Well I'm not out East, but I used it on my Whitetail last winter hunting a SWA out on the plains, was able to get my whole deer out in one trip, 3 miles to the parking lot, however I did walk back and get my frame pack and return to butcher her. Didn't seem to loose any meat over conventional method. Plus it allowed me to drive my little beater commuter car out for the 200 mile roundtrip to my hunting unit, would of looked like a serious redneck on my drive back to Denver with her strapped to the top of the trunk:)