On occasion we DO get our big game out whole. Use a 2-man snow sled to get' em to the road. Hopefully its downhill. Put the truck in the ditch backed up to the hill to get' em in or wait for help to drive by. First ones to come by are always glad to help load' em. At camp I throw the tow rope over a stout limb and use the truck to haul' em up in the tree to tie off. I like the rear end up. I use a hatchet to carefully split the backbone and open up the hump on the back to cool, using a stick to spread the chest cavity. I leave the hide on. $25 will let me hang' em in the locker down the mountain for 5 days if it' s too warm out. Haulin it home I keep it in the pickup box out of sight (cept for mayby 1 hoof sometimes). That way the anti' s don' t have to look at it, and any hunters that do look see a beautiful, whole, field dressed elk(on one occasion, two of us filled like this and I got to haul' em both).