Ideas Transporting moose meat 13 hours ish

[Tonybuell]

Hello!!!

I have a question and looking for some recommendations
about transporting meat back home.

Situation-
Moose hunt in Late Sept early Oct.
if I ( let’s hope ) harvest a big boy...let's say,
fort St. John area. I have him quartered up in game bags and straps and stuff are in other bags. Take the bags/quarters to a cold hanging place in town and drop them off and head back and finish up my hunt/break down camp.

Once packed up and pick up the meat from cold storage how would you/did you keep it cold on the drive home? 13 hours ish.

Keep adding ice the whole drive home? Once every 3 hours or so?

any suggestions would help!

Thanks guys!

T

[Deadshot]

Drive 20 plus often with meat from up north.
If it's shot early enough, let it hang and tack up. That late up north should cool it right down.
If shot last minute, skin it out and let the air at it. Keep it out of the sun and boogie on home.
Make sure you have some hooks lined up in a cooler somewhere for your return.

[last light]

^^^This plus;

Once all preparation like cleaning and cooling is taken care of please make sure not to "bake" it on a truck bed floor. ie. do not place above or close to heat source like a truck exhaust system. Make sure to space it out so that the meat can breathe also.

[twoSevenO]

So just drive home for 20 hrs with it in the back of the truck? ... even if it's 20 degrees outside?

[Ferenc]

Last years moose .... good quality gamebags with the quarters skinned out lashed to the quad racks .. pinned through the night... drive your rig like ya stole it .... amazing what the wind chill can do once the sun is down.

[Wild one]

An important thing I have seen some hunters slack on over the years. Clean things up well right away and before you leave. Blood spoils easy and can taint your meat. This has to be the most common reason I have come across for poor tasting meat

Clean things up nice

game bags

if it’s hot break it down and get it off the bone. Bone sour sucks and large chunks hold more heat

Nothing wrong with ice but keep your meat dry.

[Leaseman]

^^^This plus;

Once all preparation like cleaning and cooling is taken care of please make sure not to "bake" it on a truck bed floor. ie. do not place above or close to heat source like a truck exhaust system. Make sure to space it out so that the meat can breathe also.

Cut some 6" X 4' timbers to place UNDER the meat so the air gets ALL the way around.....

[Tonybuell]

I’ve heard that. Bone it out.
What temps do you consider hot?

[Tonybuell]

All great suggestions! Thanks guys. Keep em coming!

[Tonybuell]

Drive through the night.... how did I not think of that!
good call.