I wouldn't salt a cape/hide in the field unless it is completely fleshed and turned... you could cause more damage than good. If you're not capable of this task, fold it skin to skin, roll it up, put it in a game bag and keep it in the coolest place possible. Ed F
Put it in plastic bags after it cools and sink it in a lake. Been doing it for 20 years and never lost an ounce of meat. Keeps it from the bears as well. Only lost one to a bear this way. Kept one in a lake for 8 days this past August and it kept fine. Ed F
Most YouTube videos are watched by wanna bees who will never get off the couch. You can't plan a hunt off YouTube... maybe get the fire started. You can plan an entire hunt down to the smallest details off Rokslide... that was my point. Ed F
This changes things (a little) for me... the ability to keep hunting on multiple tags was an attraction. I still have a few more Kodiak hunts left in me... the adventure is worth it for one deer... but, it won't be an easy and spontaneous decision anymore.
I saw what was happening when I was...
300... plus or minus 25". There's 27 different measurements on a caribou... very difficult to score from pics. Good tops, small bottoms. Congratulations. Ed F
Sink it in a lake or stream. This August we kept the meat in a lake for 9 days... no problem.
I've been twice in August... won't go again. In August the fog can stay for days and the vegitation is terrible... for whatever that's worth. Ed F