You in Louisiana or Mississipi?..:) Water is warm..

Just cross the creek with your bow and gear and HUNT... Creek will probably be down by the time you get a deer down..IF you do.

QUADS?.. Shucks get the US ARMY COE to build a Bailey Bridge if you are handicapped....Jim

Get a Styrofoam block that they put under docks. a lengh of rope from one side to the other waist high stand on the Styrofoam and pull your self across.

Probably cheaper go to the junk yard and get a gas tank out of a pick up...makes a great float

What Bobo said. That's what I was going to suggest. I've used one before and it's a fun ride!

Since you have a 4 wheeler, take a boat and a Jet Sled (icefishing sled) down there. Cross with the boat and use the Jet Sled to haul your deer back to the boat. A little more work, but not impossible as hunters have been dragging deer for years. Skeet

Can you wade the creek all the way across?

Canoe.

Is it a fast flowing 3 feet ?

At my place we felled 2 10-12-in diameter x 35 ft. high maples trimmed to 22 feet which we needed and bridged with 2 ft. x 8 ft. 3/4 exterior plywood sections screwed to the logs. This was for temporary purposes only but worked fine for what we had to do ( wheelbarrows for a building project). However would not help you with your four wheelers, you'd need 3 trees and whole sheets of plywood to bridge them. Goes up quick though.

Any big tall trees you can cut down, tack a handrail on to avoid losing balance, instant bridge. Got one crossing a creek on some public land I hunt like this, works great.

Shucks..Get a Rokon..:) ...:)Jim

4 wheelers will float.

Yea, 4 wheelers will float upside down, lol. I would come up with some type of ol timely ferry like you see in old westerns or use an old Jon boat or canoe.

Honda floats upright.

55 gallon drums with a plate form and the quad on top.

Waders work fine. Take them off when you get to the other side. I hunt islands a lot and for me this is the least amount of trouble. RC

Trade four wheeler for Argo 6 wheeler Drive anywhere.

Easiest thing is to just put on some hip boots and walk across. Cabelas also sells some nylon overboots that are as high as hip boots that you just slip over your hunting boots/clothes. All the other mechanical modes you're considering are noisy any time consuming.

I thought the ferry/boat idea was a good one in case he has to bring a deer back across. Seems like it would be a lot of work to drag it across deep water current.

When I was a kid my dad actually just cached a pair of hip waders at the crossing. We were on private ground, so we didn't have to worry too much about losing them. Get one of those real heavy black plastic lawn bags to stick the waders in, and then stash that in a bush or a blowdown or something close by the crossing...Just put 'em on to cross and leave them on the other side, then stash them again when you come out.

16 feet doesn't seem all that far. What do the banks looks Like?

Chest waders unless the current is too strong. canoe or rubber raft if current is strong. I would never suggest cutting down a mature tree to use as a temporary creek crossing - takes 50-60 years to grow those and there is just no sense in doing that as there are plenty of other ways to cross a stream.

If I was with Fred that day. I know, I would of said to him. Maybe we should cross one at a time. Wanna go first? That sure is a hairy looking crossing in the picture. I'm sure it was worse actually doing it.....Cool picture.

Patrick, we have to deal with a lot of water on Tensas NWR . . . we have some Wiggy's waders for those times when we need a quicky crossing, otherwise we have hip waders which we put on just before crossing and take off on the otherside.

Michael

If it was hard access, I sure wouldn't take a 4 wheeler over there either. Build a bridge and all those other guys will be joining your. Oh my. Honestly, it's not hunted because of the limited access....walk across and then drag the buck back across.

Kayak, I use mine all the time to cross lakes, rivers etc. only weight 35lbs. Float deer behind if current is slow.

Good looking buck.

You need to get yourself one of them there BAD BOY BUGGYS. Nothing can stop them, not even a raging river! Your only other alternative is to eat the deer on the spot:)

Canoe

Drop a couple of 2x12s across pull them back after you.

Off with the boots and pants. Wade the creek and back on your warm dry pants and boots. Problem solved.

robert carter x2

Just get a dukes of hazard horn for your quad and jump the thing

I was going to say pole vault it............Then I saw your pic with the deer. Sorry brother, pole vaulting is out of the question :)

Where in mississippi is the creek?

In the army we would cross rivers by wrapping our packs uniform and boots in our hoochie and float the lot across the river.We just layed our rifles or m 60 machine gun on top and swim the bundled up kit across.Once across we would gear up again and keep patroling.We did this at night time as well as day. Once we had two female soldiers attached to our platoon but they only had to strip down to their under ware.I would call that sexual discrimination myself.The girls got a good laugh out of it I must say.I don't recomend it in real cold water as cramps and hypothermia can take hold real fast on longer crossings. OSR

Pick up your skirt and wade across....:-)

For whatever reason, deer on our large lease are especially skittish and spooked by the sound of a 4-wheeler more than any other vehicle, and we have stopped using them. Creating 4-wheeler access equals elimination of an especially good hunting place.

Enjoy it while you can. Not many places left where you can avoid the disruption of ATV's.

Any cheap canoe or sit-on-top kayak over 14' will take you, your gear, your deer cart (doubles as a cart to haul your boat to the creek) and the biggest buck of your dreams across the creek high and dry. If you're adamant about taking the 4 wheeler across, a simple 3/4" plywood 4 x 8' raft with landfill styrofoam cut into 6-8" thick blocks glued with Liquid Nail all over the the underside( it doesnt have to last a lifetime) will float it across to where you can drive on and off using a smaller piece of plywood as a ramp.. pole it across. DON'T use your winch or a fixed cable across the creek to get the raft/ATV across..even a tiny bit of current will catch or lift an edge of the raft and over you go.

Muskrat said it. If they can't cut the mustard they should stay on the porch. I would wear my fishing waders to cross.

Is there a hard bottom in that creek? Some places the more you cross the softer and deeper it gets. Be careful that you don't get your foot in a suckhole.

we use two bridges at our lease in rocky springs in claiborne county. got two conveyor tracks from a place years ago that are 8 ft wide and 20 ft long. used a tractor and come a long to position it on banks of the creek and strapped it to trees to keep it from moving when the water gets up. Tied 2x4's 2-3" apart along it. been there for over 15 years now.

How about putting on two 42 gal. Trash bags to make the 16' crossing and then Reuse them to make the return trip to home. They are VERY light and can be put in a pocket or fanny bag. I've used this system NUMEROUS times while Bow hunting. Good Luck.

P/S-- The bags are long enough to come up to your hips.

Since the pole vaulting is out how about tight rope walking? How's your balance?

I poured concrete low water bridge for an old friend in 91 and concrete floor for cabin in 92. Sure miss ole John.

Stilts.

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