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I wouldn't drag a deer 10 feet. Get a packframe and bring them out that way. Much easier, faster and your meat stays cleaner. If they won't let you bone one where you live (some states don't) then cut it in two and bring it out in halves. Keeping the meat clean is one of the most important parts of field care of venison.
This is a regional thing. Having done it both ways, I'm not sure that one is better EVERY TIME than another. For long distances packing them out is certainly better. But for 10', dragging and hanging is cleaner and easier
for me. I don't even gut on short drags. I bring them home hang them and gut them directly into a large garbage can then wheel that to the woods with all the scraps and dump it.
Just depends on the situation I suppose. A 10' drag isn't hard though.
-Jake