Cooler size to stick a deer in

@TomyTun and I were talking earlier.

What cooler does everyone use when camping and hunting to keep your kill fresh until you can get it out of the woods?

Deer
Pig
Bear
Etc?????

 

@Grey Wolf

 

@ColoradoTJ

 

I run a 100 QT igloo for the kill and a RTIC 65 and 45 for my stuff.

 

This. https://www.igloocoolers.com/collec...lers/products/44577-polar-120-qt-cooler-white
My wife used to organize and schedule hunts for a few people at one time, and this is what they used to ship/transport everything. One time use for them, got a few.

 

@TomyTun

 

What size is needed for a body? Asking for a friend

 

200 lbs.....I mean quart

 

100 quart Cabela's polar cap. Quartered deer and back straps total about 150lbs fit with plenty of room for ice

 

I don’t put whole whitetail in a cooler - I would hang if I could, or bone out in camp if I couldn’t. A Yeti 65 is plenty big to hold 2 hind quarters, backstraps, tenderloins, front roasts and extra meat from the neck and wherever, plus ice.

 

Used the Igloo Spotrsman 100qt for years...never failed. Has a nice little trap door to quickly add ice if I'm not taking the meat to a processor for a few days.


Bought a couple of the Magellan coolers in past few years, for when I may not have easy access to ice (i.e., back-country elk hunt). Again, no issues. Love the designs/features

 

I've placed a fairly good sized Mule Deer in a 70 qt cooler before. It all just depends on what you're interested in doing. The igloo marine coolers are amazing and a cheap alternative compared to your typical molded coolers (yeti, grizzly, rtic, etc).

 

You really want to let it hang. If you cant quarter it up atleast a day later if you can

 

Yep.....this^^^^^. Out here in CO and much of the west with low humidity and cooler temps in the fall there's no need to quarter up a deer kill immediately. Elk pretty much has to be quartered and hung. Even as a kid hunting in Nevada in Oct our bucks would hang a couple days in the barn. In the shade and cool. Meat needs to cure a couple days before processing. Never freeze it. Obviously in more warm humid climes you should still hang it overnight if possible and get it chilled or in a cool dry place asap. I don't need a large cooler. Brains, heart, and liver goes in a small cooler right away. I'm at the butcher usually less than 24hrs anyways.