1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance, all right, everyone, I want 6 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: you to picture this. You just traveled out of state, 7 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: maybe across the country, for an awesome elk hunt, hunted hard, 8 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: and now you've got to bowl down. You pat yourself 9 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: on the back, and now you realize, now what, Because 10 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: traveling with a boatload of meat can honestly be a 11 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: logistical nightmare, especially if you haven't thought ahead of time. 12 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 1: So this week is all about traveling hunter and meatcare. 13 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: Maybe you're headed out west for a hunt for deer, antelope, elk, 14 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: maybe flying into remote hunt in Alaska somewhere, or just 15 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: driving across the state you live in for a special 16 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: draw tag. I'm gonna share my full proof methodology to 17 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: literally bringing home the bacon and break down traveling hunter 18 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: meet care logistics. But before we do that, let's head 19 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: down to Old Mexico for a story of Murphy and 20 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: the Traveling Buffalo. If you've hunted long enough or pretty 21 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: much done anything with any amount of time and wanted 22 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: some form of certainty. The certainty is that you will 23 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: run into a man I know very well. We call 24 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: him Murphy because his law is whatever can go wrong 25 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: will go wrong, and he's the guy that's going to 26 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: stick it to you more times than most. Most trips 27 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: essentially are just dodging old Murph, is the way I 28 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: like to think about it. Now, this particular trip was 29 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: a while ago, and I was filming for this show 30 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: that I used to do called Apex Predator. We were 31 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: down in Mexico and we're kind of testing this theory 32 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: of using like a wolf hide based off of a 33 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: Catlan painting where Native Americans would use wolves to sneak 34 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: in on elk because they would see humans and run, 35 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: but their natural defense mechanism was to stay put when 36 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: they see wolves because if they run, then the wolf 37 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: would incite to chase, and then that buffalo would essentially 38 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: be dead. So I thought, let's try this old technique 39 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: of putting a wolf hide. I only had a coyote 40 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: hide over my back and then sneaking in on these buffalo. Now, 41 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: as you can imagine, that sounds like a recipe for 42 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: interactions with Old Murphy, and it was nothing like on 43 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: This trip really went as planned. I was just got 44 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: done guiding in Montana and there was this one open window, 45 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: so I flew down from Montana to Arizona, met up 46 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: with some guys. They flew from all over parts of 47 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: the country, so people from Colorado, another guy from I 48 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: think Montana, New York and what everyone was kind of 49 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: spread out. So we rent a vehicle in Arizona and 50 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: just to start the ship off. Here's how it goes. 51 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: Because we rented a off road like four by four 52 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: vehicle and we show up and essentially it's like this 53 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: Dodge caravan car kind of thing. It is absolutely in 54 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: no way, shape or form like a good off road vehicle. 55 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: This thing, I don't, I gotta. I'm gonna dig up 56 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: a picture of this damn car. It was like, here's 57 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: our vehicle to travel through the dusty off roads of 58 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: Mexico to this ranch down there that we were hunting, 59 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: and hunt like parts of this ranch in this tiny 60 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: little car. And so I think we ended up getting 61 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: an extra van as well, because there was absolutely no 62 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: way we were gonna all fit in this car and 63 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: it had zero off road capabilities, but the van was 64 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: also not off roadable, so we got those car is 65 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: in full insurance, of course, for the best insurance they 66 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: could give us for that, and we headed down across 67 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: the border. We essentially got into Mexico with pretty much 68 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: no incident, you know, the normal like border struggles troubles 69 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: because we had guns and had to stop. Um. I 70 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: had a rifle because I was gonna be cused deer 71 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: hunting as well. So we're trying to kind of do 72 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: these two episodes in in one trip. CU's deer buffalo, 73 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: so the old buffalo hunt, and uh, we kind of 74 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: ended up without the off road capabilities. Had to park 75 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: in one spot and do a lot of walking, which 76 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: is fine, you know, maybe not necessarily fine when you're 77 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: planning on like shooting a giant buffalo and trying to 78 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 1: get it back to camp and everything very fairly quickly. 79 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: But you know, we just took the lumps that were 80 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: given us. So of course, I think it was maybe 81 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: the first day just how this trip starting out, like 82 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: we're kind of scouting around trying to figure out where 83 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna hunt, where the buffalo are whatever, And I've 84 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: got my tripod and then like hi power binoculars because 85 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: it's perfect for glassing for that like long distance glassing. 86 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: Even for the buffalo, they could be hard to find, 87 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: big open like kind of that desert thinking like Southwest 88 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: style country, lots of mesquite and whatever in big area, 89 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: and so the high powered optics are really crucial for 90 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: spotting stuff. So we're just like previewing the area, kind 91 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: of taking the main roads that we could actually drive on, 92 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: seeing how far we could get in certain places. And 93 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: I was just trying to glass a long ways away 94 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: see if I can find a spot where it's like okay, 95 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: let's let's go check that spot out. I get back 96 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: in the car, shut the doors, drive forward, and just 97 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, ship, what happened? Get out? Like right 98 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 1: off the bat ran over my tripod and optics in 99 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: the car, Like, well that sucks. Brand new pair of binoculars. 100 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: I was like, man, thank god they're Vortex because they 101 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: had a warranty on them. Like sweet, but sucks. Right, 102 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: So I'm like putting back these binoculars that I just 103 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: ran over in our in our pos car, and now 104 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: we're gonna hunt. So kind of just fast forward through 105 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: the hunt. Because some stuff went wrong, like stocked in 106 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: everything worked out. I ended up making like not a 107 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: good shot with my bow and then ended up having 108 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: to shoot buffalo with a rifle. So it was just 109 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: a cluster. Like from the beginning, everything was just kind 110 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: of just going the wrong way. Like whatever, you know, 111 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: I keep I'm the type of person because things go wrong, 112 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: just keep a good positive attitude. It's all good. Whatever. 113 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: So now we've got this buffalo down, it's like awesome. 114 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: Start butchering the buffalo, hanging the quarters up, packing it 115 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: back to the vehicle, which was a lot further than 116 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: it could have been if we had like an actual 117 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 1: offer road vehicle that we were supposedly going to have. 118 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: So now we get back and it's like, okay, now what, 119 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: We've got a giant buffalo a lot of meat that 120 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: we're gonna bring back. Luckily, you know, I was prepared 121 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: for this, so I had like a ton of zip baggies, 122 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: We had a lot of cellophane, and there was a 123 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: ranch house there that had electricity with a freezer that 124 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: we could use, so that was all set up ahead 125 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: of time. Knew all this. So now it's Butcher day, 126 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: going through Butcher and cutting up large pieces of meat, 127 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: just kind of chunking everything to where it, wrapping it 128 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: in the cellophane and then stuffing it in the ziplock 129 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: and freezing it. Now the plan is we had we 130 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: actually had one big cooler, a couple actually a couple 131 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: of big coolers that we were traveling down there with, 132 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: you know, to store our stuff in. Anyways. So now 133 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: we travel back across the boarder. We actually got across 134 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: the border no problems, you know, showed all the paperwork 135 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: and the meat and this that and the other thing 136 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: that was actually fairly seamless. Wasn't too bad. We're gonna 137 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: fly back from Tucson. So we actually got a couple 138 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: of smaller coolers because we decided we're gonna split the 139 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: meat up. Everybody. Everybody that was on the cruise like 140 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: working so hard and carried meat, like helped with the butchering. 141 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: It's like, I was like, guys, this is our buffalo. 142 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna split this buffalo four ways. It's like everyone 143 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: was pretty stoked on that. So we got some extra 144 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: coolers so everybody could take their buffalo whatever home. Everything 145 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: was still frozen like sweet. So we get to the airport. 146 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: There's like four of us, all this production gear, all 147 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: this and just coolers out the ass, just a lot, 148 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: a lot of meat. And then we got the news 149 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,559 Speaker 1: that something was wrong with the plane and our flight 150 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: was going to be delayed, the flight out of twos 151 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: So we're like, okay till when you know. And we're 152 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: all flying to different places too, so it shouldn't have 153 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: been a problem. But there's some I can't even remember 154 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: what the deal was, but whatever happened was we weren't 155 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: going to fly out that day, so I go crap, 156 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: and we've got all this buffalo meat, but it's not 157 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: gonna last as long as this delay is. So we're 158 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 1: running back to Walmart buy some dry ice stacking in 159 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: the coolers. We actually just called a bunch of hotels 160 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: and asked any if they had a freezer. One of 161 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: them finally had a freezer, so we chose that hotel 162 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: and we go to that hotel and we're like, hey, 163 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: can we store some stuff in your freezer? Like yep, 164 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: So we put these coolers in the freezer. Now we're 165 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 1: waiting for a flight. The flight ends up being delayed 166 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: a day and a half, but we're like, all right now. 167 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,839 Speaker 1: It's it's all good, cool, we should be fine. We 168 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: end up getting on our flight. I've got the buffalo. 169 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: I fly into my first stop, should be not a problem, 170 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: Salt Lake City. Like sweet, Get to Salt Lake, get 171 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: off the plane. They're like all flights are canceled to 172 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: where I was going, which was Missoula. There was like 173 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: this inversion in Missoula and no flights had been going 174 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: in and out for days, so it's just like too 175 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: foggy to land. I'm like, crap, Okay, what are we 176 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: gonna do. I was like, I've got this buffalo and 177 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: it's just cannot sit out in the airport for that long. 178 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: So I end up renting a car, then driving from 179 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: Salt Lake back up to where my truck was at 180 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: the airport, dropping off the rental car. Awesome. Now I've 181 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: got my truck and the buff low. Now I realized, 182 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 1: but I was not going. My final destination was not there. 183 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: I had a twelve hour drive back to where I 184 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: was going. So I get in my truck. The buffalo 185 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: is all in the truck and now I'm driving. I'm 186 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 1: trying to keep this buffalo frozen and stopped. I stop again, 187 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: re dry, ice, refreeze everything finally get home, However many 188 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: days it took us later, buffalo fully intact, no meat spoilage, 189 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 1: still all frozen, good to go. No matter what those 190 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: logistical things throughout me, I was definitely prepared enough to 191 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: take care of all the problems, all the travel delays, 192 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: all that stuff, and get the meat home completely safe, 193 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: completely fine, and definitely had one of the best backstrap 194 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: meals of wild game I've ever had shortly after my 195 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: big old buffalo prime rib for Christmas a few days later. 196 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: If I come to think about it, I would probably 197 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: consider myself one of the world's foremost experts in traveling 198 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: with game meat. I have traveled literally hundreds of thousands 199 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: of miles via air and vehicle and every mode, boat 200 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. Like I've honestly traveled every way, shape and 201 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: form with game meat. I mean, I've taken meat back 202 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 1: from places as far as New Zealand and places that 203 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: are hot like Hawaii, or I've also even just from 204 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: trips that are halfway across the state but driving six 205 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: eight hours in the summer. It's just if there's a 206 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: scenario where I've had process and take meat back backcountry 207 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: of Alaska, from small planes to big planes to a 208 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,839 Speaker 1: couple of different connection flights. I've done it, and because 209 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: of that, I've kind of broken down some of the 210 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: logistical thoughts that you need to think before every hunt 211 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: where you're going, even if you're just going a few 212 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: hours away, to make sure that you're going to get 213 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: that meat home in good condition and not go bad. 214 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 1: Over the years, I have never lost any meat while traveling, 215 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: and I've had some major mishaps like things delayed, things lost, 216 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: you know, just whatever you can encounter, I've probably encountered it. 217 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: So I'm just gonna go over a few of the 218 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: logistical things that you should think about. Now. If we're 219 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,319 Speaker 1: talking about traveling with me, I would say there's three options. 220 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: So in these three options come into play whether you're 221 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: you know, planning your hunt or already going on your hunt, whatever. 222 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: So your option would be to drive, to ship, or 223 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: to fly, and all these are broken down in kind 224 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: of a cost slash pain in the ass factor. So 225 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: let's start with drive. Driving is going to be the 226 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: cheapest and probably in my opinion, the easiest, logistically best 227 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: way to go somewhere and get your meat back home. Whatever. Now, 228 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: the downside to driving is it takes time, and it 229 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: also may not fit into your schedule. Like if you 230 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: if you're traveling and you've got a thirty hour drive 231 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: both ways, that's cutting into hunt time. I would say 232 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: most of the time for me personally, if I'm going 233 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: somewhere further away, I end up flying, and a lot 234 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: of the places maybe you can't even drive to. So 235 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: it's just something to think about that factors into the 236 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: decision making of the logistics of how you're getting there 237 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: and how you're getting your meat back. I will say, though, 238 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: if you are driving, the best ways to obviously bring 239 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: large coolers or I've even seen guys that really prepare 240 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: bring a trailer that I might have a freezer that 241 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: they can plug in. The large coolers is great because 242 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: what I do is if I am traveling along ways, 243 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: I'll then put the meat in the cooler and I'll 244 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: use dry ice to keep it cool. Now, if I've 245 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: processed it before I head home, I'll use the dry 246 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: ice to freeze it. And to do that, you put 247 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: the dry ice on top of whatever you want, so 248 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: dry ice on top that freezes it. Make sure you 249 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: crack event in the cooler so you don't make a 250 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: little cooler bomb and your truck up I don't know 251 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: if it's actually player truck up. But or to refrigerate 252 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: you use the dry ice actually on the bottom. So 253 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: I'll put dry ice on the bottom of the cooler. 254 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: I'll probably cover it with something like a piece of 255 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: cardboard or whatever so it doesn't freeze what's right above it, 256 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: and then I'll start stacking some meat in there. Another 257 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: option you can use wet ice. I just don't really 258 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: like traveling long distances with wet ice because it gets 259 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: that meat soaked in water. The best way to use 260 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: wet ice would be used blocks on the bottom, set 261 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: your meat on the top, and then pop that drain 262 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: plug open so that way it's never really sitting fully 263 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: in water. But the dry ice, or even just using 264 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: dry ice on the bottom, block ice and then the 265 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: meat on top. That kind of helps prevent it from 266 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: melting so fast. You can really find dry ice anywhere 267 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: the most A lot of grocery stores sell it. Um 268 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: even I've founded it like a I don't know if 269 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: it's like a national place, but place called nor Code. 270 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: It's like I think it's like a welding supply company, 271 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: but they sometimes have it, you know, wherever I'm going 272 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: on a hunt, even if I'm driving or whatever, I'll 273 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: call a few places around before ahead of time and 274 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: just say, hey, do you guys sell dry ice, um, 275 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: grocery stores, whatever, just to understand what I might need. 276 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: Now if they don't, I do have like a small 277 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: chest freezer that I have thrown in and I can 278 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: you can plug that in when you're wherever you're at 279 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: hotel whatever at night, bring an extension cord. I've done 280 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: that too. Where I knew I'm going for a while, 281 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: it's going to be a long drive, maybe a couple 282 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: of day drive. I've got this freezer and I'm using 283 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: it to keep everything frozen, to keep it refrigerated. Maybe 284 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: you didn't have time to butcher it. Then you know 285 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna want to go with something like the cooler 286 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: with ice or dry ice in it. Now, the next 287 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: option is, wherever you're going, the shipping option. This is 288 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: definitely the most expensive option, but it's definitely I would 289 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: say the least pain in the ass. This is one 290 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: I rarely do because it is so expensive. What it 291 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: involves is finding a butcher's shop or meat processing place 292 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: near where you're hunting, dropping the meat off and then 293 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: having them ship it to you wherever you live. This 294 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: is really good for people that are flying. The times 295 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: that I have done this places in Alaska, like with 296 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: a moose, I just didn't have time or didn't really 297 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: logistically prepare to have everything figured out ahead of time, 298 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: so I dropped the moose off, had it processed, and 299 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: then shipped back. After the price tag on that and 300 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: my disappointment and how poorly everything was butchered, I kind 301 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: of swore that off. But there are really good butchers 302 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: and and processors that do a great job. You know, 303 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: you can have a great experience. Actually, for our my 304 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: outfitting business, my clients, we use a butcher nearby and 305 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: it's incredible. I mean I would take things there over 306 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: doing it myself because they do such a good job. 307 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: We you know, we trust them with that job for 308 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: a lot of our clients and they do a really 309 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: good job with it. So there are pluses and minus 310 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: is to that, but it is definitely the easiest, most thoughtless, 311 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: best way to figure out logistics. If you don't have 312 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: a lot of time or don't have maybe extra time 313 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 1: after to deal with all the meat. You got to 314 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: think about when you're planning a hunt, you need to 315 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: factor in days for taking care of meat or getting 316 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: the meat home some way, And that is a huge 317 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: part that I think people kind of forget about. They 318 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: go on a hunt. They say, Okay, I'm hunting from 319 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: this day to this day and then flying out the 320 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: next day. If you don't leave yourself some days to 321 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: figure out the logistics and take care of the meat, 322 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: then you're probably gonna be in a situation where you go, 323 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: oh crap, now what, I don't have time, I don't 324 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: have the right things. This is a lot more than 325 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: I thought, and you're probably going to run the risk 326 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: of that meat going bad. So the shipping one, finding 327 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: a good butcher, and then when you're talking about shipping, 328 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: so that most of the cost actually comes in not 329 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: necessarily from paying the butcher, which is a cost, but 330 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: that's the kind of cost that I wouldn't necessarily mind. 331 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: The cost that I do mind is those exorbitant shipping costs. 332 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,679 Speaker 1: So the reason that's so expensive is because a lot 333 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: of them might have to ship overnight, so they'll freeze it, 334 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: they'll box it up in sixty pound boxes and then 335 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: they overnight it. If you live let's say you're hunting 336 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: in Montana and you live in Minnesota, that's gonna be 337 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: a six dollar bill to a thousand dollars to ship 338 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: that meat back home. That can be crazy. Now think 339 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: about being somewhere like Alaska or somewhere else. Man, We're 340 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: talking some serious, hefty price tags just to ship that 341 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: meat back. So there's other options for shipping that you 342 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: can figure out ahead of time. One's called air freight. Now, 343 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: what air freight is is it's essentially putting the baggage 344 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: on a plane as luggage. Back in the day, you 345 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: used to be able to air freight things yourself. You 346 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 1: can no longer do that, so you have to go 347 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: through a preferred or registered shipper. But in places like 348 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: Alaska or maybe some other remote places, many of the 349 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: meat processors actually are registered air freight shippers. You might 350 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: even maybe you're even doing a d i y hunt, 351 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: but there's an outfitter in the area that might be 352 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,479 Speaker 1: registered air freight. You can connect with them, throw them 353 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,239 Speaker 1: a few extra bones to ship something air freight. That 354 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: might be an option as well. Air Freight is a 355 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: lot cheaper. I've actually shipped like an entire moose back 356 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: for under two hundred bucks air freight, so there is 357 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: a lot of options. I shipped actually a Roosevelt elk 358 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: from a fog Nec. One time I took one back 359 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: on the plane. The other time we just air freighted it. 360 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: The air freight option was definitely the best way to go. 361 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: Is like a hundred bucks. And it came back and 362 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: I just had to pick it up at the airport 363 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: a couple of days later, and everything was still frozen. 364 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: I shipped it, you know, in a in a large cooler, 365 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: and it was perfect. And then the other option would 366 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: be a ground shipping. The way that ground shipping is 367 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 1: done would be everything is processed, packaged and frozen, and 368 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: then it's put into say a large cooler with dry 369 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: ice on the top, vented and then shipped the ground. 370 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: I don't suggest this way. It is the cheapest way 371 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: you can do it. I have seen it and before 372 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: I mean most of the time ground will get back 373 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: in three to four days. I've seen it done. I 374 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,239 Speaker 1: guess I've done it once. I had no problems with it, 375 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: but it just seems like a little dicey in my opinion, 376 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: you have to have the dry ice labeled on there. 377 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: You have to have everything labeled a certain way. There's 378 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 1: restrictions for it, but it is another option to think about. 379 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: So if you get somewhere, you've got everything processed, you've 380 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: got a little bit of time, everything is frozen, you 381 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: can ship it ground. It will definitely save you some 382 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: money there. So now we'll go into the third option, 383 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: which would be fly. This is the way that I 384 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: do most of my hunts because a lot of them 385 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: might be in places I can't drive to or I 386 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: don't have the time to drive, and it just might 387 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: be easier to fly. I think, if you're flying somewhere 388 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: for a hunt, in my opinion, the best way to 389 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: take me back is just to fly it back with you. Now, 390 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 1: it seems like a lot, yes, but I've got some 391 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: tricks for making it a little bit better over the years. 392 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: The first thing is plan plan on bringing meat back 393 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 1: and having time to take care of it before you go. 394 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: You're also gonna need some certain supplies. So those supplies 395 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: include bags, some kind of bags, whether it's a freezer bag, 396 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: zip block bag, vacuum seal bag, wrap like cellophane wrap, 397 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 1: and then some kind of cooler, and then freezer packs 398 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: and then extra extra large duffel bags and contractor garbage bags. 399 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 1: So if you have all that stuff, you pretty much 400 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 1: have everything you need to process. Then you're gonna have 401 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 1: to find a place wherever you're flying in or out of, 402 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: you know, somewhere after the hunt. But maybe that has 403 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 1: a freezer that you can use, whether it's a hotel, 404 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: a motel, maybe even a processor around the area that 405 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: has freezer space some kind of freezer, because that really 406 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 1: helps with this whole process. And I'll give you some 407 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 1: tips on if there is no freezer as well. So 408 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: what I do is I try to essentially. I mean, 409 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: if I don't, there's not always time to process the meat. 410 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: But what I will do is cut in to large 411 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: chunks and then I will bag and freeze. You know, 412 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: you say, well, does that mess the quality of the 413 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: meat to freeze, because you're gonna de thought when you 414 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: get home and then reprocess, re butcher it whatever, clean 415 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: it up, and then freeze it again. It does a 416 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: little bit, but you kind of have to weigh your 417 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: options of what's better. Now. The best option for me 418 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: is to butcher it wherever i'm at and then take 419 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: it home. I think one thing that I've found is 420 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: super helpful on a traveled hunt is Airbnb. Now, at 421 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: the end of a hunt, I generally book like an 422 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: Airbnb house somewhere because then I have room to butcher, 423 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,239 Speaker 1: I have a kitchen, and I have a freezer, and 424 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: for the you know, I'm gonna need a place to 425 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: stay anyways after the hunt, So for the price of that, 426 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: it's way easier to take care of everything doing it 427 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: that way, going that route, I'm a huge fan of, 428 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: like at the end of the hunt, having a day 429 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: or two it an Airbnb to just clean everything up, 430 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: to package it, to get everything ready, so when i 431 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: go home home, it's easy and I'm saving money on 432 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: processing costs, I'm saving money on shipping costs, and I'm 433 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: saving probably time and money on the drive as well. 434 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 1: So that's a great way to think about it. What 435 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: I do is I actually bring I've got one of 436 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: these made with meat like vacuum sealers, just like a 437 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: standard vacuum sealer, and I bring that in my luggage 438 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: on my hunt with me when I fly in, and 439 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: then I have vacuum bags as well, so I have 440 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,199 Speaker 1: that I'll take like a I've got like a Gerber 441 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: filet knife, like a fish fleet knife. That's what I 442 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: butcher with, like a six inch blade, and then you 443 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: know you have your I'll bring like a soft sided 444 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: YETI cooler. I've got like this one that's a back flip. 445 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 1: It's a backpack. So when I'm flying somewhere, I have 446 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: that is my carry on and then I put my 447 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 1: meat in that. Afterwards it fits about a whole butchered deer. 448 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: Anything extra over that, I'll actually just put in garbage 449 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: bags in my duffel bag and then frozen. And then 450 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: you think like, okay, well will that last. Yeah, so 451 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: that's what the freezer packs are for. I'll use the 452 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: freezer packs in that duffel and then honestly, it's really 453 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: cold underneath the plane. And I actually intentionally fly Alaska 454 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: Airlines a lot because they do have cold storage in 455 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: a couple of their hubs. So you say, hey, this 456 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: is frozen, they'll slap a frozen sticker on it, and 457 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: when it lands, if you get stuck or it has 458 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: to sit, they'll just go put that in a freezer 459 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: for you. And a lot of people don't realize that. 460 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: So even down to choosing the airline that I'm going 461 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: to use, I try to find one that's pretty friendly 462 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: with that kind of stuff. Now, let's say you don't 463 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: have a lot of time, like you get it the 464 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: like how many times do you get something the last 465 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: day and you don't have a lot of time to 466 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: process or whatever. Maybe you don't have time to freeze 467 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: or you can't find somewhere as freezer. Then what I 468 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: do is I wrap it in the cell offhane they 469 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: take to me to cut it into chunks, wrapping cellfane. 470 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: I bag it neither my zip blocks or if you've 471 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 1: got the vacuum seeler thing down, bring that seal it up, 472 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: and then I will I'll bring like these freezer packs, 473 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,400 Speaker 1: yetti ice, different kinds of freezer pack, you know, it's 474 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 1: like that blue liquid freezer things. I'll bring a couple 475 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: of those in my bag because I've found that they're 476 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 1: nearly impossible to find somewhere on a hunt. There's been 477 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: times where I'm like, oh, I'll just buy one. Wherever 478 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: I'm at, they're always unfrozen. I can't find them. So 479 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,199 Speaker 1: if I bring some with me, then I get a 480 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 1: hotel room or a motel or a airbnb. I can 481 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,919 Speaker 1: throw those in the freezer and get those frozen for 482 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 1: the trip home. Then I will put that meat in 483 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: my cooler with those frozen freezer packs in with it, 484 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: and for the duration of most flights, that's always been 485 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: enough to get me home. Now, the things you have 486 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: to worry about, you can fly with me. The only 487 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: thing you can't have is something that starts to leak. 488 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: So if you have something that leaks and starts is 489 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: leaking blood places, that's gonna get pulled out thrown away. 490 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: So that's why I wrap it and cellophane, I bag 491 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: it and then I put everything in like a garbage 492 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: sack if I'm sticking it in my luggage with those 493 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,719 Speaker 1: freezer packs, and then I have them put the frozen 494 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: stickers on it keeping the cold part of the plane. 495 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: And I've never had anything bad. Probably the longest would 496 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: be like a thirty thirty five hour journey, And almost 497 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: everything that I've had frozen ahead of time is still 498 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 1: frozen when I get back, and then things that might 499 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: be slightly defrosted are still extremely cold. So that's the 500 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: way that you can fly with it. Thinking ahead of time, 501 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: planning it out and having those items where you can say, Okay, 502 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna butcher it at the end of my trip, 503 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: whether it's out in the field, cut it up, bag 504 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: it into just chunks of meat that you can process 505 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: later at home. As far as the grind goes, I 506 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: just do like when I'm cutting it up, I do 507 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 1: my big cuts of steaks. However I like to butcher it. 508 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 1: You know, how very much time I have depends on 509 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: how minute my cuts go. And then just one big 510 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: bag of grind. That bag of grind I tend to freeze, 511 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: and then I'd actually just defrosted and grind it later 512 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: in the year whenever I've got time back at home. 513 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: So if you follow those steps and kind of think 514 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: about it logistically, think about your options ahead of time, 515 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: and then ways to bring back, you know you're you're 516 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot better off. I will say, the 517 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: flying way, you know, you just check that and meat 518 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: now is extra luggage and it is a lot cheaper 519 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 1: than shipping it. Having done it multiple ways over the years, 520 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: I've kind of factored out the prices for myself and 521 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,679 Speaker 1: my clients and whatever. If you're flying, that's the cheapest 522 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: way to bring it back with you, the easiest ways 523 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,439 Speaker 1: to ship it, and to avoid all those headaches in 524 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: the beginning, just drive to your hunting location. I think 525 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: with that logistical knowledge, you're well on your way to 526 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 1: taking whatever meat you get wherever you are back home safely. 527 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: It's that time of year, you know a lot of 528 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: people are either gearing up or already heading out. So 529 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 1: I hope that you guys find a lot of success 530 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 1: and please keep those success stories coming. I mean, I've 531 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: really been enjoying seeing that you can always reach me 532 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: at remy warrant on Instagram. That's probably where I'm the 533 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,919 Speaker 1: most active. You can follow along on some of my hunts, 534 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 1: and I'd love to see how you guys are doing it. 535 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: It really is awesome to get tagged in those photos 536 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: and see your guys success and the tactics that you've 537 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: been using or or ways that you've been successful. So 538 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 1: I really appreciate that. Keep that coming, you know. I 539 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: like to mention too, you know, if you enjoy this podcast, 540 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,159 Speaker 1: please share it with your friends, share it on social 541 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: media or whatever you got, whatever you want to do. 542 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: I really appreciate that. Feel free to to subscribe and comment. 543 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 1: And give us a good rating. That just only helps 544 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: fuel the podcast for the future. So I really appreciate 545 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: everybody that does that. Thank you very much. And coming up, 546 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,679 Speaker 1: we're gonna be just going into some more like advanced 547 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: hunting tactics, covering things like lasting midday, some strategies for 548 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: deer and and other things. You know, keep those questions 549 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: coming in because that really fuels the direction of where 550 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: we go. If I start getting a lot of questions 551 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: about something. This particular topic was something that I got 552 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: a lot of questions on, how do I get home 553 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: with alchemy? How do I get home with dear meat 554 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 1: going on my first hunt? How do I do this? 555 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: How do I do that? I love that kind of 556 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: stuff because it really gives this podcast a direction for 557 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: the most of you out there thinking about a listening. 558 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: You know, I want this to be helping make you 559 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: better and kind of covering the topics that you really 560 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: want covered. So feel free to reach out any time. 561 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: I always appreciate it. I always appreciate your input, and 562 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: thank you very much. Until then, keep that meat on ice.