TheDudeAbides

I plan on sending some venison from Michigan to family in Kentucky. What's the best way to go about this? Is there some screwy law that says I'm not allowed to do this?

Topgun 3006

Overnight it by UPS or Fed Ex if the weather is warm. During the winter like we're having right now it could probably go for two or three days and be fine when it gets there as long as it was frozen solid when you shipped it. Just put it in as small a cardboard box as it will fit in with some newspaper around it to help insulate it. That way the main weight will be the meat itself that you'll be paying for.

Murby

Depending on how much you're sending and how far its going, a standard US Postal flat rate box might be faster and cheaper.

flags

Freeze it solid and ship it overnight express in a cooler. Tape all around the lid of the cooler with good duct tape to seal it. Do not try to ship meat via regular mail because it can take several days to arrive. If it thaws and begins to leak, they will automatically assume it is hazmat or something of that nature and insist on it being opened and inspected which will delay it even more and probably result in it being destroyed.

Better to pony up the $$$ and ship it overnight. Make sure you declare what it is. They don't like surprises if it begins to thaw. That is why a cooler is good since if it thaws slightly it won't leak. I shipped a quarter od an elk to my sister's family in IN and this was they system I used.

alleyyooper

It's Christmas time put the meat in a cooler and pit it in the trunk of your car or back of Pick up and drive it down and spend time with family for the holiday.

Al

Murby

+1 on that..

TheDudeAbides

I really wish I could, but can't do that. Her family came up for Thanksgiving and we are spending Christmas up here with my family. I also work Christmas Eve and the Day after Christmas.

Thanks for all the feedback everyone.