Just checked, the chain hoist in the garage is hanging from 10 feet, and another foot would be nice. Electric hoist would be nice but for one deer a year the cheap little Chinese hoist bought on sale works fine. And there's enough mechanical advantage that when you crank the deer up it stays there by itself. Easy enough to make you change height rather than reaching.
I got a 440lb harbor freight elec for $79
Only have 9ft in my walkin cooler
Meat pole, lol...yellow jackets would eat my deer in 4 hours
