[Lilred]

Gal I can relate...they dont call me Lil red fer nuthin..lol
I had one heckuva time tryin new things to make it easy on me. After 100 yrds of draggin..no matter whichaway I tried..seemed like the gun weighed 100 lbs more than the deer..and movin inches at a time, esp. up a steep hill, was not an understatement.
First thing..always gut the deer fore you even attempt to move it. Git all of the innards out..you can do it real easy by layin the deer on it's side once you've made yer cut. Lil hands like ours make it easy to pull everything outta the chest cavity too.

Next, get you one of those safety harnesses that folks use fer tree stands. They are made to even out the weight if you fall and are danglin there..and they also even out your weight against the dead weight behind you. You'll wind up usin yer leg, shoulders & chest muscles to pull the drag..and the weight is evenly dispersed between all of em. That also leaves free hands to hold your gun and other gear..or to even grab a tree to pull on iffin you need that extra oomph to git the deer over a log er sumthin.
Other thing...always hook the deer round the head/neck. Goin against the hide the other way.

I tried the carts..and in the thick woods round here..it was a disaster..esp hittin holes and tryin to werk it round trees and stuff. Easy pickins in a field tho..makes it much easier.

There are times that no matter what you try...a deer is just to dern big. While it is illegal here..you might have to find yerself quarterin the deer to git it outta there. Once I killed a big buck..185 lbs of em against my 100. Just wont gonna werk.
I had over a mile to walk..and callin on my radio did me no good to the farmer who's land I was huntin on. I could barely hear his tractor runnin...so I decided to walk back and get help.
By the time my short stubby legs got me back to the farm...everybody had done went up to the store to git lunch. (I aint know that at the time er I woulda waited) It was gittin warm too...so I walked back to the buck..cut him in half (cuttin his backbone right behind the ribs & makin sure I left his privates attached) and made 2 trips totin him outta there.
When I got to the check station, the dern game warden pulled in less than 5 mintues behind me..and I had to explain what I had done. He seemed ok with it..but asked that I try to wait for help next time. Point bein..that if the circumstances warrant it...you should not get in any trouble for it.