Cooler size

[MuleyFever]

I cant find a thread that gives a good answer to the question of what size cooler I should have for a boned out caribou. I plan to freeze the meat and then put it in a cooler for the flight home. I have seen anywhere from 48qt to 100qt mentioned. If you actually put a boned out caribou in a cooler what size would you say I need?

 

[Mvaughan]

Depends on how big of one you kill. 75qt should hold most of em after boned out.

 

[Larry Bartlett]

If you're flying with it afterward, use two 48qt so your boxes weigh <50# each. One caribou is roughly 80-100 pounds of boned out meat

 

[realunlucky]

I used two waxed fish boxes
I thought they were similar sized to a mature cow elk.

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[Blockcaver]

A mature Mt Caribou bull is typically heavier than a Barren Ground and quite a bit heavier than a Central Canada Barren Ground Caribou.....around 150# of meat if you take the "dog scraps". I'm talking about taking every bit of anything that is red.