Idaho Moose 2014

[RamDreamer]

Amazing photos. Congrats!

 

[daddie63]

Congrats on the solo moose. That sounds like a ton of fun and work. Curious how you got all that meat back to Ca.

 

[Timberninja]

Major congrats and thanks for the report, awesome photos! How did you transport the meat home to CA?

 

[Liv2Hunt]

Solo moose, awesome! Great pix! Congrats on a job well done!

 

[Slim Jim]

Good job Craig! Congrats on what looks like a great hunt from your pics.

 

[Muledeernv]

Congrats on your bull look like you had fun

 

[7stw]

Way cool ! Huge congrats on you're trophy. Excellent pictures. Thanks for sharing and congrats agin.

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

Last years elk hunt in NM and getting the meat home from that hunt over two days of driving prepped me for this moose hunt. I had a butcher within a couple hours of the unit lined up that I had called prior to the hunt and explained my circumstances should I shoot a moose. They were very helpful and gave me their cell # for an off hours call and said they can accommodate a moose in short notice fully cut and packaged in 24hrs for an expedited fee. I gave them an extra 12 hrs to get a decent freeze on the meat before I left.

I then bought enough coolers and 80lbs of dry ice for the trip home. If you leave room in the top of the cooler for the dry ice and lay down a layer of cardboard for the dry ice to sit on it works best this way.

With enough dry I've in each cooler the meat was actually more frozen when I got home than I picked it up!!

 

[daddie63]

Thanks for the tip. That's a lot of coolers full of meat, how nice is that.

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

Yep filled a whole 15 cubic ft chest freezer! I'd say I'm good till next year lol.

 

[Manosteel]

Congrats on the moose and the hunt. I have deboned moose (an elk for that matter) in the field all by myself enough times now that I almost regret going solo.. almost. Lots of work but the more time you do it the faster you get and the more tricks you learn.

Congrats again, great moose and the hunt sounded awesome!

 

[shaun]

Great Bull! Congrats!

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

These guys were a tasty treat up there as well. Made for a nice change in variety.

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

 

[MattB]

Congrats on the bull and the great adventure.

For those who are asking about travelling with the meat, we brought two moose home this past week from SE British Columbia with no problems. One was cut/wrapped/frozen and filled up ~ 1 1/3 150 quart coolers. The meat stayed completely frozen for the ~30 hour trip home. My buddy's bull was shot in the morning, hung overnight to cool (it got below freezing that night), boned out in the AM, meat loaded into a cooler, and the meat was still cold when we got it to the bucther ~36 hours later. I did the same with the previous bull I killed as well with no issues. We didn't use any ice, just the temperature of the meat and the insulation from the coolers.