Yes but you are not shipping the whole deer, just the deboned meat. The gut pile alone is probably close to 40lb, then you have to subtract the bones, hide, meat you don't harvest. I'm thinking 50-70lbs of deboned meat is probably what I'm looking at. Be mindful this is a backpack hunt so the deer will be processed in the field, I try to get as much as I can but I'm not a professional butcher either. I'm not as efficient as a butcher when you drop off a deer whole.
But you do need to be smoking crack to think someone would try to take an entire, ungutted deer on the plane. In reality, you can multiply those averages by .4 to get a rough yield of boned out meat. 203 x .4 = 81#. AZ deer will likely come in below that average. Might all fit into 1 48-50 quart cooler but will likely need 2.
this is what i have been doing for flying back with whitetails. bone out meat, vaccum seal and freeze overnight and bring back in a cooler backpack or soft cooler bag from costco. its stays frozrn the whole time as my carryon. tricky part might be access to a freezer if backpacking hunting though but you could stay the night before you fly back with an extended stay motel with a full size fridge if needed
