Opinions on Driving Vs Flying costs
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Don K
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I like to drive as I plan extra time and are able to go where I want when I want and bring what I want. Last two trips I took my son along and we rented a 4x4 right here at home and drove out and back. I rented a 4X4 4 door full size pickup for 18 days for 636.00 total for my trip last year. Put over 4000 miles on that truck and it worked great.
Big issue I have with Elk hunting is finding a good way to get everything back including rack if your flying.
Big issue I have with Elk hunting is finding a good way to get everything back including rack if your flying.
Farmer
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If'n your flying with meat and rack the best method I've ever used was bone the meat into gallon baggies and have a friendly meat cutter overnight it in his cooler (don't freeze). Put cooled meat in banana boxes prepared ahead of time with 1" bead insulation all 6-sides. Wrap meat in newspaper and duct tape boxes thoroughly. Weight is almost exactly at the magic 70-75 lb range. The rack I duct tape a stiff locally grown tree between each side for protection from splitting the sides in transit. Cover the points with cardboard and do a good job with the duct tape. (Clean the skull really, really good. The airline handlers really appreciate it and the question of CWD is removed as an issue. I once had my boxes sitting in the direct sun on the Pueblo airport runway for two hours waiting for a delayed flight. The boxes were then miss-routed to New Jersey while I finished my flight to Mass. The boxes were delivered to my home while I was at work and left in the direct sun (again!!) a day later. When I opened the boxes the meat was in perfect condition! The system works, my friend.
Driving...my meat is prepared the same but rides home in large coolers covered with ice which I check frequently. Even taking three days my meat arrives in perfect condition. An added benefit of either method is the meat gets a few additional days to "age" while not being frozen!
Don K
Very Active Member
Nice advice there Farmer.
The airlines I have looked at seemed to have a problem with a full size Elk rack as baggage unless I split it and wrapped it. Last thing I wanted to do if I was successful was to be sitting at the airport with a rack and them telling me no.
The airlines I have looked at seemed to have a problem with a full size Elk rack as baggage unless I split it and wrapped it. Last thing I wanted to do if I was successful was to be sitting at the airport with a rack and them telling me no.