I've never understood people dragging a deer 2 miles or carrying one out on their shoulders.
It used to be illegal to quarter in the field in MN.
I never did two miles, but a little over one with a mature buck resulted in the purchase of a game cart.
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not far enough north, to just use a plastic sled from Holiday for like $5 per... back in the 80s and up to the mid 90s at least...
I left MN back in 1995...
hunting up north between Chisholm/Hibbing area, half way to International Falls...west off of Rt 73... south of Rt 1 intersection.
Some of my in laws did it that way.... gutting them from the side, and carrying them back...
we younger guys liked using the sled instead....