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Not trying to be discouraging. However, it's important to be prepared. You need to be able to get it out if you go into a less-than-optimum place to get one out.

Some years ago, I shot a medium bull way up on a hillside. At the bottom was a good trail and it was about a mile out to the road on that. I boned it and hauled it in pieces to the bottom where I would start ferrying it out. When I got down with the last load, a guy was standing there with 2 horses and he asked if he could 'borrow' my elk. The horses were colts that had never packed and he wanted them to get some experience. I pondered it hard for 1.5 seconds and said 'ok'. It was a nice open creek bottom and a good place for a rodeo should one occur. It didn't happen, though. The horses just stood while we loaded them up and they led nicely right down to my truck. Bummer.