I'm not in this situation, but seems to me a hitch with a hitch hauler is a no brainer. Anything else would be a circus waiting to happen.

OR, you could just quarter it up and put in a cooler... if it's a buck your going to mount, put head and cape in large contractor type trash bag.

Buy you a cheap Nissan Versa like my hunting rig. The trunk on this joker is huge, easily enough room for two deer based on my testing, I need to find that picture.

Unless you like bloodstains in the trunk a tarp is a nice addition.

Tarps will leak and you'll eventually end up with blood/stink all over your trunk or upholstery. Get a mortar box from lowes or home depot. I'm not talking about the little 20 inch deals. They make one that is something like 60'x30"x12' Fits in almost all car trunks and SUVs. Just toss the deer in it, with the high sides and heavy plastic construction, it catches all the blood. Haul the deer wherever you want then just spray the mortar box out witha hose and you're back in business for the next one. I had one the whole time I hunted out of an SUV. Works like a charm. I saw some on the top rack by the tool rental section, the other day, at the Home Depot on 280.

Put down some heavy garbage bags. When done just throw away.

Jesus H Christ!!!!
Garbage bags????!!... Really????
Honestly I can't believe we're even debating this topic. You strap the damn deer to the hood or the roof, if it won't fit into the trunk. No bags, no tarp, no nothing. Just throw it up there and tie it on.

I hauled one about 3 1/2 hours back home on the spoiler of my Nissan 240 back when I was a teenager.

Helped a buddy get one out of the woods one time and hauled it on about a 20 minute ride back to his house with it just thrown across the hood of an old Nissan Maxima. We both rolled our windows down.....he held the front legs on his side and I held the back legs on the passenger side..

My uncle back in the day. He said he'd rather have a front wheel drive car than a truck.

I stuffed a spike in the trunk of Toyota Camry one time.

He's an idiot. But given only the choice between a front wheel drive car and a rear wheel drive car, I would take the front.

Haha first deer I ever killed was a biiiiig ol nanny. It was a job to fold/stuff/cram that sucker in the trunk of my old '88 camry.

We hauled several in the trunk years ago! Daddy had a truck but we hunted outta that car a lot too

Get a tarp, fold it up in the trunk, drive it home.

My dad shot his first deer on coosa wma a few years ago and we put it in the trunk of my moms Nissan Maxima. We get to the whataburger beside peach park then walk in to order. Cashier ask what did y’all get? We all just look at each other in confusion until we look outside and half the deer is hanging out of the trunk with it’s back legs dragging the ground haha

My dad has a great photo of he and his brother with a nice 8 on the trunk of Dad’s ‘66 Mustang. He bought it with his combat pay when he got back from Nam.
I once hauled one in the back of my Ford Bronco. The blood got in the carpet and the truck smelled like Death and Sickness for a time.
I’d planned to do my hauling on the spare tire but the buck weighed 205 and I was all alone when I shot it. It was all I could do to get it in the back of the Bronco. That was the foolishness of youth.
I’d take a big backpack or a cooler nowadays.

My brothers transmission was tore up in his trunk so we comindeered my step dads sports car and went hunting. Of course we haven’t killed anything all year and the one day we have to walk two miles to where we wanted to hunt we killed a nice buck. We drug that sucker at least a mile. Drove the car down some muddy hunting rd to close the distance. We figured our step dad would kill us if we put the deer in the car so we were excited and wanted to show the deer off so tied the thing to the hood and to the house we went. When we got home that white Mitsubishi 3000gt was covered in mud and blood. We were getting all kinds of looks thumbs up and horn honks on the way home. We made all rednecks proud

Hauled one in the back of a rental rabbit one time. Gotta do what you gotta do sometimes

Deer blood is gonna leak all in a trunk and stink before long. Spend 10 minutes and quarter it and put it in a cooler.

has everyone here forgotten that you can buy a tarp for around $10-$15 dollars? roll it up fold the ends over and throw it in the trunk.

Back in college strapped a few on the back of my Mustang GT.

Crammed a few in a Chevette hatchback also