Dimensions of a bone in elk quarter?

[dreamingbig]

Anyone have accurate measurements of an avg size bull bone in elk quarter?

Which coolers on the market would fit one in it?

 

[squeekieslayer]

just out of curiosity... why leave the bone in while in the cooler? Hind quarters are very easy to bone out and they are much much easier to pack into something like a cooler that way. There are going to be very few coolers on the market that will hold a whole elk quarter with the bone in and have much room for anything else.

Joe

 

[dreamingbig]

We have a walk in cooler at home. So much easier to keep all the meat clean and organized until we cut it up 3-5 days later. We have been using two tarps and some ice to transport home (in back of pickup truck) but I was just wondering if any folks had used/found some larger coolers that work for two quarters. Might even build my own box at home.

We could bone out at trailhead but we haven't so far.

 

[2rocky]

When I have transported bone in Elk hams, they were pre-cooled and stacked and wrapped in a tarp in my truck box.
It was about a 7 hour drive and I just covered them in bags of Ice at about the 2 hour mark. This is in August in CA. When I arrived at my butcher, Ice was gone but meat was cool to the touch.

You could buy a chest freezer for less than the super coolers.

 

[bmart2622]

I have fit a broken down bull in 2 120qt coolers with 5-6 frozen milk jugs in each cooler, that was bone in. It wasnt a huge bull, probably a 3 yr old 5x6. I weighed the game bags when I got home and everything weighed 240lbs.

 

[jmez]

Good idea on the chest freezer 2rocky. That would be a good option and you could likely get one for free somewhere that didn't work. Put the entire elk in on ice.

 

[dreamingbig]

Did some further research and it sounds like two 120 or 150 quarts can work.

Old chest freezer probably would too!

Tarps ice and old sleeping bags work but gets messy to cleanup at times. Was just looking for a simpler option.

 

[realunlucky]

I've also used two150 coolers. Plenty of room for front and rear with ice in each

 

[ridgefire]

I can fit a whole bull in one 165 quart igloo cooler, bone in. Its a little snug but have done it a few times now. Organize the meat in the cooler and then dump crushed ice through the small lid and your good to go. Watch for them at Costco, paid $80-90 for it.