Is a yeti hopper 20 big enough?

[Chiro22]

Heading out to Colorado tomorrow for a pronghorn antelope hunt, I’ll be dropping the meat off at a processor so it’ll be frozen solid and neatly packaged. The head I’ll be sending separately. Wondering if I could get everything into a yeti hopper 20? I would prefer to do this in just one cooler, the other option is a Roto molded 50

 

[sndmn11]

The processed meat only? Yes, it will be ~30-40lbs and full.

 

[Chiro22]

The processed meat only? Yes, it will be ~30-40lbs and full.

Sounds good. I guess I’ll give it a go. I could always had a local Walmart or something for a cheap cooler for overflow. It’s a short flight home anyway

 

[Short Track]

I had 21 lbs of meat from my lope. Not sure if that is average ?

 

[muddydogs]

25 to 35 pounds is the norm for antelope bucks, a doe will be 25 or a little less and a fawn under 20. A big mature buck might push 40 pounds with no meat loss.

 

[Hill Difficulty]

A clean double-lunger should yield either side of 35 pounds of boned meat & trim on a 2+yo buck.

If you net #21 from a buck it might have been a salvage job whether bone impact, blood shot front/rear, or tainted by gut fluids.

 

[Hill Difficulty]

By the way, are you air travel guys factoring aging/rigor mortis when having game cut/packed/froze?

And have a super and safe hunt, Chiro22.