Most airlines will not allow dry ice and it must be leak proof bags in case the cooler cracks, you know how gentle they are with your luggage. You should call ahead and ask about it being frozen, I don't know why but they gave me a hard timewhen I brought back fish from Florida to Co and they x-rayed the fish. Our meat processor here in CO has real competitive shipping when he's done processing so you might want to check prices of processors where your hunting.