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game bags??
« on: May 26, 2013, 09:14:25 PM »
Can you use cotton pillow cases? Or are the big game bags you can buy work better? I seen some that were almost like burlap. What do you guys use?
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Re: game bags??
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2013, 09:19:57 PM »
I would avoid cotton anything for hunting. You'll be much better off with a synthetic type of game bag. Take a look at T.A.G. bags and Caribou game bags. Both websites explain why very well.


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Re: game bags??
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2013, 09:21:07 PM »
Pillow cases are fantastic, I wash them out at the end of season they can be reused for years.  Best of all they aren't ten bucks a bag like the fancy bags they sell at local stores.

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Re: game bags??
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2013, 09:25:06 PM »
Ive used bed sheets to wrap up whole deer so i would think pillow cases would work well. I will be looking into the reasoning about not using cotton for game bags though. I might learn something new.
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Re: game bags??
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2013, 09:26:23 PM »
Pillow caeses work great! 
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Re: game bags??
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2013, 09:28:19 PM »
I use heavy duty contractor grade plastic garbage bags.  A lot less messy!   :peep:

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Re: game bags??
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2013, 09:30:59 PM »
I have never heard about an issue with cotton until now I have used pillow sacks for years to pack out game, and have never had an issue.

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Re: game bags??
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2013, 09:32:05 PM »
Save yourself a lot of trouble and sweat and just pack a frying pan with you when you hunt.  You whack a big buck, just cook him up right there and chow down...now packing! :chuckle:

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Re: game bags??
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2013, 09:34:19 PM »
Somebody has cotton clothing confused with cotton game bags.  Cotton clothing = Bad.  Cotton game bags = fine.  I think that the majority of game bags on the market are made of cotton.  We have used cotton pillow cases for years without an problems what so ever.

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Re: game bags??
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2013, 09:35:40 PM »
Save yourself a lot of trouble and sweat and just pack a frying pan with you when you hunt.  You whack a big buck, just cook him up right there and chow down...now packing! :chuckle:
Especially if you are hunting in a Weyco clear cut.  It is easier to eat it on the spot than dragging it over all the debris.

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Re: game bags??
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2013, 09:57:13 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2013, 10:23:07 PM »
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Re: game bags??
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2013, 10:29:00 PM »
A buddy and I each got our elk within 2 minutes of each other one year.  Not enough game bags to go around.  Extra clean t-shirts in a pack= best tasting of the 2 elk.  Good clean cotton worked well that day.

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Re: game bags??
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2013, 08:01:51 AM »
I've used sheets and pillow cases for years.  I like sheets for wrapping quarters and pillow cases for loose meat.
Should not use plastic bags because it keeps the heat in.

 


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