How is shipping or flying with meat?

Freeze it
Ice chest
Tape it
Check it

Easy as can be.

You talking elk or deer?

Yes, done it with mule deer from Montana.

Bring to a processor and tell them you need it deboned and steaked out and vacuum sealed. Tell them you’re flying it home. They will pack freeze it and pack it in airline approved packing. Usually waxed cardboard boxes. You’ll have to check them on the plane...it’s better cuz the belly of the plane is not air conditioned so it get super cold at altitude. Plus your talking maybe 1/2 a day. My mulies have all come back fine.


I even put the skull in my backpack With the rack sticking up out the top and carried it on it was a great conversation piece

This year in Montana for mule deer, we plan on packing the meat in a 48 can softsided ice chest which we will carry on. We will each have one. It was done last year. Then for the head...we found a taxidermist who is euromount the head and ship back to us for 125.

I just shipped in an oryx I picked up in New Mexico. They packed it away in two 70 quart coolers after freezing and sent it using air cargo. I picked it up at my local airport the same day. I was all in including processing, packing, the coolers and freight for about $800. Not too bad considering I got 175lbs home for less than $5lb. Flying coolers back on your return flight may save you a few bucks if the processor can turn the meat around before you’re scheduled to fly home.

A roto cooler is not what you want for shipping meat. Any ice chest will keep frozen meat frozen enough for a day.

You want something lightweight to stay under 50lbs and keep out of the high overweight luggage charges. The cheapest hard side is the best.