Why do you have the hoof still on when you are packing it out?
cuz I'm tuffer than $%&!

just kidding. Usually I'd cut it off or if he was a little farther I would have boned him but the pack wasn't all that far and I had help. All four only equal a couple pounds total and they come in kinda handy when hanging, transporting, etc.
I don't bone them unless I have to, I like them to hang for a few days and you lose a little more meat when they're boned.