OK, so you got one

[ChuckC]

Now what.  For those of us that have to take the whole deer out in one piece.  You now have a 150#... ahem... I mean... 225# buck laying at the end of your truck and no partner to help.


How do YOU get it in the truck ?
ChuckC

[Moon]

Chuck,

I would suggest you try a Glen's Deer Handle.  I mostly hunt alone and the deer handle makes it much easier to load deer and hogs  onto your truck or atv.  

Good luck.

[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.

[VictoryHunter]

Not sure right now but I hope to have that very problem very soon. I think that I would just take the quarters off real quick and that would make the task of getting it in the truck much easier.

[shag08]

I ran into this situation two years ago.  I had just killed my biggest buck ever...great 8pt. Field dressed 185...but I ran off from the house and forgot my knife.  I was by myself and with no knife to gut him I had to figure out a way to load him in the truck guts and all.  And to make matters worse I had drove my 4x4 Dodge dually that morning, and the tailgate is around 4ft high on it when its let down.

Well I had parked in the holler and killed him midways up the ridge.  So I had a downhill drag, thank the Lord.  I got him drug down close to the truck and started to weigh my options on how to get the ol' boy into the truck.

There was a bluff on the road bank that was just perfectly tailgate high that I noticed.  It couldn't have worked out better.  I backed the truck up to that bluff and just drug him right in.

That was a lucky morning in every way possible.  I'd have to say I was blessed that morning.

[ChuckC]

RLA, that is one way. I carry rope to do just that if needed.

I also carry (in the truck)a couple straps, and have even used two strap-on tree steps, to make a band around the deer's body (chest and near the rear quarters.  Now I have handles !

Of course, a thinking man would have a 2' wide piece of 3/4" plywood to lay like a ramp up to his pick up bed, then use a come along or similar to winch it up.

Of course, some of the deer I have killed were  picked up with one hand, so that makes it easy.  They sure made some fine eating though !

ChuckC

[Bear Heart]

Use pulleys to hoist it so that it is hanging from a large limb. Then back the truck up and lower it down into the bed.

[TxAg]

It helps to be young,...though my back might not cooperate these days. I agree with the comments above about tying off the head and then lifting the other half. These guys made for a long night.


 

[Grayling Ghost]

Carry a piece of narrow plywood. Use it like a medical backboard / stretcher. Tie/ strap deer on it and the lift one end up to tailgate. Walk around and pick up the other end and slide it in the truck. Very easy for any size or age person.

[bowhuntingrn]

Hey TxAg, I can think of worse ways to spend a night    and Grayling Ghost, I like that idea...can't believe I never thought of it (used to be an EMT and am now RN in ER) DOH!    

[bretto]

Grab and Growl!!

[buckracks7]

[buckracks7]

Pick it up and put it in the truck. Jeesh! LOL

If there is a ditch to back into, or small hill to back up to, you can walk the deer right in.

If you have any kind of cargo anchors, you can figure out how to use a come along/hand winch, and plywood for a ramp to winch it in.

Grayling Ghost has a really good method.

I hope you all have this problem.

[Keefer]

I have had several that I had help getting into my truck but none getting him out....I usally like to wash the inside cavity out just a bit to get any debri before taking to get it cut up and getting out it isn't the problem it's getting back in my 2500 Dodge...I have a few hoof marks trying to toss them back in myself..
That small piece of plywood would of done the trick and I'll remember to try that next time Lord willing...   :rolleyes:

[rkelly]

You have what you need right in front of you.
Lift the tailgate out of its brackets and use it as a ramp.
Have done it many times.

[xtrema312]

I have two Jet sleds in my truck full of equipment.  Makes it easy to pull them out to get to stuff that would normally be way in the back.  I put the stuff from one into other areas and load my animal in the sled.  I can then use that to slide them in off a little rise in the ground.  I have load spots picked out just about everywhere I hunt.  The sled is handy to drag them out on leaves, grass and snow.  I have been known to get them to an area I can access with the truck, tractor, or whatever is handy and then toss the sled rope over the hitch ball and pull the sled to the load area as long as I don't have to go over pavement or gravel.  You can add a piece of plywood for a ramp if needed, and I do that, but most times I can find a load spot.

If I am hunting an area with no convenient load area, I often take my hitch hall platform.  It is a lot easier to get them on that.  

I have also done the rope on the neck thing to pull them up and then lift the back end on the tail gate.  That works fairly well.  I think  it is easier most time to pull up the back side and lift on the head if they have a rack.

My favorite way was to just pick them up and toss them in.  Those days are gone now.

[varmint101]

That's a great idea grayling!  Last time I had that problem he was only 140lbs dressed and I just hefted him up.  I never kill a big enough doe to have a problem lol.

[PaulDeadringer]

The plywood/stretcher idea is a good one. I have a jeep Cherokee and use one of those racks that slide into your Reese hitch and it works great. Might not be a bad idea for some of you pickup drivers since it's much lower to the ground and you don't get any blood in the bed that you have to wash out. It'll hold a load too, I've had 3 deer strapped to it that a buddy and myself killed and we used ratchet straps to tie them down and we were fine. It was probably too much of a load, but we had no other choice.

[achigan]

Grayling Ghost has it right. Using that method, you don't ever have to lift the whole weight. If no board, then tying off the head is the way to go.

[southpawshooter]

I use a deer cart often when I am alone. I built a ramp from plywood that goes from the tailgate to the ground. Wheeling up the ramp with the cart makes it easy.