Getting Elk back home

[Bpg7402]

I live in TN and hunt in Colorado each fall. We have always drove in the past but are flying this fall.The 24 hour drive each way is getting old.
So my question is ... is it best to ship my meat back, bring it on a plane, or some other ideas. I have looked at this a lot and see the extra baggage weight fees and priced it out to rent a vehicle and drive it back home.
Anyone have first hand experience with how much it cost them to do it these ways.

If you figure out the cheapest method please let me know. I plan on killing one in Idaho this September if my hunting partner doesn’t screw things up!

 

[Dlbuttram21]

Best I can tell the cheapest way is the do southwest freight with what you can’t get in your checked bags from the research I have done

 

[Usi05]

Some fellas that showed me the ropes always mailed gear home and checked bags with meat so that’s what I’ve always done.

Only exception was my moose hunt bc I drove so simply turned around and drove home with coolers and meat frozen


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[DonV]

I live in TN and hunt in Colorado each fall. We have always drove in the past but are flying this fall.The 24 hour drive each way is getting old.
So my question is ... is it best to ship my meat back, bring it on a plane, or some other ideas. I have looked at this a lot and see the extra baggage weight fees and priced it out to rent a vehicle and drive it back home.
Anyone have first hand experience with how much it cost them to do it these ways.

For sure on the plane. I get a 50 can soft cooler from walmart $7 it's insulated. Between that and my carry on I can get 80-90# of meat that I carry on. One checked bag with 50 and if there is more donate it or bite the bullet and get big baggage fees. Carry on bags are never weighed.

 

[mad_angler]

Coming home from Alaska, I brought two 50 lb boxes of frozen moose meat as checked baggage. I think it was about $150 total.

Many stores in Alaska sell coated plastic boxes for shipping meat and fish.