Did you say mid january? Hit the pause button here! Hunting up there in mid January is brutally cold. You will have to degrease all firearms as firing pins start sticking etc. I really have no desire to be up there in mid Jan. I have had a week straight of 35 below in late november. It gets colder every week after. As for quartering we always do that for moose out of necessity. 2 guys can drag a caribou no problem even easier if you have a sleigh of some type. The quartering described by another poster is a technique that is always used on flyin caribou hunts because they then use waxed cardboard boxes for transport in the float planes. They want to remove as much weight as possible way up there. Not a big deal on a drive in hunt.