I'm with Belle on this one. I rarely have to drag one more than 30 to 40 yards. Most of the time I pull the 4 wheeler right up beside them and load them up. From there it's a long, hard drive to the truck where I load the atv on the trailer and head home. It takes me up to 3 hours from time of kill to gutting and skinning.

The way I see it the guts are totally seperate from the meat so unless it's going to be a really long time there is no need to field dress. This is only my opinion. I've hunted for 10 years and never field dressed a deer and don't plan on starting now.

For me it's alot easier to take it home where I have a heated building (really nice when it's cold) and running water to clean up with. Most of my buddies bring theirs by when it's cold. Maybe I need to start charging $10 a deer? Anyway, this is my opinion. If you choose to field dress I can't see anything wrong with it.

Shane