Congrats Travis! That's a hell of a deer. I'm not a "big" deer hunter, and I could care less about what a deer scores. (although it wouldn't stop me from having a nice one scored)The only reason that I haven't shot a buck this year is that I've seen one bigger than I have on the wall and I'm holding out to see him again.
Sounds like you need to get a game cart or at least a plastic sled to tie them to. I feel your pain from the drag. Been there done that and it was 2 of us doing the dragging. From finding it until getting it to the truck took a bit over 5 hours, and it wasn't even my deer.