Maybe easier if he was already at the truck but it's a WHOLE lot easier to drag them with the guts out. Me, I find no problem gutting a deer where he falls. It takes what, maybe 3 or 4 minutes. It takes longer to get my knife out, some gloves on and all that than it does to do the deed. I think the guy is whacko. I don't care if it's only 100 yards to the truck. Nothing easy about dragging with the guts in him and getting him up on the tailgate with the guts in him. While he's struggling to get him on the tailgate I've gutted and have him ready to go home. Besides that, when that gut pile and chest cavity blood comes out and falls 3 feet to the ground it's going to be awfully dang messy. I'd rather have him on the ground. If you don't like the ground, pull him up in a tree but even that to me is wasted energy.