gelert
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I've had two good sized sika hinds in mine.
Keeping a carcass cool in a car
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I’ll keep an eye out for one, thanks.
If the beasts are to hang in a chiller until ready to return home with you, I'd skin and quarter before placing in a cool box with ice packs rather than bring all the crud and wee beasties home. If they are going straight into your home chiller you might be OK but again, only if first cooled.
If you don't cool the carcases before placing in a cool box, even with ice packs, the heat from tightly packed deer in-fur has nowhere to go. You are simply keeping them warm as that's how your Thermos flask works with cool and hot drinks.
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If you don't cool the carcases before placing in a cool box, even with ice packs, the heat from tightly packed deer in-fur has nowhere to go. You are simply keeping them warm as that's how your Thermos flask works with cool and hot drinks.
K
gelert
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I have two of these for carcasses in the warmer months, they’re great, they genuinely hold ice for 5 days too, so what I do is evening before fill it with ice bottles and bring it down to temp…. If nothing is shot then no harm done just pop the bottles back in the chest freezer, but if I do, then at least it’s precooled before a beast goes in and does a great job for long drivesIgloo Max Cold 156 Litre (165 US QT) Cool Box | Costco UK
The Igloo MaxCold 165 Quart Cooler is the perfect companion for either a day at the beach or on the sideline at a picnic. This innovative cooler boasts ice retention for up to 7 days with high performance insulation throughout the body and lid of this cooler. The engineer-grade hinges are...
Also great for bbqs
Ruby Tuesday 2
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What about the roof rack . No keds and a constant cool stream of air just drive fast enough to keep the flies off.....
I saw two sizes packs of venison on the Costco website, quite a bit of difference at the final sale end, price wise.
I like MY backstraps without paracetamol thank you!
Exactly what I do now
Great minds think alike.
Havnt read the complete thread but in case no one has mentioned it, I put frozen 1 and 2ltr bottles of frozen water in the cavity. Works well even if a little has thawed by the time stalk is over, use this to wash up.
Willowbank.
I used to work for a meat retail company, we shipped out packed cuts of meat in polystyrene boxes with gel ice packs (like these), couriered 24 hours.
The trick was to fill all the spare space filled with bubble wrap. If you left air voids it would not get there in good condition, less free air and it was still very chilled 30 hours later.
I would skin and butcher into primal cuts to bring back, plenty of ice packs or salt water bottles and as little free air space as possible.
or wrap up warm (gloves, scarf and hat) and have aircon on as low as possible!
T
The trick was to fill all the spare space filled with bubble wrap. If you left air voids it would not get there in good condition, less free air and it was still very chilled 30 hours later.
I would skin and butcher into primal cuts to bring back, plenty of ice packs or salt water bottles and as little free air space as possible.
or wrap up warm (gloves, scarf and hat) and have aircon on as low as possible!
T
Unless ambient air temps are in the region of 8/10 degrees, transportation on the roof rack without a cool box environment, the deer would be in a poor condition.
In traffic, even at motorway speeds up to 50mph, I have felt the warm draughts as artics & coaches pass by.
In traffic, even at motorway speeds up to 50mph, I have felt the warm draughts as artics & coaches pass by.
Utectok
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Last time I drove from the highland to the lowland with a couple of stags I first tried to sell them up north (failed no-one was taking deer at the time) then I went to the spar and bought some ice in bags 8 big bags. Packed full bags round them job done. Ate deer and lived!!
Not the case with ice or ice packs, provided you have enough of them, the heat of the carcass is removed and ‘used up’ by changing the ice from a solid to a liquid state. If there is enough ice the carcass will remain cool once cooled.
No different than if you have a sealed flask of hot coffee verses a flask of hot coffee with a dozen ice cubes placed in it and sealed. After 10 minutes one coffee will be a lot cooler than others even though the heat has nowhere to go.
Exactly what I did with my sika last season.
sako751sg
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Exactly what i do too and once the beasts have cooled down it's amazing how long iced bottles stay iced.
Costco were doing for £108ish but they were sold out when i tried to get a second.
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