If you are by yourself and are driving a truck how do you get your deer into the truck? Those big heavy Md deer are a *$#& to get in the truck by yourself. I' m thinking of getting one of those thingofmagigs that slide into the receiver of the trailer hitch. Another way I heard of but never tried is to pull your truck up to a tree, tie a rope around the tree and throw over the roof into the bed and across the tailgate. You have to protect the roof with something from rope burn. Drop the tailgate by unhooking the two cables, tie the rope to the deer and lift the hind legs to rest on the dropped tailgate, get in the truck and back up, the deer will lift right into the truck.

Just a hint that should work for you. Get a 2 by 12 board a little shorter than your truck bed, lash or just lay the deer on the board, lift the front and rest it on the tail gate then just pick up the back and slide it in you should be able to handle any criter you bag. If your uncomfortable with 1 board get 2 2 by 8' s and scab them together. Or use a short section of wooden ladder. People usually throw these out.

I have always had a pickup, and have wrestled many a deer into them - not always easy but I managed

This year its a new jeep cherokee so one of those thingofmagigs that slide into the receiver of the trailer hitch is in order.

You' ll not believe what an auto accident and lack of funds has driven me to. This year I' m going completely redneck and hunting out of my paid-for GT Coupe. When rigor sets in on that big daddy cramed into the back of that GT I' m going to be in an awful fix. May never get him out.

I' ve wrestled many of them into the back of my truck. I also have had a Blazer for quite a while...that' s not quite as fun to wrestle them in...but I also have a rack that slides into my hitch for that. Of course where I hunt a big deer is over 120lbs dressed...so they aren' t usually that hateful.

Probably the worst time I ever had was about 6 years ago.....trying to get one that weighed 130 into the trunk of my wife' s Cadillac[][] Took a while to smooth that one over.....especially since I didn' t tell her I was going hunting [] I hate it when the truck is broke down....

I' m fortunate that I' m physically capable of getting a deer up and in the truck fairly easy, but my suggestion is if there is a bank or slope of some sort to back into to minimize the distance from ground to tail gate. Sometimes this isn' t always possible.

That' s the way I do it too !!

This feat is made even tougher when you have a cap on the truck. [:@]

I have struggled many times with it, but have always managed to get ' em in there. It' d be easier if they weren' t so floppy!