I'm just taking this one here at the end..not necessarily replying to the post befor mine. I found that just taking a length of rope, tying it around the deer's antlers then tying a half hitch or two around the deer's muzzle sort of tilts the deer's head backwards. That way the antlers aren't snagging on every bit of brush along the way. I took a look at the Cabela's site...that "sled"...I dunno..with the deer's head it that position..nothing but asking for trouble, imo. Oh, one other thing...you want the rope to be just long enough that when you start your pull you are just starting to lift the deer's head off the ground..no sense in adding the weight of the head by carrying it, to long and you might not get the head tilted back. the idea of a wheeled cart wouldn't work where I've hunted...too much brush or swampy ground or very uneven terrain, not to mention to rocky. Ooops, one more thing...there is no need to cut the deer from sternum to pelvis to field dress it. All you need is to get the guts out, the esophagus and lungs can come out later or if you wish one can sort of lay down and reach up and cut the diaphragm and rake out the lungs by hand. The smaller cut you make, the cleaner the body cavity will stay. After all, that deer lived with blood inside it all its life, won't harm it one bit if some stays behind. Along with that..I don't soak my meat in anything...maybe rinse it off and into the pan it goes. Love my beef the same way, when I cut into the steak or roast...I wanna see blood on my plate.
