I can still get a big bodied deer in my truck, but definitely see the need for these contraptions for older or less able hunters. We are lucky enough to hunt mostly on lands that allow the use of ATVs and alot of folks just drag deer into a trailer with their atv when hunting solo.
The last few times I've hunted in elk country was on private ranches. A portable 12v winch and a set of atv ramps is all a man needs when you can get a truck to them. Other than that it's a hack and stack mission mostly. My bud John and I killed a couple bulls a couple years back in timber. We gutted them and drug them both down the mountain to the first open meadows(luckily not too far on either bull). We were able to get a Polaris Ranger to them then and a couple extra guys to help load in the bed. Back at the truck, we just slid them from the Ranger bed to the truck bed.
