive and transport cargo.

Abstract: A portable carrier for dead game, e.g. deer is provided. The carrier includes a first tubular member and a second tubular member. The tubular members are removably mountable to each other at one end of each tubular member by, for example a coupling to permit threadably coupling the tubular members to each other. An attachment is mounted to at least one, and preferably both, tubular members, for removably attaching one tubular member in an adjacent and parallel position to the other tubular member. A clamp assembly is mounted to each tubular member for removably clamping a pair of the dead game's legs to such tubular member. The portable device is easily and quickly assembled by detaching the tubular members from each other, mounting the ends to each other and clamping the front legs of the game to a first clamp and the rear legs of the game to a second clamp. The free ends of the joined tubular members are each placed on a person's shoulder and the game carried from the location. After use, i.e.

Abstract: A convertible pack frame which, in a first configuration allows the user to wear the pack simply around the waist or lower torso leaving the upper body unrestrained thereby facilitating the hunter's movement through and over rugged terrain and which in an alternate or second configuration may be used to lash or otherwise secure substantial loads including game for the purpose of transporting such loads. The convertible packing frame also provides a means for readily converting the system from a first configuration to a second configuration together with means for conveniently stowing those parts not required in the second configuration, i.e. the pack frame configuration, in a compartment provided when the apparatus is arranged in the first configuration.

Abstract: The invention is a hunter's personal safety game pack and method of making it. The game pack is especially designed for the wild turkey, with a bloodproof bottom pouch, a No-See-Um mesh drawstring bag top, and a shoulder harness. The wild turkey is a large bulky bird, weighing approximately 10 kilograms. It is cumbersome and messy, a burden to carry without a game pack. Carrying a wild turkey using one hand in the traditional over-shoulder position puts the hunter in a very dangerous situation. Carrying his gun with one hand is not recommended for safe gun handling; the exposed turkey on his back invites other hunters to shoot at the turkey and possibly shoot the otherwise successful turkey hunter in the back or head. Perhaps even more important, Lyme ticks may be transferred from turkey to hunter, with risk of the disabling and sometimes fatal Lyme disease. The taken turkey must cool quickly to avoid spoilage. The No-See-Um mesh top permits cooling ventilation without permitting any ticks to pass.

Abstract: A utility rack for being attached to a vehicle and for carrying a load. The rack includes a platform member for supporting the load; a first arm member having a first end for being attached to the vehicle and having a second end; a second arm member having a first end for being attached to the vehicle and having a second end; a first slide for slidably attaching the second end of the first arm member to the platform member; and a second slide for slidably attaching the second end of the second arm member to the platform member.

Abstract: A carrier mountable to an off-road-type vehicle for transporting harvested game has a game supporting platform with tubular framing and a substantially planar platform surface, is adapted to overlie the hood of the vehicle and has a bracket for attaching the platform over the hood of the vehicle.

Abstract: A golf stance device for locating the feet of a golfer properly with respect to a golf ball. The device is formed of an elongated flat strip of material such as plastic or metal adapted to rest upon the ground and a housed roll-up tape slidably engaged therewith by sliding the flat strip through slots in a flexible disk attached to the tape housing. The roll-up tape may be extended in a direction normal to the elongated strip toward a golf ball providing a device having a member parallel with the golfer's line of sight and properly displaced from the ball. Both the elongated strip of material and the tape have indicia assisting a golfer in positioning the device upon the ground and in obtaining a proper stance. The device is portable and easily mounted upon a golf bag.

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing drag when sliding an animal headfirst along the ground is provided. The drag reducing apparatus comprises a wrapping mechanism for conforming to the shape of the animal. The wrapping mechanism includes a forward edge, a rearward edge, a forward body porrtion, a central body portion, and a rearward body portion. The forward edge has a substantially smaller lateral dimension than a lateral dimension of the central body portion. The forward body portion is interconnected to the rearward body portion by the central body portion. The wrapping mechanism further includes a first securing mechanism for securing the forward edge around the neck of the animal such that the forward edge remains secured around the neck of the animal when the animal is towed headfirst along the ground. Preferably the wrapping mechanism includes a flexible sheet member and a second securing mechanism for securing the flexible sheet member around the animal.

Abstract: A frame is disclosed for towing a deer out of the woods. The frame has a pair of supports mounted on the back of the hunter, and a pivotal carriage on which the forward end of the deer is strapped. The height of the carriage above the ground can be adjusted.

Abstract: A game transportation device comprises a thin, flexible sheet, plastic sled upon which an animal can be secured by straps, and a harness attached to the sled for pulling the same along the ground. Downwardly movable ground engaging flaps are provided to prevent backward movement of the sled on an incline.

Abstract: Apparatus intended for hunters and trappers for moving animals. The apparatus includes a shoulder sling having first and second ends and a secondary strap dimensioned and configured for extending around the chest and back of the user and having first and second ends. The first and second ends of the secondary strap are respectively joined to the first and second ends of the shoulder sling. First and second ring shaped members are carried on the sling respectively at the first and second ends of the sling. First and second gambrells are carried on discrete lanyards fixed to the first ring shaped member and third and fourth gambrells are carried on discrete lanyards fixed to the second ring shaped member.

Abstract: A sled structure including a body supporting portion, a head supporting portion and a towing portion; the body supporting portion and the head supporting portion together forming a substantially flat flexible sheet-like structure, the body supporting portion being of a generally elongated configuration, the body supporting portion including a main section with peripheral side sections and an end section, the side and end sections being foldable with respect to the main section, a plurality of fasteners disposed in the side and end sections, the head supporting portion extending from one end of the body supporting portion, spaced first and second tubular passages extending from one edge of the sled structure to the other, continuous cord extending from a fastener adjacent one corner of the end section to a fastener located in the side section remote from the corner and thereafter to a fastener disposed in the other side section and back and forth between fasteners in the side sections in a zigzag pattern to th

Abstract: A rigid hand bar has a pair of spaced clamp loops which are adjustable for releasable securement on front leg portions of a dead game animal. The animal can be dragged after first securing the bar to its front legs and then grasping and pulling the bar. A line secured to the bar is arranged to loop under and support the head portion of the animal so that it will not drag on the ground. The hand bar may have a central gripping area for use by one man or it may have opposite end gripping areas for use by two men.