Transporting Deer

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Goldfinger2020

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We are based in the West Miss but taken some ground on in Inverness for this season. Looking for advice on what you guys have done in a similar situation with regards to the deer. Have you put them straight into dealers up there? If not what you have done about carcass storage and transport back home if there is no access to a chiller on the ground? There is 5 of us in the syndicate and plan to all go up together once a month. So I’m looking at all options with regards to storage and transporting the carcasses back home to sell here. Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences if anyone has done the same.
 
Goldfinger2020 said:
We are based in the West Miss but taken some ground on in Inverness for this season. Looking for advice on what you guys have done in a similar situation with regards to the deer. Have you put them straight into dealers up there? If not what you have done about carcass storage and transport back home if there is no access to a chiller on the ground? There is 5 of us in the syndicate and plan to all go up together once a month. So I’m looking at all options with regards to storage and transporting the carcasses back home to sell here. Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences if anyone has done the same.
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Often there is a dealer who can give you access to their chiller or a dealer who will let you drop of carcasses any time of day or night.
 
You could depending on what vehicle you are using. Make a cool box out of king span type insulation and use frozen milk bottle ice packs.
 
Deer are like girlfriends, they are easier to get than get rid of.

You best work out the logistics. Winter time carcasses will cool and keep better. Summer time will be a bigger problem because preventing fly strike and cooling carcasses down quickly will be difficult. If there is 5 people, perhaps getting 3 deer each per outing then you have a bit of bulk especially if they are Red.
 
I would say you need to find out the game dealers near to the forest and have a conversation with them. Then you can decide on putting all your deer into them or decide to put some into him and take some home.
 
Stalker1962 said:
Wrestling a 110 and trailer, the 666 miles (I kid you not) each way, loses its charm about 300 yards North of the M25 and that is on the outbound leg of the journey.

True story.
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666 miles in a 110?

Revelation Chapter 13, verse 18.

Coincidence? I think not.

That is a hell of a trip..................
 
Goldfinger2020 said:
We are based in the West Miss but taken some ground on in Inverness for this season. Looking for advice on what you guys have done in a similar situation with regards to the deer. Have you put them straight into dealers up there? If not what you have done about carcass storage and transport back home if there is no access to a chiller on the ground? There is 5 of us in the syndicate and plan to all go up together once a month. So I’m looking at all options with regards to storage and transporting the carcasses back home to sell here. Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences if anyone has done the same.
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Depends on how many you're expecting to shoot but if there's five of you out over a weekend then you're hopefully going to get more than a couple. In which case I'd be looking for a local dealer to drop them off and not worrying about bringing them home. If I did want one for the freezer then I'd do it in the winter in the back of the pickup.
 
bfltd0 said:
That is a hell of a trip...
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Once made it worse for myself by making a "short" detour into Dumfries and Galloway, on the way back down south, to see an old friend.

D&G is a wee bit like Norfolk; in so much as you have to travel miles within the county to actually get anywhere in the county.

That cup of coffee added four hours to the journey; making that trip a PB of 17 hours.

Now that was Biblical.
 
Stalker1962 said:
Wrestling a 110 and trailer, the 666 miles (I kid you not) each way, loses its charm about 300 yards North of the M25 and that is on the outbound leg of the journey.

True story.
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Even the 110 would be enough for me and I used to love LR. 5 yrs of working with them cured me of that although I can still understand the "charm" factor 🤔
 
Stalker1962 said:
Once made it worse for myself by making a "short" detour into Dumfries and Galloway, on the way back down south, to see an old friend.

D&G is a wee bit like Norfolk; in so much as you have to travel miles within the county to actually get anywhere in the county.

That cup of coffee added four hours to the journey; making that trip a PB of 17 hours.

Now that was Biblical.
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That’s a fair effort. The fact it was done in a defender made it twice as long. I have opted for the more comfy Discovery and spend most of my time owing a car trailer around the country so dragging a chiller trailer up there isn’t much of an issue.
 
Stalker1962 said:
That cup of coffee added four hours to the journey; making that trip a PB of 17 hours.

Now that was Biblical.
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I've got that beaten hands-down.

Circa 1992/3, one youthful Woody, one GPX600R, and a round trip from Dundee to London Euston Road and back in one day. Left Dundee at 5am, and got parked up again in the same spot I left from dead on midnight. In November.

All to claim the mileage allowance rather than take a travel warrant :rolleyes::lol:
 
Stalker1962 said:
Wrestling a 110 and trailer, the 666 miles (I kid you not) each way, loses its charm about 300 yards North of the M25 and that is on the outbound leg of the journey.

True story.
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I would drive half a mile in the wrong direction and turn around to make that 667 miles if it were me.

Also... 666 miles in a 110? I hope the trailer was a diesel bowser.
 
Woodsmoke said:
I've got that beaten hands-down.

Circa 1992/3, one youthful Woody, one GPX600R, and a round trip from Dundee to London Euston Road and back in one day. Left Dundee at 5am, and got parked up again in the same spot I left from dead on midnight. In November.

All to claim the mileage allowance rather than take a travel warrant :rolleyes::lol:
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Got that beat...tho' similarly youthful 'CD'....Took elderly Mother from North Of Lancaster to stay with friends outside Plymouth. Left home around breakfast, arrived mid-afternoon. Left for home straight away. Arrived home only to receive a phone call, Mother taken ill ! Drove straight back down to Plymouth (complete with oxygen cylinder), collected Mother and drove straight back to Royal Preston Hospital and stayed the night there, asleep in a chair ! That was 320 odd miles x 4 ...if memory serves, I did it within 24 hrs.
Apologies to the 'OP' for going off point.
 
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