OK, so you got one

[manitou1]

I always had a camper shell on my truck, which always made it more difficult since I cannot stand up or walk backwards to pull the deer into the bed.  Last year I was loading a nice 10 pt. and it took a LOOOONG time and a lot of sweat to get him loaded.  I really wanted somebody to drive by and stop to help, but it never happened.  Finally got him loaded.  I then remembered what I purchased the "Hitch Haul" sitting in my shop for!

A man's gotta be tough to get old!!!  LOL.

[ChuckC]

I guess you can have a heavy rope, a ring or pulley in the back end of your truck bed (near the cab) and a piece of plywood as a ramp.  Tie the rope to a stump or tree or parking lot post, thru the pulley and back to the deer.  Then drive away till the deer is in the bed.

Sounds like it would work anyway.

ChuckC

[Rob W.]

I always thought a peice of canvas with tie offs attached to my back lower tie downs and a pulley attached to my tool box d rings would be the ticket when I get a little older. In theory I could lay the deer on the canvas and the rope and pulley would flip it up into the bed. Maybe 2 pulleys. One for a rope on each end of the canvas.

[ChuckC]

or just drive the lil tractor with the loader right to the deer.  (wishing here).  I want to kill a deer that is too big for my loader !

ChuckC

[Mudd]

Two years ago I had to leave one in the woods and go get help.

It was a great problem to have...lol

God bless,Mudd

[ChuckC]

Mudd, I hope you have that same problem again this year !  But don't forget the camera !

ChuckC

[HighTecRedNeck]

I had the same issues a few years ago. Since my brother runied his shoulder I hunt alone.

I ended up making a fold down davit to pick up the harvest after I broke off an antler trying to get it in my truck alone.

[jonsimoneau]

Bribe one of your buddies to do it for you. Tell him you will tell his wife about the new bow he just bought or something along those lines.

[ChuckC]

along the same lines, a friend told me a story a long time ago about shooting a huge buck.  When he found it, the Game Warden was right there, asking to see licenses.

He said he patted his pockets a few times and then shrugged and smiled.

The Game Warden gave him a speech, told him he would have to cite him, and asked him to grab a side of the antlers to help drag the evidence to the parking area.

They drug the deer for over an hour and when they finally got to the parking area, the good ol boy reached into his shirt pocket, pulled out his license, tagged the deer and thanked the warden for his help.

Always a way if you are thinking.

ChuckC

[HighTecRedNeck]

Originally posted by ChuckC:
along the same lines, a friend told me a story a long time ago about shooting a huge buck.  When he found it, the Game Warden was right there, asking to see licenses.

He said he patted his pockets a few times and then shrugged and smiled.

The Game Warden gave him a speech, told him he would have to cite him, and asked him to grab a side of the antlers to help drag the evidence to the parking area.

They drug the deer for over an hour and when they finally got to the parking area, the good ol boy reached into his shirt pocket, pulled out his license, tagged the deer and thanked the warden for his help.

Always a way if you are thinking.

ChuckC

ROTF, Now thats funny !!

[dhermon85]

   

[Gator1]

That is great

       

[longbow fanatic 1]

You can bolt a boat, trailer hand winch to a 2X4. Cut the 2X4 so that it locks in the pickup truck load lock slots. Now, use a flat piece of plywood as a ramp from the tailgate to the ground and winch the buck into the bed.

OR

Quarter the deer, then load (If it is legal to do so in your state).

[longbow fanatic 1]

Good joke, Hightechredneck.

[sabas silva]

place a 2" pvc tube as roller under plywood on tailgate lift other end and roll in

[huntmaster70]

I've used  a short section of old ladder- tailgate to ground,pull deer on ladder,pickup end of ladder & slide in.

[joe ashton]

I have been using a game cart for 10 years +.  I can get a deer/elk out of the woods alone with out hurting myself, much.
I have a plywood ramp I us to pull the deer up into the truck using rope and pullies or a
come-along.
Joe
PS.  also I have a 'cam strap' that I will wrap around the deers waist so I have a handle on the deer to work with.. that really helps!

[Easykeeper]

Originally posted by RLA:
Been there done that with a tall F-350 Ford 4X4. Tie a rope around the neck, then pull the deers head up over the tailgate & tie off the rope to the cargo hooks in the front of the truck bed.
Then heave up the back end of the deer & roll it in, not as easy as it sounds with a big deer but it works.

I've done it the same way, ironically I also have an F-350.

[twitchstick]

A "come a long" will go a long way.  I can load a whole elk by myself into a truck.

[Jake Fr]

I take my tail gate off and use it as a ramp and drag em up it