Clothing & boots to keep you warm and safe during the season in the area you intend to hunt. Sure helps when people at least put the state they live in on their profile. No boggie man has knocked on my door yet!
Clothing in lower SE Michigan is a far cry from what is needed in the far upper Of Michigan's UP during the same fire arm season.
The equipment to dispach the critter during the season you choose to hunt, and a knife to field dress the deer. As for the drag rope that again depends on where you hunt. I myself just go to the house or cabin and get my ATV and trailer to haul the deer from the woods even in the UP.
Sportsman clubs are a good place to find a mentor.
Al