Cooler space

[Andrey]

Good day all,

I have 2 elk tags for NM between me and my buddy. How many big 100-120 quart coolers for a deboned elk do I need?

Thank you.

 

[Hunter0925]

Bull or cow? I can get a deboned bull into a 150qt coleman unless he is jumbo. Then I put dry ice on them for a drive.

 

[cgasner1]

Depending on how far your travels are taking you I’d just take a chest freezer

 

[Andrey]

2 bull tags… not that I’m confident we will get 2 bulls in 5 days of NM rifle hunt. Drive from NM to east coast.

 

[cgasner1]

I’d take a big chest freezer I could just drop my quarters in. When you take things off the bone like that it exposes a lot more meat and you’ll loose way more when you trim to process. YMMV I don’t leave home without the freezer

 

[WapitiBob]

Two 120qt coolers will hold a bone in Bull most of the time for me although one NM bull, boned out, filled both those coolers to the brim.
You can also take the lower bone off the hind quarter and shorten it way up.

 

[Andrey]

Yea I was able to get a Canadian Maine moose, in 3 100 quarts. And 1 50. I ChatGPT how many coolers for 2 elk. It said 6-8.