For really big pigs I will roll them over onto a folded ladder or ATV ramp. Next I will lift one end of the ladder up and set it on the tailgate, atv rack, or trailer. Next walk to the other end of the ladder and then slide it into the bed, trailer, or onto the atv rack. It works just like loading a stretcher into an ambulance. Pretty much anyone can load a 300 pound hog that way all by themselves.

Pigs, just cut the head off, then quarter them on the spot. I shot a huge boar in the Panhandle and had no choice. Hogs fat on his back was so thick and white it was amazing.

Deer: drag away from feeder, field dress and again quarter if necessary.

Smokey, good idea for some but my truck has way too much “stuff” in back for that to work.
I could hoist an elephant though.

JCB, we need a like button. That's a great solution.

I wonder how many rolls of duct tape are in that truck box?

Something like this would work pretty well.

https://www.harborfreight.com/12-ton-capacity-pickup-truck-bed-crane-60732.html

Free, You ain’t gonna fit anything else in that truck.

Not loading no hog either. I keep a rope in the back of my truck just for dragging them off if they fall to close to my blind or feeder.

I`ve never had a buck I couldn`t load by myself. I tie a rope around the horns and lift until I can grab the horns while standing on tailgate. My body weight as leverage to drag them into bed of truck. A few have been a struggle, but I managed to get them.

There's a tool called a come along that will do the job. They need an anchor so you might need a cross bar, etc. in the bed of the truck. Harbor Freight sells 2nd rate ones but a nominal amount- good enough for a few hundred pounds. Might want some skids.

I just cheat:

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I used to do this until there was dew on the truck bed, I had grabbed the horns and gave a hood heave when my feet slip, I landed in my lower back on the tailgate then fell onto the buck as he dragged me out of the truck bed. Hurt like hell. I built a hoist the next week.

Hogs don't have a handle so loading them is tough. Drag them to a rot spot.

Drop the guts to lighten the load?

I have used two ropes and 4 wheeler....pulled an axis up a tree limb, tied it off then drove under it, let it down onto the 4 wheeler.

I do see purchasing a mechanical advantage of some sort in the near future. Lots of good ideas here.

Shall should check out the Ox rack. Guy I hunted with used them on his mule loaded a cow elk with one hand was pretty handy. Believe it can be mounted on just about anything.

The ox rack

Yup, or drag it up a steep hill or incline, tie it off, park below with tail gate down and let gravity do the rest. Hunters are resourceful.

Also, before I got my receiver hoist I made this inexpensive hand winch set up. Harbort Freight hand winch, unistrut and a piece of chain to take the strain off the bed. I loaded the largest white tail (230 lbs) I ever killed with it. Took the tailgate off, and cranked him up a little at a time after gutting. I got him almost all the way in, then lifted him manually by the hind legs as most of the weight was in the bed held by the winch.

Good job only S&W. I started with the idea of an axle strap and a come-along and that evolved into the set-up in my earlier post. Just do the best you can with what your have.

Jim

Well, if there are any trees nearby. Rope to tree and back truck to pull hog/deer into bed- need skids.

Tie one end of a rope to the front of the vehicle, throw the rope over limb near and above the vehicle and tie it to the animal neck or legs. Put the vehicle in reverse and pull the animal onto the bed.

this

This gadget popped up in a Sportsman's Guide ad this morning. Might just work.

https://www.sportsmansguide.com/pro...8d0lhpjxjbrjoausinytc77uizcaaqesealw_wcb

I don't think that will work. The camo being worn by the operator is too old school and not "technical" or expensive enough to satisfy many on here.

Worked on my legs at gym other day for first time and I could use that lift thingy just to get up and down out of a chair.