Good game bags, sharp knife withsharpener and a saw or hatchetare a must and I found a quarter in each one to be about as much as I wanted to pack out uphill.I put the backstraps and Tl's in with the front quarters since they were a tad lighter. Watch out when gutting because one little slip with the knife and it will blow all over you. It is no deer and the pressure is amazing. Some people do it the gutless method but I found that I was comfortable gutting, skinning, quartering and packing them out on a pack frame.