After talking to Shrapnel, I put together a setup just like he describes and have the same type of recovery winch (Warne). I haven't had occasion to use it to load an elk into the back of the truck just yet since my elk hunting success has been very poor over the last few years. However, I put together a similar setup in my shop along the floor joists to the second floor. I used the setup to hang my deer just last week and it didn't even grunt, hoisting it up so I could hang it. One item I added to my truck bed system was a metal roller on bearings that I can mount very quickly on the end of my tailgate. That way, the winch rope (mine is synthetic) can easily roll on the roller as it pulls the animal into the bed. This saves the rope and my tailgate from getting messed up and the animal will roll right over the roller into the bed.
