Meat handling while traveling

[HS Strut]

Probably been covered before but I can’t find it...

What do you all do with the birds that have a wing attached when traveling across state lines?
Do you remove the wing when you get home before freezing?
We typically keep them on ice till we get home (9-12 hours) sometimes I cut the wings off and clean them up before freezing them. But I’m usually dead ass tired and just wanna go to bed. If you freeze them with a wing they always look nasty when you thaw them out later.

What do the rest of you do with them?

 

[airmedic1]

In the states that I hunt you can leave the foot with spur attached. That provides sex identification.
I do a good job cleaning them up, put them individually in a high quality ziplock and then submerge the ziplock in water to get the excess air out of the bag and then freeze them. I break the joint above the foot so it folds flat.

 

[benelli-banger]

I normally have a fridge available, I chill birds whole, untouched, and bring home in a cooler and clean them when I’m home. I like the aging that occurs, I think it tenderizes them. Once the season has advanced, it’s colder out, my pheasants are placed on a 4’ x 8’ piece of raised plywood on in a garage…they cool nicely and I transport home in a cooler, whole and untouched. Have done thousands that way when group #’s are included. Works well for me.

 

[HS Strut]

I normally have a fridge available, I chill birds whole, untouched, and bring home in a cooler and clean them when I’m home. I like the aging that occurs, I think it tenderizes them. Once the season has advanced, it’s colder out, my pheasants are placed on a 4’ x 8’ piece of raised plywood on in a garage…they cool nicely and I transport home in a cooler, whole and untouched. Have done thousands that way when group #’s are included. Works well for me.

I agree with the aging and when I’m by myself thats how I do it. The rest of my buddies look at me like I just ate one raw when I tell them about aging them whole