Originally Posted by Ridge Runner

I once shot a buck on the trail on great north mountain, Its NF so no ATV's allowed, shot him at 9:20 AM, dragged him 1.6 miles out the top of the mountain to my truck (80% of that was either level or uphill) loaded him on my truck at 4:20 PM, was so stiff and sore I had to walk around a bit to limber up so I could depress the clutch pedal.
On short steep drags, grab them by the horns and throw them uphill, take 2 steps throw'em uphill again.
once I dragged a 200# bear .9 miles, thank god it was mostly downhill, I've either gotten older or smarter, won't do the NF thing anymore.
RR