Patent ID: 6969049

Claim:
Apparatus for mounting on a vehicle for hoisting a big-game carcass to a transport position and transporting the big-game carcass, the apparatus comprising: a) a rotatable reel; b) two lift lines; c) attaching means for attaching the lift lines to the reel such that the distal portions of the lift lines are spaced apart one from the other along the length of the reel and wherein the attaching means are moveable along the length of the reel so as to permit adjustment of the space between the distal portions of the lift lines; d) mounting means for mounting the reel to a vehicle; e) cranking means for rotating the reel; and f) locking means for releasably locking the reel to impede rotation of the reel; wherein, when the reel is mounted, the lift lines are operable to encircle a big game carcass such that the lift lines are spaced one from the other along the trunk of the carcass, the cranking means is operable to rotate the reel so as to spool in the lift lines and thus hoist the carcass to a transport position, and the locking means is operable to releasably lock the reel when the carcass is in the transport position.