Handling Velvet

[Archelk]

So the Lord blessed me with an awesome velvet 9 point SE NM archery Muley last week! My antlers and cape have been in the freezer since then. However, I am getting a buddy to take them to a taxidermist friend 10 hours away in OK to be mounted. I will be sending them in a YETI 105. I am having a hard time coming up with something to keep it cold/frozen on the trip due to my buddy driving a car. I could have used dry ice, but my cooler will ride in the backseat without a plug to accommodate the dry ice. I will not do this due to the carbon dioxide issue!! Any tips or pointers please?

 

[jeremys4]

Well I would keep the antlers frozen and send the cape off. Even with a wet tan takes minimum of two weeks to get the hide back. I would look for a local taxidermist who could treat the velvet in the mean time.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Without doing the math, I doubt the dry ice would present an issue. It's carbon dioxide, so it's not lethal like carbon monoxide. If anyone is worried about it, cracking a window would eliminate any chance of issue. Also with dioxide, you'll notice before you get close to passing out. If you start to feel like you're at 25,000ft there's too much dioxide, crack the window lol

 

[Scott85]

Without doing the math, I doubt the dry ice would present an issue. It's carbon dioxide, so it's not lethal like carbon monoxide. If anyone is worried about it, cracking a window would eliminate any chance of issue. Also with dioxide, you'll notice before you get close to passing out. If you start to feel like you're at 25,000ft there's too much dioxide, crack the window lol

Got to watch out for the Dihydrogen monoxide as well.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Got to watch out for the Dihydrogen monoxide as well.

Kills many people every year! Don't have the numbers in front of me-but I would venture to guess tens of thousands. We should ban it