Solo Pack Out Question

[IdahoElk]

Assuming you can actually do it without dying, are you gonna have time to do 13 miles 4 times before it all spoils?

That would take me at least 2.5, probably more like 3 days. That's a long time for meat to hang in September.

Nobody ever brings up the fact that all that meat sitting at your truck while you make more trips is spoiling. When hunting solo and having to pack it all out by myself my hike in limit is 1-2 miles for this very reason.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Nobody ever brings up the fact that all that meat sitting at your truck while you make more trips is spoiling. When hunting solo and having to pack it all out by myself my hike in limit is 1-2 miles for this very reason.

not necessarily true. my truck has ~400# of ice in coolers just sitting there ready to go, that meat is fine for a few days with zero attention once it gets there. getting through the 2 day drive home means 1 top off with dry ice and a couple of stops to drain out blood/condensation.

however, that does not change the fact that a solo elk, in wam weather, is a major time/distance problem. Everyone has a unique limit in that situation, hopefully they know what it is before they take a shot.