loading deer
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GregoryB.
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Looks good. I had something similar years ago that I would use with my jeep.
Wenaha
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I mostly hunt Coues whitetails. No problem loading manually.
wvbuckbuster
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A 2x8 board or flat aluminum stadium bench seat leaned against the tailgate of my truck then pull the deer up, sliding along works for me.
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Looks like a good set up.
I'm not the young bull I used to be so I got a little smarter.
JD338
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Me either. As we get older we need to work smarter.
hunter24605
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Neat! I never knew my bed extender could be oriented vertically until last year. Now I have another use for it. I bet one could use a 2x4 on it’s edge as a spreader bar and lift a carcass in 2 places for a level lift and not have to pickup as high.
salmonchaser
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I need to come hunt with you guys, I’m normally quartering them up. 
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I can drop the tailgate on my truck so it's at a 45 degree angle. Makes it a it easier easing the deer into the bed. That was on my 1979 F150 and 2004 Toyota Taco.
No idea whether I can lift a deer int the bed of the 2019 F150 but the tailgate will cooperate. First, I guess what I would have to do is find and shoot a deer and get it to the truck. I most likely will use a piece of 3/4" plywood as a ramp and a come along to get the deer into the bed. The guides when I was doing elk hunts use the plywood and an electric winch to load my elk into their truck.
Of all the der I've taken over the years, only one was heavy enough that I had to cut him in half to get in onto the bed. Skinned, head and leg cut off at the knees and it still weighed nearly 300 pound. That old boy apparently never went into the rut and living off some rancher's alfalfa field. Looking at his teeth he was quite old and although he appeared to be in good health, I doubt he'd survive the oncoming winter which was particularly nasty with more than a few below zero nights. That was the last deer I killed in Nevada, 1978. The next year found me in Arizona due to a job transfer.
Paul B.
No idea whether I can lift a deer int the bed of the 2019 F150 but the tailgate will cooperate. First, I guess what I would have to do is find and shoot a deer and get it to the truck. I most likely will use a piece of 3/4" plywood as a ramp and a come along to get the deer into the bed. The guides when I was doing elk hunts use the plywood and an electric winch to load my elk into their truck.
Of all the der I've taken over the years, only one was heavy enough that I had to cut him in half to get in onto the bed. Skinned, head and leg cut off at the knees and it still weighed nearly 300 pound. That old boy apparently never went into the rut and living off some rancher's alfalfa field. Looking at his teeth he was quite old and although he appeared to be in good health, I doubt he'd survive the oncoming winter which was particularly nasty with more than a few below zero nights. That was the last deer I killed in Nevada, 1978. The next year found me in Arizona due to a job transfer.
Paul B.
