What Size Cooler To Use For Your Next Hunt?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- We've all asked ourselves this question, "what size cooler do I need to fit an antelope, mule deer, or elk in?" In this video, Randy Newberg helps us answer that question as he goes over his recommendations for different cooler sizes for different hunts.
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I freeze 1 & 1/2 gallon size milk jugs and 2l soda bottles. Keeps the melted water contained. When I do use bagged ice I place it in a trash bag. Lessons I’ve learned over the years the hard way.
This was some very useful information!! Thank you Randy and Go Hunt!
Thanks for watching Shawn and best of luck this season!
Use frozen 16 or 20 oz bottles of water to keep the water off the meat. Plus you can stuff them in between chunks of meat to help keep it all cool.
Great advice!
Thank you
Good information
My wife just harvested a nice 5 point bull this week. The Yeti 210 is perfect size for on the bone elk. Second bull in the last two years that fit in there perfectly, dry ice for the first and Tundra 10lb arctic Ice packs along with gallon jugs frozen that we busted up with a pick to keep super chill.
That's awesome Dan! Cheers to the rest of the season
Thank you! This answered questions I've been debating with my wife and laid out a new budget item.
Glad it was helpful!
randy these are overlooked items during the hunt videos. it would make good educational content to include some of that in the youtube hunt videos for sure. thx for the info! I brought a yeti 105 and 125 on my elk hunt. The Yeti 105 was filled with frozen 128 oz Gatorade jugs and they stayed frozen for over a week. They are somewhat squared off and there isnt too much wasted space, plus the water stays contained in the jug as it melts. Unfortunately we didnt tag an elk
Great to hear! Best of luck the rest of the season!
Great video Great information thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I put my meat in large trash bags when going in the cooler. Leave in the game bag and just put a thick (industrial or leaf bag type) trash bag over each game bag. Orient the top of the bags so they point up, that way no ice can leak into the small drawstring opening. Works great.
Great idea
Good advice. It's something I've thought about.
Glad it was helpful!
Does this include room for the cape @gohunt ?
What size cooler do I need for a bear cape and meat?
Thanks for the info! Do you ever travel without boning out the meat? Any thoughts on whether or not it keeps better?
You can do either way. Really depends on what coolers you have. If you need to save room in your cooler, best to de-bone.
How much capacity do you think is necessary for a bison or moose?
Also what about just leaving the drain plug on the cooler open so water just drains out on the way home?
You'd definitely need a couple coolers for a bison or bull moose. Yes, you can absolutely leave the drain plug open. Best of luck this season!
When do you guys plan on getting more Yeti coolers in the GoHUNT store?
Hey Trae, we are looking at getting more cooler in at the end of the month. Thanks for watching and best of luck this season.
Thank you Randy for the information What other cooler do you Recommend besides Yeti. They are a good product just a bit over priced?
Rtic coolers rock and are cheaper
Really any cooler can get the job done. Thanks for watching Perry.
@@GOHUNT amen used cheap Coleman coolers back in the 70sand 80s lasted a few years if taken care of
Good information. I’ve never hunted mule deer and am not familiar with the average Muley size.What size cooler would you recommend for say a 200lb or less white tale deer. Would it be around the same size recommendation as you mentioned for a mule deer, or perhaps somewhere in the middle of a muley and a pronghorn?
Hi Thaniel! We recommend the same size you would use for a mule deer.
For an Elk a 210 for quarters and a 105 neck and straps
The biggest you can truly afford and the number that will fit your truck or van on the trip home.
Could you either put the meat or ice in a garbage bag to keep the water off the meat?
I've never had that work. I either freeze gallon jugs before I go, and good coolers will keep it for a week. Pro tip, put all the ice in one cooler over spreading it out, full coolers are more efficient. If you can use dry ice, use it (Walmart). Put cardboard between dry ice and meat to prevent freezer burn. If you must use wet ice, use blocks over cubes. Pop the drain plugs when you stop for gas. This is where I disagree with Randy, wet ice always on bottom (which he mentions), but the thermal gradient in a small space like that is moot.
I won’t ever buy yeti after how they did the NRA
Thought he was sponsored by Orion coolers
Guess they stopped giving him free ones
Didn't you fit an antelope in a soft sidded 30?
You can definitely fit a couple quarters and the backstraps in the Hopper soft cooler.
Guys! I like Randy but sometimes I think he’s a cooler salesman from YEDI. Buy yourself a 5 cu ft chest freezer (the smallest one they make) for $200. You need a small generator to run it but a generator comes in so handy in camp you should have one anyway. I’ve been doing this for years and it’s so handy when your camped 2 hours from the nearest ice source and you don’t have to freeze it solid just run the freezer for several hours a day and your good. Best part, it doubles as a freezer at home to store your meat after you’ve processed it.
Thanks for the feedback Warren. Best of luck this season!!
For as much as these over priced plastic containers cost, one could simply buy an electric freezer , a generator, and a small enclosed utility trailer and be not that far off in price comparisons.
I'm so glad we have these TH-cam experts to keep us straight. How could we ever hope to be successful hunting without them. I mean we all know you aren't gonna be successful hunting if you take the wrong size cooler with you.
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Yeti WayOver Rated…
Most importantly you do not need a yeti cooler!
Nope. But if you cna afford them they sure make it much nicer to keep ice for so long. Mine were money well spent
Yes agreed!
@@Joeblk10 lol that was a jab at yeti lol I prefer and use Canyon Cooler. 😄 🤣
you do not need to bone elk out to get it in coolers. you just need a long enough cooler, not that dinky way overpriced cooler featured in the video
Correct, you'd just need to go with a YETI 160 or something even a little bigger. Best of luck this season Eric.
Yeti has openly made statements against hunting and firearms. As someone who is in both of those communities I would recommend not giving your hard earned money to a company that wants to end your rights as a hunter.
Such a shame that Orion abandoned the outdoor community and dropped Randy. Yeti doesn’t exactly have a reputation of standing up for the second amendment so isn’t a company that I can personally spend my money on.
Be a man, don't use a cooler, very simple