Dease Lake Fly In Hunt Late Aug Weather

Hi All,

for those of you who have done fly ins out of Dease or hunted that country, what is the weather/temps usually like last week end August, First week of Sept?

Like to know if it's generally cool enough to keep meat hanging for a week.

Ron it varies so much..however never had any go bad/sour..
Good luck
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Steven

We’ve hung for a week in hear and didn’t loose any meat. Now we take 5 gallon pails with lids, hang the meat get it seared up abit if you can and then bucket and sink in the lake if it’s to hot for a long period. Seems to work good.

Can have hypothermia And a sun burnt in the same day

Ron
You can probably get a pretty good idea talking with the people flying up there. Not that asking the question here is a bad idea

In 4 trips at the end of August, I went from +24 to -8. I had one caribou hang for 8 days without any worries. Another went for 3 days and we were hauling snow down from higher ground in a bit of a panic (it worked). Elevation plays a role for sure but isn't a guarantee. The snow hauling caribou was ~600 feet higher than the other.

Last trip we got my caribou on Sunday and had it hanging in game bags in the shade in a good cross wind until we flew out Friday. I think one of the most important parts is allowing the meat to properly cool before you bag it up to hang it. Temps rose to +8 at a max during the day but with the rain we had the entire time wasn’t worried about the meat one bit.

Take a Sat. phone and get an early pick up. They should be able to work you into a back flight. Hell, if you are real lucky they might even refund you one leg of the flight!

One of the things that really stands out for me is the rain. Ensure you have really decent rain gear. When your living out of a tiny tent as your refuge from the elements you want to be able to hang out in there with dry clothes still.

Thanks for the feedback guys,

We would of preferred to start our hunt mid Sept, but our first choice lake is booked then, but available the 2 weeks prior.

We have a decent second choice for mid Sept. We just need to decide if we would rather hunt our first choice 10 days sooner or our second choice a little later.

In regards to camp and personal gear, we have it nailed down pretty good as we've done several backpack hunts. We know what to bring to stay comfortable with minimal gear.

By the sounds of things, we can probably go ahead and book our hunt

In 2018 we had big changes in temps in our fly in. Once we deboned my caribou and packed it back to the lake, we laid it all out over night on a tarp, before putting it spaced out in game bags and then putting the game bags in heavy duty contractor bags(to keep dry) sitting in the lake for the day and a half we waited for the plane.. it worked for us, not sure what everyone elses experience is with that.

thanks again for the feedback guys. Just booked for next year Sept 12 -22

Hmm well done Ron..caribou will be out of velvet..moose will still be settling biggest and baddest issues..rut to follow end of sept.
Very jealous of your trip.
Cheers
Steven

Put meat in game bags then into garbage bags sink in water during the day careful to keep the tied end of garbage bag out of the water. at night take out of garbage bags hang in tree for the night and repeat next morning putting it back in the water. if you leave the meat in garbage bags in the water for days at a time there is a likely chance there will be a build up gases and meat can go green, we have had elk moose sheep last for weeks doing this.

It does not hurt to have a couple Big ass coolers with frozen jugs of water waiting back at your truck for the ride home either. Its not just in camp you have to worry about your game meat, Some guys take a couple days drive to get home. Also some fellas have little apartment size freezers in the back of their truck for the ride home to.

Thanks guys. We have the meat preservation and transport side of things locked down.

Was looking for feedback on the temperatures some have had when hunting this area during late Aug to mid Sept and if it is generally cool enough to permit hanging alone without needing to resport to other methods of keeping game cool.

Last time we were there, 2019, late August, early Sept, we had lots of rain and mist, a little snow, and low temps just under freezing. WE had no problem but we did the old meat in the packboxes in the creek trick.

Not to be an ass but make sure you have a barrier between meat and a garbage bag as garbage bags usually have an added chemical , not food safe . Go with a dedicated food grade plastic bag . But I think you know that !
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