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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 752807" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>Before you try to define what you will be doing with meat, figure out how you are hunting. A do-it-yourself hunt means you may have to bone out and move several hundred pounds of meat a few miles to a vehicle before it spoils. With an outfitter it should be different. MOST outfitters plan on how to care for meat although the last hunt I went on the outfitter had no plans for getting meat to a processor or for cutting and packaging on site — even by me! (I was ****ED!) Once you define the hunt you should know what has to be done on the front end. I contrast that to my first guided elk hunt where the animal was quartered and quarters packed out the next day. Then for $200 the quarters were cut, wrapped and flash-frozen so they were frozen solid before they went into my coolers.</p><p></p><p>The next stage is driven by time and money. You either ship the meat home or put it in your vehicle. If you have more money than time you ship the meat & catch a plane both ways. If like me, money can be tight, you drive both ways so you can haul as much gear as you care to and getting meat home isn't a problem. (I drive from NC to Montana or Idaho for hunts so it's not a short trip.) The middle ground is to fly to the hunt (saving days driving) and rent a vehicle to drive home. Choose which of them fits your situation best. Obviously, how far you are going for your hunt may affect your decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 752807, member: 21641"] Before you try to define what you will be doing with meat, figure out how you are hunting. A do-it-yourself hunt means you may have to bone out and move several hundred pounds of meat a few miles to a vehicle before it spoils. With an outfitter it should be different. MOST outfitters plan on how to care for meat although the last hunt I went on the outfitter had no plans for getting meat to a processor or for cutting and packaging on site — even by me! (I was ****ED!) Once you define the hunt you should know what has to be done on the front end. I contrast that to my first guided elk hunt where the animal was quartered and quarters packed out the next day. Then for $200 the quarters were cut, wrapped and flash-frozen so they were frozen solid before they went into my coolers. The next stage is driven by time and money. You either ship the meat home or put it in your vehicle. If you have more money than time you ship the meat & catch a plane both ways. If like me, money can be tight, you drive both ways so you can haul as much gear as you care to and getting meat home isn't a problem. (I drive from NC to Montana or Idaho for hunts so it's not a short trip.) The middle ground is to fly to the hunt (saving days driving) and rent a vehicle to drive home. Choose which of them fits your situation best. Obviously, how far you are going for your hunt may affect your decision. [/QUOTE]
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