Abstract: There are a number of situations where objects must be picked up and transported to a remote location for future disposal. The hand held grappling tool of this invention is designed to pick up and transport an animal carcass, but can be used for any object. A pair of pickup plates having sharp spikes on their interior surface are each supported on the lower end of a leaf spring. The two leaf springs are attached to the lower end of a hollow tube which has a handle rigidly attached near its upper end. An actuator mechanism comprises a cable attached to the pickup plates adjacent the lower end of each leaf spring and extending upward into the hollow tube to a trigger device. The two cables position the pickup plates to pick up the carcass by displacing the trigger device. A first trigger device distance places the pickup plates in a first position, with a first angular orientation so that the spikes contact the carcass.