Garage Deer Hanger?

[Rage]

Fellow hunters,

Before the second blacktail season, I want to install a permanent deer hook / hanger in my garage. Any ideas? The garage is dry-wall.

-Steelhead Rager

[huntinfool]

Get an eye bolt, find a stud. Hook a pulley to it and get a gambrel.

[StickFish]

Find the studs get some 3" or longer lag bolts and a few feet of 2" angle iron. tap the studs with a smaller bit. Bolt angle iron perpendicular to the stugs - drill holes in the angle iron and a-fix chain shackles. Go to a garage sale and buy an old ATV winch and a 12v battery

[AnnaDraMoss]

At the large home improvement retailer I bought two 2" diameter steel rings which have 3"eye bolts attached, then screwed the eye bolts into a ceiling joist in my garage ceiling approx 4 feet apart, and slid a 5 foot length of galvanized pipe through the rings. This has held deer and elk. What I like about this is it gives me enough space to hang all the quarters.

[Teton]

Originally Posted by StickFish

Find the studs get some 3" or longer lag bolts and a few feet of 2" angle iron. tap the studs with a smaller bit. Bolt angle iron perpendicular to the stugs - drill holes in the angle iron and a-fix chain shackles. Go to a garage sale and buy an old ATV winch and a 12v battery

Yes. This distributes the vertical load across two or more joists. The more joists that share the load, the better.

[Hunt'nFish]

Originally Posted by Teton

Yes. This distributes the vertical load across two or more joists. The more joist that share the load, the better.

I have a section of 4x4 across a couple rafters, then I use a rope rachet to hoist it up with.
Hunt'nFish

PS: a spray bottle of apple cider vinegar is a great anti-bacterial spray.

[blacktail519]

Originally Posted by StickFish

Find the studs get some 3" or longer lag bolts and a few feet of 2" angle iron. tap the studs with a smaller bit. Bolt angle iron perpendicular to the stugs - drill holes in the angle iron and a-fix chain shackles. Go to a garage sale and buy an old ATV winch and a 12v battery

although i would use Uni-Strut instead of angle iron. Options are endless with Uni-Strut.

[Rage]

Thanks for all your input. I'm heading off to get the supplies today. I don't want to wait this year til I'm driving home with a buck in the bed of my truck to be wondering how I'm going to hang it. Of course, this attitude will probably jinx me.