Rob, I do have a hoist, and we raise the deer as we skin it down. The young-un works closer to the ground than I do, hence the reason for hanging it from the hooves. If it were me I would hang it the same place you do. It was a little deer anyways, pretty easy to get it too high for him.

As a side note to the whole skinning/butchering thing, I think it is a great learning tool for kids on gun safety. I used to have to get onto the kids about muzzle control, that is untill they helped Grampa clean a doe he busted with his 25-06. It made a real impression, both of them are 10 times as safe as they used to be. They realize now that it ain't like T.V., where you get to go to the hospital and get fixed up. You can't fix dead, and that is what you will be if you goof up with a high powered rifle.