Backcountry Hunters- What do you usually do to keep blood from soaking into your pack?

[PZaha]

When you're packing meat out, what do you usually do to keep blood from soaking into your pack?

Contractor bags? Something else?

Trying to learn what people are doing during pack-outs.

 

[BowBaboon]

Nothing. A contractor bag would keep the meat from fresh air and lead to quicker spoilage.

If the stains bother you, throw the bag in the shower and scrub away with a short bristle brush. I did that with my first pack but now I just let it ride like a badge of honor.

 

[rayporter]

a few stains are a badge of honor.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

If you let the meat hang or sit for a bit it pretty quickly crusts over, even when in quality game bags. Usually by the time I'm done quartering the parts I did first have crusted over enough. I just choose the side of the bag a bit carefully and try to not have wet fresh blood bags touching the pack. Still happens and then I just rinse off with cold water. I'm probably just paranoid about a Griz smelling the blood and coming to check it out.

 

[Mule3006Elk]

Wash bag when season is over. I don't use plastic bags ect. Game bags only. I want the meat to cool off asap.

 

[deadend88]

I use this stuff, works great. what it doesn't get out, I let roll as badge of honor.

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[rogerdoger]

I use a contractor bag and make sure I take the meat out as soon as I get back to camp. I have not done this in really warm temps, only temps up to the 60's. As big sky guy mentioned my concern is blood soaked bag in grizz country, especially when I have more nights backpacking.

 

[Wirrex]

I have cleaned up completely blood soaked bags by simply using hydrogen peroxide. It works incredibly well and cheap.

 

[MuleyFever]

Meat in bag then use the washing machine, because that's what it's for.

I have used a contractor bag when I knew the meat would only be in the pack for 20 minutes or so then straight into a cooler. But I'm not putting warm meat in a contractor bag for a long pack out unless it hung and is cooled off.

 

[Wapiti151]

Don’t, let air get to it the best you can…it’s gonna be bloody, period. End of season, take a Costco tub and fill it with cold water and dawn…soak it for a day, agitate, repeat and scrub with a brush. Soak some more, rinse and hang. Comes out perfectly clean every time.

 

[JREG19]

I just wash mine with soap and water. It's easy.

 

[CMF]

I put meat in game bags and lay them out to cool while processing, but we usually throw the meat(still in game bag) into a standard kitchen trash bag to help keep the pack clean. A couple hour pack out will be fine in a trash bag. It comes out of trash bag as soon as we get to truck and into the cooler.
It might not breathe well, but a trashbag is certainly no insulator and not going to reduce cooling much.
Sandwiching a game bag with a pack full of clothes would do more to insulate and reduce cooling.
Might do something different if it's warm or pack out is super long.
More often than not we're trying to fill multiple tags and don't want to waste time washing and drying packs or hunting with blood soaked packs.

 

[Deerhunter6250]

I put meat in game bags and lay them out to cool while processing, but we usually throw the meat(still in game bag) into a standard kitchen trash bag to help keep the pack clean. A couple hour pack out will be fine in a trash bag. It comes out of trash bag as soon as we get to truck and into the cooler.
It might not breathe well, but a trashbag is certainly no insulator and not going to reduce cooling much.
Sandwiching a game bag with a pack full of clothes would do more to insulate and reduce cooling.
Might do something different if it's warm or pack out is super long.
More often than not we're trying to fill multiple tags and don't want to waste time washing and drying packs or hunting with blood soaked packs.

Couldn't agree more also use the plastic bag as a quick raincoat for rain showers and to cover my pack at night in case of rain when I'm at a spike camp.