In 96 and 97 I had a short time frame in which to hunt...the drive out there would have taken up too much vacation time. Once I flew from San Francisco to Colorado, the next year from Reno to CO.

Both times I cut up my elk and packaged it. I then packed up the elk in coolers I bought at wal-mart and shipped them as extra luggage. No other way for me to do it. I made sure the coolers were as air tight as I cold make them.

Both times my elk meat made it back to Reno ok.