Bingo!! Been doing it like this for years.

I usually throw them on my shoulders and carry them out. One 30’ creek bank was a comedy show though. I think the farthest I’ve hauled one to a pickup point was around 700 yards. I usually end up with ticks on me too.

I stopped field dressing in like 1979

Those sleds are a pain in the ass. You did everything right up until the dang sled. Throw it in a backpack and walk out with it. Way easier that way than dealing with that sled.

I dont get the sled…ive used one…they suck..better than draggin just the deer…but no where near as good as a cart…an its all ignorance compared to field quarter an packout…i mean..i haulem out on my bicycle in a pack

Carts work fine on open dry land. But are more than worthless in mud, downed trees. Plus when I put sled in the bed of my truck with bed cover closed it works as an organizer. Instead of just taking up space like a cart.

It’s inevitable I have to drag or carry one through Cypress knees, just part of hunting.

I have a cart and a sled. I haven’t used the cart since I got the sled. I loan the cart out to others. The sled works way better for me and like hawndog stated, I use the sled year round in the bed of the truck. With a bedcover on the truck, I use the sled kind of like a drawer for the truck bed and I can easily get to anything by simply sliding it out. Most of the year it holds the kids baseball and softball equipment.

I do the same in my suburban.