Dry Ice

[grundy53]

I don't  have much experience with dry ice and am looking for tips on how to make it last.  From what I've read it doesn't last very long. I want to take a bunch with me for my moose hunt. Is there a way to make it last 7-10 days? Anyone have any tips?

[Boss .300 winmag]

Don’t store it in any place where people will be, it’ll kill you. 😉

[BULLBLASTER]

Just go to town once you kill and get some. You won’t be all that far away. 

Gallon jugs of regular ice in a good cooler will last a good long while in oct and November also.

[grundy53]

Just go to town once you kill and get some. You won’t be all that far away. 

Gallon jugs of regular ice in a good cooler will last a good long while in oct and November also.

That was my original plan but I was told no one in colville sells dry ice anymore. The closest is Spokane.

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[92xj]

Just go to town once you kill and get some. You won’t be all that far away. 

Gallon jugs of regular ice in a good cooler will last a good long while in oct and November also.

That was my original plan but I was told no one in colville sells dry ice anymore. The closest is Spokane.

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Just buy normal ice.
Is your plan to shoot moose, cut up moose, throw in cooler, pack camp and be home within 7 days of pulling trigger? 

[Widgeondeke]

When I hunted in Wyoming. I would put dry ice in a dedicated cooler along with regular ice on day 1. The cooler was only opened to put meat inside, even the regular ice was intact 7 days later. These were just regular white Coleman/Igloo coolers, not these new $400+ coolers.     

[92xj]

Or, if it's 40 degrees or colder. Shoot moose, cut up moose, line truck bed with a tarp, throw meat on tarp and drive to processor.
I know of two bison that made it here from South Dakota over the course of 2.5 days and no issues or even thought of issues were had.

[ctwiggs1]

Save every water bottle, gatorade bottle, milk jug, etc. you can and fill them 80% with water.  You'll create a ton of ice blocks at little cost.

Put them in the coolers and pack them as full as you can before you go.  After you kill an animal, put it in the cooler.  Hit a gas station on the way home and pack the tops with ice cubes.

Done.

[CP]

I think you’d be better off with gel packs like they use in food delivery boxes (like Hello Fresh, Gobble, etc.)  People who use these services usually give them away and they last a long time if you keep them insulated.

[pianoman9701]

I keep a cooler just for ice blocks and put dry ice on top at the beginning. They don't even start melting for 4 days and it's a coleman extreme cooler that I got for $70. I used me Yeti money to pay the mortgage.

[ctwiggs1]

I used me Yeti money to pay the mortgage.

Having Yeti's is almost a curse.  I got two for free and I get strange looks every time I use them.  I have to explain regularly "Nope, I'm not the type of guy with the cash to spend this much on a damn cooler."

[grundy53]

Thanks for the tips. My main concern with using normal ice is with wanting to keep the meat dry. But frozen jugs should work.

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[KFhunter]

Colville walmart quit selling dry ice?


call em  @ (509) 684-3209

[Fl0und3rz]

Thanks for the tips. My main concern with using normal ice is with wanting to keep the meat dry. But frozen jugs should work.

Rather than saving jugs and bottles, buy flats of water in the 16 oz. bottles, freeze, and have fresh drinking water as they thaw.

[ctwiggs1]

Thanks for the tips. My main concern with using normal ice is with wanting to keep the meat dry. But frozen jugs should work.

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That's exactly why I went to jugs. 

[grundy53]

Colville walmart quit selling dry ice?


call em  @ (509) 684-3209

That's what I was told. I'll call them and double check thank.

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[grundy53]

I just found a welding supply place in colville that sells dry ice. But they only sell it in nugget/pellet form. Does anyone have experience with those?

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[grundy53]

Colville walmart quit selling dry ice?


call em  @ (509) 684-3209

I just called them. They no longer sell dry ice.

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[CP]

pellets don't last as long as blocks, just like ice chips don't last as long as ice blocks.

Dry ice will freeze meat.

Dry ice turns to gas as it melts.  This will increase the pressure inside the ice chest if air tight and can cause failures (not a problem with cheap coolers as they aren't air tight).

[grundy53]

pellets don't last as long as blocks, just like ice chips don't last as long as ice blocks.

Dry ice will freeze meat.

Dry ice turns to gas as it melts.  This will increase the pressure inside the ice chest if air tight and can cause failures (not a problem with cheap coolers as they aren't air tight).

We'll be using a fish tote to transport the meat. So It won't be air tight.

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[BULLBLASTER]

You won’t have any issues with regular ice. I’d be more co center with cooler space... just get the body heat out of the meat and you will be fine. Will be plenty cool in oct to hang the meat
As long as the meat isn’t sitting in water and your tote has a drain it won’t hurt it to have ice melting on the way home. No need to overthink it.

Find Moose, shoot Moose, clean Moose, cool meat overnight, drive home.

[huntnfmly]

First time using dry ice my mom made us a big container of her famous potatoe salad for elk hunt opened up cooler potatoe salad was frozen solid😂😂

[ctwiggs1]

Need to just borrow some coolers??

[Whitpirate]

You won’t have any issues with regular ice. I’d be more co center with cooler space... just get the body heat out of the meat and you will be fine. Will be plenty cool in oct to hang the meat
As long as the meat isn’t sitting in water and your tote has a drain it won’t hurt it to have ice melting on the way home. No need to overthink it.

Find Moose, shoot Moose, clean Moose, cool meat overnight, drive home.

This plan has worked for every moose I assisted with.

[Knocker of rocks]

Don’t store it in any place where people will be, it’ll kill you. 😉

https://q13fox.com/2018/07/28/mother-killed-wife-seriously-injured-after-dry-ice-accident/

[grundy53]

You won’t have any issues with regular ice. I’d be more co center with cooler space... just get the body heat out of the meat and you will be fine. Will be plenty cool in oct to hang the meat
As long as the meat isn’t sitting in water and your tote has a drain it won’t hurt it to have ice melting on the way home. No need to overthink it.

Find Moose, shoot Moose, clean Moose, cool meat overnight, drive home.

I tend to over analyze things. Lol.

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[grundy53]

Need to just borrow some coolers??

I appreciate the offer but we have a fish tote and plenty of coolers.

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[bearpaw]

Colville walmart quit selling dry ice?


call em  @ (509) 684-3209

We were unable to get it the last time we tried, I checked again yesterday and did not see the dry ice cooler in the store. But it might be worth calling to verify.

[bearpaw]

You won’t have any issues with regular ice. I’d be more co center with cooler space... just get the body heat out of the meat and you will be fine. Will be plenty cool in oct to hang the meat
As long as the meat isn’t sitting in water and your tote has a drain it won’t hurt it to have ice melting on the way home. No need to overthink it.

Find Moose, shoot Moose, clean Moose, cool meat overnight, drive home.

I tend to over analyze things. Lol.

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If you get the hide off, piece it out, and it cools overnight while hanging then put in coolers in the morning I would think you should get home fine.

[kselkhunter]

These days I freeze a bunch of water jugs and store in the cooler.  They last for quite awhile.

Last time I bought dry ice, I actually bought it at Dairy Queen.  Not sure if there is a Dairy Queen near where you will be, or if they're still selling dry ice.  But just a thought. 

[CaNINE]

An alternative to consider.....Put a chest freezer in the bed of your truck and run it off a power inverter on the drive home.  We did this with a BC moose a few years ago.  Cut and wrap on location.  Meat was frozen solid when we got home.

[stigalla]

How about you tell me when you knock one down and ill bring you some... You just make sure my belly is full when I leave! I'm in n spokane and can make it up there pretty quick

[grundy53]

How about you tell me when you knock one down and ill bring you some... You just make sure my belly is full when I leave! I'm in n spokane and can make it up there pretty quick

I'm sure I'll be alright. I'm just looking for stuff to stress over. But you are more than welcome to stop by camp anytime.

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[jackelope]

Last year when it was 90+ degrees outside I bought dry ice at the meat counter at the grocery store. Might try calling a grocery store.
I put 1.5# of it on top of an inch or so of rock salt and then a bunch(~40) of frozen water bottles in my Rtic cooler and they stayed frozen inside the car for 3 days. I didn’t open the cooler at all. Once i did they started melting pretty quick.