How much cooler space to bring home antelope?!

[syoungs]

Yeah, our plan at this point include the option to move units and get a couple more antelope doe tags, if we do we will buy more coolers, and rent the little u haul trailer to get home lol.

Thanks again for all the help guys! Getting close now, so much to do, so little time! Putting an offer on a house tomorrow evening, and have meetings for work tonight. Not much time to pack and get squared away!

[Bob33]

Not much time to pack and get squared away!

Gun. Ammo. Knee pads. Coolers. That shouldn't take long.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Make sure you have a conservation stamp for each hunter, and that all hunters born after 1966 are carrying their hunter safety card. 

[DOUBLELUNG]

Not much time to pack and get squared away!

Gun. Ammo. Knee pads. Coolers. That shouldn't take long.

Debit card and cash too

[Whitenuckles]

Not much time to pack and get squared away!

Gun. Ammo. Knee pads. Coolers. That shouldn't take long.

Debit card and cash too

A knife might help...

[NRA4LIFE]

I've killed at least 40 of them.  Big bucks will yield 45 pounds, approximately, boned out, maybe.  That, all wrapped and frozen will fill a 48 quart cooler or so.  I have a 400 quart cooler and put 10 of them in it one year, all wrapped and frozen.  A mix of bucks and does.

[GurrCentral]

I've got pretty similar results as Bob's from 50+ pronghorn, averaged 22lbs from does and 36lbs from bucks.  A cubic foot is actually almost 30 quarts (29.9).  A cubic foot of lean meat weighs about 40 pounds (guideline for freezer space (cut and wrapped) is 30lbs/cubic foot, and I think is a good assumption for space needs including packaging and ice to transport boned out meat).  Assuming 12 adult bucks as your upper limit for tags, and no waste from bad shooting, you need a maximum of 36lbs/buck x 12bucks x 1 ft3/40 lbs x 30 qt/ft3 = 324 quarts of meat.  You will need additional capacity for ice and packaging and air, I'd add another third = 108 quarts for a grand total maximum of 432 quarts. 

I suspect you will have a mix of buck and doe tags, so plug in [(36lbs/buck x __ bucks + 22lbs/doe x ___ does) x 1 ft3/40lbs x 30qt/ft3] x 1.33 for your total, which simplifies to (36lbs/buck x __ bucks + 22lbs/doe x ___ does) quarts.  Estimate your meat yield in pounds and that will be the estimated amount of quarts cooler space you will need with allowance for airspace, packaging and ice. Easy peasy!

When are we going to punch some tags on a few speed goats!!??  Bucket list critter!

[syoungs]

Make sure you have a conservation stamp for each hunter, and that all hunters born after 1966 are carrying their hunter safety card.

Drove myself to Yakima to get a copy of my hunter safety stuff last weekend, come to find out, when my buddy get in from California tommorow, we may have to do it again!

[syoungs]

Not much time to pack and get squared away!

Gun. Ammo. Knee pads. Coolers. That shouldn't take long.

Knee pads!!! I knew I needed them, and have spaced it entirely, thanks for the reminder!

[syoungs]

How is cell phone reception on the trip over, and around Sheridan? Gonna be on the phone a few times with my realtor I'm sure...

[bobcat]

Around Sheridan you won't have a problem, as long as you're not far from I-90.

[DOUBLELUNG]

I've got pretty similar results as Bob's from 50+ pronghorn, averaged 22lbs from does and 36lbs from bucks.  A cubic foot is actually almost 30 quarts (29.9).  A cubic foot of lean meat weighs about 40 pounds (guideline for freezer space (cut and wrapped) is 30lbs/cubic foot, and I think is a good assumption for space needs including packaging and ice to transport boned out meat).  Assuming 12 adult bucks as your upper limit for tags, and no waste from bad shooting, you need a maximum of 36lbs/buck x 12bucks x 1 ft3/40 lbs x 30 qt/ft3 = 324 quarts of meat.  You will need additional capacity for ice and packaging and air, I'd add another third = 108 quarts for a grand total maximum of 432 quarts. 

I suspect you will have a mix of buck and doe tags, so plug in [(36lbs/buck x __ bucks + 22lbs/doe x ___ does) x 1 ft3/40lbs x 30qt/ft3] x 1.33 for your total, which simplifies to (36lbs/buck x __ bucks + 22lbs/doe x ___ does) quarts.  Estimate your meat yield in pounds and that will be the estimated amount of quarts cooler space you will need with allowance for airspace, packaging and ice. Easy peasy!

When are we going to punch some tags on a few speed goats!!??  Bucket list critter!

We have to get serious about that.  Have you been buying points?  Still time to get 2017 points.

[GurrCentral]

I've got pretty similar results as Bob's from 50+ pronghorn, averaged 22lbs from does and 36lbs from bucks.  A cubic foot is actually almost 30 quarts (29.9).  A cubic foot of lean meat weighs about 40 pounds (guideline for freezer space (cut and wrapped) is 30lbs/cubic foot, and I think is a good assumption for space needs including packaging and ice to transport boned out meat).  Assuming 12 adult bucks as your upper limit for tags, and no waste from bad shooting, you need a maximum of 36lbs/buck x 12bucks x 1 ft3/40 lbs x 30 qt/ft3 = 324 quarts of meat.  You will need additional capacity for ice and packaging and air, I'd add another third = 108 quarts for a grand total maximum of 432 quarts. 

I suspect you will have a mix of buck and doe tags, so plug in [(36lbs/buck x __ bucks + 22lbs/doe x ___ does) x 1 ft3/40lbs x 30qt/ft3] x 1.33 for your total, which simplifies to (36lbs/buck x __ bucks + 22lbs/doe x ___ does) quarts.  Estimate your meat yield in pounds and that will be the estimated amount of quarts cooler space you will need with allowance for airspace, packaging and ice. Easy peasy!

When are we going to punch some tags on a few speed goats!!??  Bucket list critter!

We have to get serious about that.  Have you been buying points?  Still time to get 2017 points.

I haven't been buying points. Probly should start!

[syoungs]

Better get on it, like today!