how do you get your hog meat home?

[Expatriated]

Was thinking of flying somewhere to do some hog hunting but if someone flies, how do they get 100+lbs of meat back home?

 

[eatsnopaste]

yeah, that's going to ruin a set of American Tourister!

 

[brandonq2]

Ship it on dry ice?

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

She usually sits in the passenger seat.

/purple

 

[Dirty Steve]

Dry ice / flash freeze and ship it UPS or FED-eX back home. I have done it with elk, deer and antelope. Its fairly simple and fairly common. Most grocery stores out west, especially mountain west sell dry ice. Buy a cheap cooler, load it up and take it to UPS or FED-eX.

Dirty Steve

 

[Wheezy50]

She usually sits in the passenger seat.

/purple

I spit out coffee on this one......LOL!

 

[trophyhunter]

Ziplock now has inexpensive vacuum gallon size freezer bags with the little hand pump that really helps get it all packaged and sealed so it won't leak anything. Freeze it, throw a little dry ice in a cheap foam cooler and tape it closed and UPS it home.

 

[sassy lassy]

Before you make the investment to ship it home, try some of it cooked. My ex got a wild boar once and we absolutely were disgusted by the taste. If you like it, then ship it home.

 

[dprimm]

Boar will taste different than sow. Testosterone gives a flavor to the meat. which is why pigs are castrated. I don't really want boar but would keep sow. (Correction:boar sausage i had was great)

 

[menzzer37]

I shot a large sow in TN about a week ago. We vacuum packed it, froze it solid, and drove home with it. We have also taken fish home from Alaska the same way. You freeze it solid, buy an ingloo cooler and tape it shut. Check it with your luggage and it's good to go. Cargo holds on planes stay cool anyway so you should be fine. I think dry ice is unnecessary.

 

[bobbittle]

If you're shipping FedEx/UPS with dry ice make sure you are declaring the package as hazmat.

 

[Lawguns]

Before you make the investment to ship it home, try some of it cooked. My ex got a wild boar once and we absolutely were disgusted by the taste. If you like it, then ship it home.

Very true, it also depends where you are hunting and what they are eating. We used to hunt them in the swamps of Georgia, I can't say they tasted all that good

 

[Savage99]

I have flown to TX twice and have started driving now. It takes a little longer but there is no airport hassle. I can take an extra rifle, haul meat home, and take my own stuff. I have hauled deer and pigs home in a cooler full of ice and just bleed the meat out as the ice melts. I just add more ice when I stop for fuel. Now if you could just charter your own jet . . .

 

[longbarrel]

If you're shipping FedEx/UPS with dry ice make sure you are declaring the package as hazmat.

You work at one of these places?

 

[bobbittle]

You work at one of these places?

Used to. Dry ice packages get put in separate containers, typically with US Mail, First Overnight packages, and other IDG (Inaccessible Dangerous Goods) which the pilot(s) don't have access to.

Here's a handy guide to packaging/shipping with dry ice. http://images.fedex.com/us/services/pdf/Dry_Ice_Job_Aid.pdf