My hunting buddy just turned 73. I’m 60. We are fully mechanized and independent with ATV and pickups with some sort of device to assist loading deer. He has a hoist that sticks in his receiver hitch of his toyota woods truck. I use a block and tackle to help me get a deer up on my atv.
I'm a young 62 and I bought one of those on sale last year for just over $100. Works great, wished I'd gotten one sooner as it's also good for quartering and deboning while travelling to hunt. Two years ago I did an antelope on the ground in the blowing dust and I swore never again. My UTV has a winch so I can cut down on the dragging but my preferred method is:
When it comes to shooting does these days the drag is a consideration before pulling the trigger.