Icing your kill in the creek

[Sitka_Blacktail]

What heavy plastic bag brand do you guys use?

Trash compactor bags.

[MIKEXRAY]

Are you guys using plastic bags to submerge ?   I have a three foot wide creek running through my area about one inch deep or so .  Seems like you wouldn't bag in that situation but maybe I am wrong. I just cleaned the meat off,  put in good game bags and laid in the water in shade.  Maybe I should be using rocks or logs to elevate out of the water ? Bagging doesn't seem good for air circulation but I could understand if submerging was possible.  My creek is so cold it hurts your feet to stand in it for any time at all.  Thanks for the advice above.

[Tbar]

Yes use plastic bags, you want to keep meat as protected as possible.  Another option is cool during the night by hanging. Then once your meat is completely cooled use sleeping bags during the day in the coolest place possible (even in your tent). I put it in plastic bags in the sleeping bag (for obvious reasons). Use multiple sleeping bags when possible.

[boneaddict]

Most of the time I just air dry in meat bags down next to the creek in the dark shade.  If I do put it in water, I put it in plastic.

[Optimusprime]

Thanks for all the great replies fellas. I have heard that putting the meat strait in the creek with no bag for about a half hour will cool it enough but still leave enough body heat to dry it out when hung up. Not sure about the bacteria stuff. I would think it would be fine since you are going to cook it anyways. One method I heard about was to lay a sheet of visqueen in the creek bed and lat the meat on top to keep it clean. Anyone try this? Labredog, that I'd a crazy pack out. Was there any spoilage with your meat after that?

[kevinlisa06]

I had to do it last season for the spike I got opening morning. It worked great to cool the animal down when it warmed up. Then the weather changed and cooled down so we were good after that.


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[ICEMAN]

Have tossed whole gutted deer ( no bag) and skinned bear in creek with no bag and got great results.  We do wipe them down and let them dry out...skin over and then bag in quality game bags.

[Sunbkpk]

Like others, I put it into a game bag then plastic bag before dropping it into a creek. I hang it at night to cool and dry. Early season archery cow elk turned out great 2 years ago that way.

[Quaka Wacka]

In hot areas backpacking we'll put it in silnylon drybags then in the creek during the day and hung back up at night to dry back out. Even in garbage bags the meat will give off blood and fluids and provide an ideal setup for bacteria growth over acouple days.

[h2ofowlr]

 

What heavy plastic bag brand do you guys use?

Contractor bags you get at Home Depot work good.