99,95% of the time I am hunting public land. I am all too familiar with that 1- 1.5 mile hike to get to somewhere at least semi secluded! Hunting public land comes with its own unique set of obstacles... #1... NOTHING is safe or sacred on public land!!! People are pretty rotten sometimes. So I don't bring anything $$$ with me that Isn't on my person. You do need a cart when out that far. I look for a cart ones on sale or on Marketplace. I just got an Allen Meat wagon on sale at Scheels a couple of weeks ago for like $60. I take it apart camo it with some spray paint completely, take the factory wheels off and replace them with mountain bike tires from a used bike (yard sale or whatever) camo them too. rubber and all. A cheap basic cart is sooo much better with some mountain bike tires... it makes pulling anything super easy and will roll over logs and through creeks and deep mudpuddles on horse trails!! Slap on some ratchet straps and bring a lock and a cable. I walk in until I get within a half mile or less of my area, find a place off the trail and lock up the cart and throw some sticks on it, mark it on my GPS and go hunt, If get something I can come back and get it pretty quickly, if I don't get anything I can leave it overnight or as long as I am still hunting that area. then I don't have to drag into the woods with me the next morning. If someone actually did find it and actually had bolt cutters way back there and stole it... then it hurts a lot less if it was all under $80. This set up has worked for me for years. The only reason I am building a new one this year is because I let my old man borrow mine and now he has decided he's keeping it. LOL