There must be a hundred ways to load a deer using mostly your head instead of your back. Yet when we're young we choose to use our backs. As we age, using the ole hatrack becomes a necessity. I always keep a rope in my truck, along with an assortment of ratchet straps, bungees, etc. and even a come-a-long at times.

If you have nothing else handy, try this. Tie the rope as high as you can get it on a tree or throw it over a limb. Put your truck/side by side/ four wheeler or whatever you're going to load it on near the tree and almost facing it. Tie other end of the rope around the neck of the deer laying next to the tailgate or back end of four wheeler if you are not going to mount it. The rope should be stretched over the side of the bed. Back up a little at a time, repositioning the rope or head as needed to raise the deer into the bed or on the back rack of four wheeler.