Oregon Cow Elk Hunt

[jdm49]

Hi All

I have an opportunity to go on an early season cow elk hint in Oregon with Broken Horn Outfitters. Anyone have any experience with these guys or this type of hunt in Oregon? I am Ok with no trophy and like the idea of getting hundreds of pounds of elk meat in the freezer.

Thanks in advance.


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[24mileboy]

That is the same type of terrain we hunt over here in Idaho and we do well. No experience with the outfitter but good luck on your choice.

 

[jdm49]

Well, I am officially a licensed hunter in Oregon and in for the Elk draw. Odds are pretty good - astronomically better than California!

 

[Aught-SixGuy]

Good luck!!

 

[jdm49]

Good luck!!

Draw results should be in by June 20th.

 

[Aught-SixGuy]

Excellent. Hope you draw out! I'm waiting to find out if I can get in on a cow depredation hunt in Utah. Should know in a couple weeks!

 

[jdm49]

Thanks.

This may jinx my hunt, but I was thinking I would drive up. Its a pretty stiff drive I think (10 hours or so from the SF Bay Area), but the success probability should be pretty high. I have not done this, but I predict that shipping home a couple hundred pounds of Elk meat, properly kept frozen, would be quite expensive (few dollars a pound or more --> $500 -$1000 just to ship). Although its pretty cheap to fly up to Portland, I would still have to rent a car and have a pretty significant drive. Plus I hate the hassle of getting firearms on the flight.

So I am thinking I will suck it up, pack every cooler I own/can borrow and do the 10 hour drive. Then I can bring the meat back here and hack and grind in the kitchen till I am in over my head, then take the other 75% to a local processor.

Or am I overestimating shipping costs?

 

[Bossbrott]

Put 5 blocks of ice in the bottom of the largest ice chest available. Place a piece of lattice over that, and leave your drain plug off. You should be able to get a boned out cow in 2-3 chests.
This way the meat will stay cool and dry, and can stay in the chests up to 7days for "aging".
It actually works great.
Good luck in your draw.

 

[upcedarcreek]

I would do what Bossbrott said but use one block of dry ice in the bottom of each cooler and
leave the drain closed.....

 

[jdm49]

Thanks for the advice. My CA lottery draws all are bust, so an Oregon tag is my ace in the hole, I hope. Results Friday.


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[RoosterKiller]

Thanks.

This may jinx my hunt, but I was thinking I would drive up. Its a pretty stiff drive I think (10 hours or so from the SF Bay Area), but the success probability should be pretty high. I have not done this, but I predict that shipping home a couple hundred pounds of Elk meat, properly kept frozen, would be quite expensive (few dollars a pound or more --> $500 -$1000 just to ship). Although its pretty cheap to fly up to Portland, I would still have to rent a car and have a pretty significant drive. Plus I hate the hassle of getting firearms on the flight.

So I am thinking I will suck it up, pack every cooler I own/can borrow and do the 10 hour drive. Then I can bring the meat back here and hack and grind in the kitchen till I am in over my head, then take the other 75% to a local processor.

Or am I overestimating shipping costs?

I have shipped elk several times from Utah. $50 a cooler . A cow elk will take 3 coolers. If you have it processed before you go home then you need only a bit of dry ice since they will flash freeze it. It will stay frozen with no ice for 48 hours, with ice several days.

 

[daddy63]

Who did you use to ship Roosterkiller? 50 a cooler seems really reasonable.

 

[RoosterKiller]

It was shipped with Fedex freight

 

[daddy63]

Thank you, that's a great deal

 

[jdm49]

bada bing!

Score! Oregon Elk tag notification came a day early


Its for the early Northside hunt. Its out east, so its going to be hot out there! But I hear success rate is good.

My elk tag draw stats:

1/1 Oregon
0/12 California

 

[Deleted member 33033]

Thanks.

This may jinx my hunt, but I was thinking I would drive up. Its a pretty stiff drive I think (10 hours or so from the SF Bay Area), but the success probability should be pretty high. I have not done this, but I predict that shipping home a couple hundred pounds of Elk meat, properly kept frozen, would be quite expensive (few dollars a pound or more --> $500 -$1000 just to ship). Although its pretty cheap to fly up to Portland, I would still have to rent a car and have a pretty significant drive. Plus I hate the hassle of getting firearms on the flight.

So I am thinking I will suck it up, pack every cooler I own/can borrow and do the 10 hour drive. Then I can bring the meat back here and hack and grind in the kitchen till I am in over my head, then take the other 75% to a local processor.

Or am I overestimating shipping costs?

Wuss! I drove from Newport, OR to San Clemente, CA straight thru w/o a stop other than gas. Unfortunately my ice chest were not full of elk.

 

[jdm49]

Wuss! I drove from Newport, OR to San Clemente, CA straight thru w/o a stop other than gas. Unfortunately my ice chest were not full of elk.

I'lll make some wuss stops to piss... and get In'n'Out