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Title: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: DoubleJ on January 02, 2013, 09:57:12 PM: I might buy the Colman 100qt marine cooler with a gift card I got for christmas. What size of deer will fit into that quartered?
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: splitshot on January 02, 2013, 10:03:45 PM: i won a big ol thing about 4 ft. long. was hoping an antelope will fit in it, maybe if i shoot him multiple times. is antelope any good? mike w
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: JLS on January 02, 2013, 10:09:35 PM: Antelope is excellent.

Is boning off the meat an option, or are you set on quarters? I think mine is a 120 quart, I'll have to look in the AM. I think I could fit a pretty decent sized muley buck in it, quartered.
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: sled on January 02, 2013, 10:11:44 PM: Quote from: splitshot on January 02, 2013, 10:03:45 PM
i won a big ol thing about 4 ft. long. was hoping an antelope will fit in it, maybe if i shoot him multiple times. is antelope any good? mike w
oh hell ya it's good. I got a igloo cooled from circa for antelope trip. Fit 3.5 quartered in it.
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: Special T on January 02, 2013, 10:20:13 PM: I was able to fit 1.5 whitetail into an Igloo Cube 60 quart roller cooler at Walmart for less then $30. It also fell with in the dimensions required for shipping back from Arkansas on the airline. :twocents:
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: bear hunter on January 03, 2013, 12:38:32 AM: Small island blacktails
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: mkcj on January 03, 2013, 12:57:34 AM: We fit 2 antelope boned in a 100qt and we fit a bag or 2 of mule deer in also. We hang it in the locker in Buffalo WY where we hunt. The day before leaving we have them put the cooler of bagged meat in the freezer and when we get back to Seatac it's thawed just enough to go through the grinder or cut into steaks and wrapped without having any ice in the cooler to get the meat wet.
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: RadSav on January 03, 2013, 04:52:47 AM: Quote from: DoubleJ on January 02, 2013, 09:57:12 PM
I might buy the Colman 100qt marine cooler with a gift card I got for christmas. What size of deer will fit into that quartered?

I've seen the deer you shoot! Should be able to get a couple in there :chuckle:

If you leave out the ribs you would be hard pressed to find a deer that won't fit. I have a 128 quart that has seen one heck of a lot of deer and elk. It takes one hell of an elk not to go in there boned out. Minus 28 quarts shouldn't make much difference on a deer. We had three antelope including their horns and capes in the 120 qt Yeti this year with plenty of room left for ice.
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 03, 2013, 05:10:18 AM: I get 2.5 deer the size I shoot in my cooler.
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: DoubleJ on January 03, 2013, 09:36:30 AM: Quote from: RadSav on January 03, 2013, 04:52:47 AM
I've seen the deer you shoot! Should be able to get a couple in there :chuckle:

>:(

:P
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: Bob33 on January 03, 2013, 09:44:53 AM: I took notes this year:

"Four doe antelope that weighed about 95 pounds of boned out meat fit in one 120 quart cooler; about 30 quarts per doe antelope, or about 1.2 quarts per pound. "

That was using square meat packages, carefully stacked.

If you're planning to leave the meat in very long, you also need some room for dry ice.
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: furiouzgeorge on January 03, 2013, 05:31:56 PM: Exactly 100qt's of Deer (any veriety) will fit into a 100qt. cooler. That is unless you hunt in Canada or Europe in which case you'll only get about 94.6353 liters of Deer in there, give or take :-) Once again Google makes me look smart...and I make me look like a *censored*! :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 03, 2013, 05:36:03 PM: I had an entire boned out elk in mine + had room. If it is boned out and wrapped, you could probably get 2+ deer into it.
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: bankwalker on January 03, 2013, 05:39:59 PM: Quote from: furiouzgeorge on January 03, 2013, 05:31:56 PM
Exactly 100qt's of Deer (any veriety) will fit into a 100qt. cooler. That is unless you hunt in Canada or Europe in which case you'll only get about 94.6353 liters of Deer in there, give or take :-) Once again Google makes me look smart...and I make me look like a *censored*! :IBCOOL:

Google, the *censored*es best friend :chuckle:
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: longrangekiller on January 03, 2013, 06:54:50 PM: Last year we fit 6 antalope in a 100 qt cooler but that was boned out. I also fit my whole mulie buck in it that year just quarterd up with room to spare he was about a average size buck

( the antalope and mulie buck were at seprate times lol)
Title: Re: how big of a deer will go into a 100qt cooler?
Post by: bullcrazy on January 03, 2013, 07:09:08 PM: Good problem to have, what doesn't fit in cooler will fit on the BBQ at camp :tup: