Meat & the return

Field dressing, cooling and transporting meat, caping a trophy, export permits and the records a hunter keeps.

Every entry in this log

A hunter in a faded orange jacket kneeling on wet tundra beside a quartered caribou hung on a pack frame, low afternoon light from the left, wide shot with moss, sedge and a distant grey lake behind him.

Moving a Quartered Caribou Off Wet Tundra

How to quarter, balance and carry a caribou across wet tundra without wrecking the meat or your knees, using the pace and rest rules of a working draft team.

A quartered caribou hanging from a wooden meat pole in open tundra shade, cotton game bags tied at the top, low evening sun raking across the ridge, wide shot with the camp tent soft in the background.

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Keeping Meat Cold From Tundra to Freezer

Field dressing starts the cold chain. Meat stays safe near freezing for days. Anglers and hunters cool a catch with ice, shade, water, and airflow.