if you are close to a stream than you have a natural frig. I used this this past season on my elk on a 80 deg day.take some sticks thick enough to hold the weight and lay many of them over the creek/stream about 2 to 3 inches over the water.lay the meat on them in meat bags works best.poor clean water on them to speed up the cooling and then cover them with a good layer of green tree branches.the water where I hunt on a hot summer day is about 45 deg and works just like a frig when 2 inches from the meat.
Meat cooling in the back country
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Mountain Bowhunter
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- Jan 2, 2013
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yep i think that is a great solution. cools it down without getting contaminated water on your meat
jones89rams
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- Feb 28, 2013
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My buddy and I killed two bulls in one day in 90 degree heat in southern CO and had to have a little help from our friend and his pack stock the next day. When we made it in 7 miles to our kill he said it probably would have been a better idea to leave our meat out of the bags and just let it crust over overnight as that is a better protectant against flies and such especially in that heat. Just another thought!
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Had good luck just hanging meat just over a stream on logs to cool it quick without the worry about what the water will do to it.
cowboystl1
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- Dec 16, 2013
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low and as cool as you can get it as soon as you pop the joints on the elk it will start to cool but like most have stated close to the water let it dry on the out side if bears are i big deal get it close to water as you can and hang it in a shady spot you can approach with out startling a bear. covering the meat with green branches and putting it in the shade is another great idea
What about if your meat is already in a game bag (quartered & deboned) & it goes into a plastic bag to go in a cooler packed with ice all around it. The area I go they sell you only a limited amount of dry-ice. I have a 250 quart cooler packed with ice, but I don't want the melting ice to come in contact with the meat.
cowboystl1
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usmcvet said:
if the melting ice contacts the meet it wont hurt it but yeah if your back at the truck and your packing it in a cooler you could wrap it in plastic for the ride home on ice
