elmstone Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 When shooting on hot days, Any tips on keeping your shot birds cool till you get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 I have tried a variety of ideas to keep them cool and keep the blowflies off, none of them work perfectly. Including; Putting them in damp hessian sacks. Putting them in dry hessian sacks. Transferring them to my vehicle (parked in the shade) every hour, or so and putting them under a cover ( after making sure there are no flies in the truck). Storing them in the shade, under a cammo net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 i just put them in a sack and keep them in the shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Something that you can try, although it is a little bulky is ; Aset of wire screens that will fit into a wire frame to allow air to circulate around the birds. Then , by keeping a bucket of wet burlap sacking that you can lay over the outer frame you basically built a mini fridge. As the water evaporates from the sacking it cools the interior. I built one of these for inside the bed of the kawasaki mule, and it work fabulous keeping birds cool until hunting was finished and birds delivered to the eviserator. NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 I never shoot enough to worry about them getting warm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Put them in damp hessian sacks. Њ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulltimeshooter Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Put them in damp hessian sacks.Њ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Wet sacks every time. I even add a bag of icecubes or some of those freezer ice packs as it helps cool them rapidly. A shot bird tends to heat up and on a hot day it's not only the flies you've gotta watch, the meat will spoil (turn green) if it stays hot. Sometimes spray the sacks with fly spray 'cause they can 'spit' their eggs through the sacking weave. Why can't they just mop up doggy doos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browningstalker10g Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 depeds alot on your sercumstance, if decoying and u have alot of birds large damp hessian sack in the shade will work fine, make sure it stays damp and tie the end up, if your out for a mooch n maybe only have 5 or 6 rabbits etc use a large cooler box n leave it in your car, again depends on how close to your car you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngshot Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 I once read that you could use elderberry branches to keep the flys off because they hate the smell. i dont no if that is ture but it might help you! Young Shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 I once read that you could use elderberry branches to keep the flys off because they hate the smell. i dont no if that is ture but it might help you! Young Shot Dunno, that only works when Henry D is holding the other end of the branch.... knock a fly off a dung heap at 20 paces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleaner4hire Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 what about a 40l cooler bag? easy enough to carry round, pvc lined so no dramas cleaning it. Just bung some of those ice pack jobbies in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngshot Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 I once read that you could use elderberry branches to keep the flys off because they hate the smell. i dont no if that is ture but it might help you! Young Shot Dunno, that only works when Henry D is holding the other end of the branch.... knock a fly off a dung heap at 20 paces. :unsure: Young Shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 The bottom line is you can't. If you set up at 5-00am, the woodies will be spoilt at 8-00am. Ask the Topgunners. And then you will upset the bods that think you shouldn't shoot what you can't eat :unsure: LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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