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Varmint Hunter
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The outfitter should be able to recommend a local shipper who is probably associated with the local butcher.
You should expect to pay at least $3/lb from what I've seen.
Alternatively, you could just pack a thick styrofoam box with frozen meat and take a moderate amount home on the plane. It should be duct taped shut securely.
BTW - Dry ice is prohibited.
You should expect to pay at least $3/lb from what I've seen.
Alternatively, you could just pack a thick styrofoam box with frozen meat and take a moderate amount home on the plane. It should be duct taped shut securely.
BTW - Dry ice is prohibited.
You are allowed ...
... but you need to check it with the airline. I brought a 40 QT cooler (under 50 lbs of wild game meat) to CA and FL last year.
$3/pound is about right on-air freight/2nd day (???) IIRC. It might be cheaper to pay extra via airline baggage.
Good luck!
... but you need to check it with the airline. I brought a 40 QT cooler (under 50 lbs of wild game meat) to CA and FL last year.
$3/pound is about right on-air freight/2nd day (???) IIRC. It might be cheaper to pay extra via airline baggage.
Good luck!
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Check with your airline as to the rules for meat and dry ice. We flew Delta for our caribou hunts thru Montreal and used plastic bins with dry ice wrapped in newspaper. If your meat is frozen hard before the flight, it helps a ton.
One thing we have done in the past to save $$ after the hunt is to ship our gear back home via Fedex, UPS, whichever is available and cheapest. Then take your meat home on the plane with you.
Also just fyi, if you're shipping a firearm you can use USPS. As long as you're the person picking it up there is no need for an FFL.
Also just fyi, if you're shipping a firearm you can use USPS. As long as you're the person picking it up there is no need for an FFL.
Varmint Hunter
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Interesting info on FAA rules. My buddy flew elk meat back from CO by packing the frozen meat in duct-taped up coolers. Before they left for the airport they contacted the airline which told them that dry ice was prohibited on their planes. They left the dry ice in the coolers until they were outside of the airport and then discarded it. When checking in they were required to open the coolers to assure that there was no dry ice.
I guess different airlines have different rules. It certainly pays to confirm the regulations with your carrier in advance.
lilharcher
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Two ice chests (up to 50lbs each) should be more than enough to take all the meat.......We just had 3 in our group take a speed goat each from MT to Los Angeles without any issue. We freeze water bottles, and put about 6 - 8 in each ice chest to keep the meat cold. Frozen water bottles (since they are capped and secure) are acceptable.
i check deer all the time, i buy a crap coleman from walmart and put the deer in it ductpate it shut and you are good to go. just keep it under a 100 pounds or you will be tossing meat at the check counter. check with your airline about max weight since they vary.
I just flew to Wyoming for a hunt. When we got there I went to wal mart and bought a cheap igloo. Once I got meat, I took it to the local processor and they froze it for me. When we left to go to Denver I bought right around 5.5 pounds of dry ice and put it in my cooler. The next morning at the airport I declared to the ticket agent that I had dry ice. I had to show that the cooler was vented and had to put a label on the cooler staying that it contained dry ice. Once that was done I taped the cooler closed. My gun and cooler went through the same screening process then I was on my way. Didn't have any problems and meat was still solid when we got home.
It's good to plan ahead. I can't answer the question about flying, since last time I went for elk in Colorado, we (5 of us) went by pickup truck with a camper body and figured if we got one or two elk we could get it froze, packed and lash it to the roof of the camper. Poor planning, we each got our elk, two bull and three cows. We ended up driving to Golden CO where we rented a uhaul trailer and got a bunch of dry ice, drove back to the base camp area, filled the trailer with the 5 quartered elk packed surrounded by dry ice and headed home to NY. Came thru fine, no meat damage. Nothing long range about the hunt. All taken at 300 yards or less, with one 5 point that taken at about 50 yards, less than 150 yards from our camp.
112Savage
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I have flown meat with dry ice to Alaska from Virginia multiple times. five pounds was the limit for dry ice. I mostly flew united/Alaskan. On a trip from Colorado in 2017 we flew three processed (bone out) antelope back to Virginia in coolers with united airlines. The meat was hard frozen prior to flying and we did not use dry ice by choice. In 2018 we drove from Colorado to Virginia, 48hrs total travel time, we had processed bone out meat that was hard frozen in the styrofoam coolers that fit into cardboard boxes. All meat made it back in perfect condition.
This year we are taking RTIC soft sided coolers for carry-on (no weight limit) and will buy coolers in Colorado if we need more. The only pain with carry on is having to tote the meat through the airport. Carry-on CAN have dry ice. We are hoping that each cooler can fit one boned out deer but more realistically will fit two quarters and two loins and then the shoulders/hamburger meat in another cooler.
This year we are taking RTIC soft sided coolers for carry-on (no weight limit) and will buy coolers in Colorado if we need more. The only pain with carry on is having to tote the meat through the airport. Carry-on CAN have dry ice. We are hoping that each cooler can fit one boned out deer but more realistically will fit two quarters and two loins and then the shoulders/hamburger meat in another cooler.
Idaho Hunter1
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So here are the FAA regs....
Dry ice is allowed on commercial flts but it has to be declared and only a certain amount is allowed on an aircraft. That number is likely way more than you have unless you are shipping a butcher shop home. FAA requires procedures for carriage of dry ice.
The sticking point is that main line airline companies have found that it is usually easier and cheaper to not participate in the shipping of dry ice so they save money on not training or equipping their people to handle it.
Fedex and UPS ship dry ice packages every day and have special procedures to do so for the aircrew. You only need to declare the dry ice when shipping the item.
As another option, if the meat processing guy can freeze the meat before shipping and then if it goes 2 day air (not gnd) it will still be cold when it gets there. We do this annually.
Good luck
Dry ice is allowed on commercial flts but it has to be declared and only a certain amount is allowed on an aircraft. That number is likely way more than you have unless you are shipping a butcher shop home. FAA requires procedures for carriage of dry ice.
The sticking point is that main line airline companies have found that it is usually easier and cheaper to not participate in the shipping of dry ice so they save money on not training or equipping their people to handle it.
Fedex and UPS ship dry ice packages every day and have special procedures to do so for the aircrew. You only need to declare the dry ice when shipping the item.
As another option, if the meat processing guy can freeze the meat before shipping and then if it goes 2 day air (not gnd) it will still be cold when it gets there. We do this annually.
Good luck
