One of my friends shot a large mule deer in the bottom of a valley.I had a winch on the truck but the closest that I could get the truckwas about 200 yards from the deer.With the valley walls being so steep it would have been a major pain to carry out the deer.Instead we went into town and bought a 1000ft roll of poly rope.I let the winch cable out and we ran rope from the hook to the deer.I then operated the winch while my friend guided the deer up the valley.When the winch cable was fully withdrawn,we simply extended it and hooked up the rope and winched again.It took several winching pulls but it certainly made the job much easier.The roll of rope was not really that heavy but then again it was only 1000ft long and1/2" in diameter.