110 or 125 yeti for hunting trips

What is ya'alls recommendation for cooler size for general hunting purpose.

Is a 110 big enough to bring home a quartered deer or possibly 2 or do I need the 125?

Dont forget a few hog backstraps in there also

Thanks!!

If you bone it out you can get 3 hill country deer in a 125

I got a hole boned out elk in a 150 with plenty of room for ice

I have both. You can fit two young deer quartered pretty comfortably in the 110 if you don't keep the ribs. If you do keep the ribs you can fit two deer with ribs & necks in the 125. Depending on the size of the deer, you may need to de-bone the hind quarters. Just make sure you pack them right no matter the size....better to have more ice especially between the meat.

Two deer would be pushing it if it's just quarters backstraps and loins plus 2-6 hog straps I don't think there's gonna be much room for ice, unless your deer are small.

Like Bobo said, if you de-bone first (which I rarely do) you can pack quite a bit more meat. I only de-bone first if I think I'm gonna be pressed for space.

If you're gonna go big, go big.

Yelp more room for ice the better

go big and have a strong friend to help you carry it when its full. I think mine weighs 45 lbs empty.

I just came back from Texas with a quartered fallow in a 100 qt Colman Extreme cooler. The buck was about 140 lbs live weight with the quarters, loins and tenderloins weighing 54 lbs at the processor. It easily held 40lbs of ice the first night and another twenty in the morning after draining the melt.

yes they get heavy.

Neither. Too darned heavy! I had a YETI 165. It would hold 4 deer, quartered, plus ice. But it took 4 full grown men to load that cooler in the back of the truck when full.

I could handle the cooler empty. Barely. I'm 5' 10" with Popeye arms.

Based upon personal experience, I see no reason to own a 100+ quart YETI unless you're trying to outfit a bluewater boat. A 100-165 qt. Igloo will hold the same quarters and ice. And it weighs about 30 lbs. less than the YETI.

That's why you leave them in the pickup. My Icehole has been there from day one. Never took it out.

I keep a 35 qt for beer and water. when loaded it is rather heavy. I leave the 110 in the truck and load it there if I can. still two people can handle it without to much effort.

Exactly.

I used to go through an igloo almost yearly. They worked fine for the money. They tend to crack if anything is dropped in them. and just wear out with lots of use. I still have my original Yeti. Plus I can stand on it in my boat to fish in the bay.

If you have 4 quartered deer plus ice in a cooler, 30 lbs isn't even noticeable.

Been there, done that. Used Igloos for years. 1-3 deer and anywhere from 1 to 8 pigs in a weekend in the S Texas heat you need big coolers that hold a lot of meat and ice. I don't miss any of my Igloos. You also can't fit very many Kingfish, nice snapper, ling, dolphin etc in a cooler less than 100 Qts. You gotta have big coolers. I need them, that's why I have them. I consider these green water coolers. Blue water is another ball game. You can't fit very many black fin tuna in even the 125's, run out of room fast. I also speak from personal experience.

I've filled up my 95 qt cooler in the bays I don't know how many times when on the fish. Even them little Mangrove Snapper will fill up a big cooler when you get on them. You start catching other species (redfish & such) and you are out of room quick. It pays to have big coolers that last and actually hold ice.


and then if you wanna go shark fishing.........

More reasons I haul big heavy coolers around with me....


Green water...

4 down, a few more to go. Gonna be here for a few more days....Glad I don't have to keep adding ice every 6-8 hours.




If you don't need big heavy expensive coolers then don't buy them, some of us do actually need big coolers that won't break and hold ice longer than the others. You can use anything for a beer cooler.

He careful boning out deer at camp.

x2

Pigs are ok but I believe you are to have no less than quarters of deer prior to processing. I was even told not to skull cap a buck but have horns attached to the head.

You can bone out a quarter at camp, you can not chunck it out.. You can have boneless quarters. You can not have chunks of quarters. Big difference.

Any ice chest with 4 deer and Ice in it would take four guys to lift it.

That's why I said be careful.

Been asked a few times huh

GW and the Questions...

I bone all mine out...

I should of clarified for the others reading anyway.

I can see it now....that flashing PM icon, a ticket picture and a picture of a bunch of stew meat but bobo said

Next cooler I buy will be a 150 qt. I suspect it will hold an entire elk if I get the opportunity to harvest one again. Every January I go on a doe hunt with instructions to shoot as many as I have tags for, and if I don't want all the meat there are plenty of people that will take it. Plus several times a year I use my 120 qt. Igloo just for ice transport to resupply the 50 qt. day cooler. And now I realize how poorly an Igloo doesn't keep ice...

You can get two rear quarters in the bottom but it's tough, then rest on top. Bone atleast one out. It goes a lot smoother. Bone both out, You can also fit cape.

Empty space in a big cooler is ok, but you cant put more in a little one than will fit. For a meat cooler I always err on the big side.

Roger that. Last year I hauled six 95 - 125 qrt meat coolers for a cull shoot and still ran out of room. Should have seen to looks on some people's faces going down the road with 8 YETI coolers strapped down in the back of my truck. Anyway, yes I too will be buying a 160 next.

Well if the next bull has to get hauled out like the last one (three men, backpacks, two trips, mile and a half) then all four quarters will be boned where the bull fell. Bone weighs something at 10,000'

Preciate the info!

Must have hired armed guards to go into the stop and go for a leak?

My 110 holds 1 Kansas deer quartered and about 20 lbs of ice.

I dont really use the 110 in Texas because I hunt so close the house

Armed guard, I are one. oh and heavy chain & locks help too.

Sorry,

I like my 165 for long trips, you can fill it about a quarter full of ice then put 2 weeks worth of groceries in it and still be dumping ice out when you get home a week - 10 days later. I am getting old but can still handle it for the most part that is until I start stacking meat in it. I have a 50 as well that I use for drinks. Other than long hunting trips, salt water fishing or parties at the house, the 165 is too big for most applications and I think the 110 would probably be the more suitable all around size cooler.

Also big cooler is great to lock gear up in. Waterproof also

Both of these guys fit into two yeti 65s with zero room to spare. I keep all the quarters, backstrap, tenderloins, ribs, and scraps. I'd love to have a 110 or bigger, and if you have the $$ i'd go with the 125 no doubt. That hog was in the 200lb range, buck was about 140lbs

250 Qt or 160 min.

I carry my 100, 75 and 50qt Bison Coolers with me on most of my big hunting trips. I use usually keep food/drinks in one of the smaller ones and fill the 100 with ice...then I can move the ice around depending on what I harvest and which cooler it will go in. Usually get a deer and hog at the minimum and those can fit in the 100 fairly well.

Incidentally, if you guys ever want to buy a Bison Cooler, we sell them on our website, and we can design a lid graphic with maps of your ranches for a small set up fee.

I have a 125 and wish that I had ordered the 160. IMHO I would at minimum get the 125 but if you can swing it get the 160

Walter

I have been trying to order a large yeti and unfortunately they are are backorder on everything currently the local shops I know have them but at higher prices and don't carry above 125...

Wow 3 pages of posts before I even remembered to check again.

I guess Yeti's are a hot topic and since I plan on harvesting a doe and a hog or 2 this year from an outfitter I found on this site I need to be prepared. Looks like I need to get the 125 and that sounds like a good general all around size for camping and/or hunting. 48 pounds is heavy.

Ive got a few igloo 165's but their latches have been broken for years and they just dont hold ice more than a day if that. All they are good for now is storage. Why keep spending on them when they just dont last. Buy once, cry once!

I was at Academy yesterday looking for them and they were out of all of the bigger ones. I hope this doesnt last and they get them back in stores quickly.

Check out the other rotomolded coolers. Icehole, Brute, Bison, etc. They all seem pretty similar. I can't speak for the others, but my Icehole does as well as any Yeti, and it looks better doing it.

A temporary fix on your old cooler is to use ratchet straps behind the old hinges. It will last for a while. Eventually you will run out of places to put screws in though. But it's a good make it functional fix

Yeti is back order big time. Last time I tried to order one they said the first of the year probably before I could get it.

Walter

all of the good coolers will take a while to get. Sometimes you can call the company direct and get one. Look at orca coolers. I was able to get a 140 qt fast but backorder on the 75qt

Right. The difference is, Yeti spends 10X more than any other cooler brand in marketing. “Yeti” is all that the majority of the population knows when it comes to high quality coolers. I have a 75 qt. yeti, but if I end up getting another larger cooler (replacing my 150 qt. igloo which has been well worth the money), I will probably go with a Brute.

OP – You can get a yeti 125 on Amazon for under $700, free shipping.

Interesting....apparently the hype is real about them . At least the demand shows that.

Be sure to give us a good look at https://www.bisoncoolers.com/. We're based in Keller, TX and sell at dealers across the state. Here's an interesting comparison...

The Yeti 125 holds 100 (not 125) Quarts and costs $549.

The Bison 100 holds 100 Quarts and costs $449. On top of that, our coolers are Made in America and include more insulation, a built-in ruler, dual drain plugs, open grab rails for securing the cooler and the ability to add custom lid graphics.

https://www.bisoncoolers.com/shop/brute-box-100-qt/

This will satisfy your needs

http://yeticoolers.com/tundra-420-cooler/

How does your gasket material compare to the YETI?

Yup. Brute Box all the way.

It looks like the walls are thinner than the YETI, you say there is more insulation? Serious question.

Not all insulation is created equal

TexFlip, is that the 75?

Yes, that's a 75. That's the hind quarter from an Axis buck for size comparison. He weighed right at 180lbs dressed and I fit the entire carcass (bone in) in with the ribs and had plenty of room for ice on top, bottom and between.

That's a valid question. We cut up about $5,000 worth of competitor coolers prior to designing ours. That's a "Y" on the left and a Bison on the right. They flare out there sidewalls to make it appear thicker than it really is.

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Regarding different qualities of insulation, that's true. We have our own proprietary blend of foam insulation but we'll put it up against anything on the market.

That's impressive, thanks for sharing. I've got a number of YETI's but I'm not married to them. I got my first one (discontinued now) when they first came out, before their name was everywhere and most folks had never heard of them. I get discounts on them sometimes so I have just always stuck with them. If there is a better cooler out there that is the same price or less than a YETI I will buy it.

I really like the idea of the 100 qt Bison cooler that holds the same as the 125 yeti.

When I look at the dealers online it says places like "Joes welding and oil field supply?" Is that right??

Where can I go to get one in the League City area?

We have quote a few supply shops that are signed on as dealers. I'd give them a call just to confirm they have sufficient inventory. We have about 4-5 dealers within 10 miles that you could check out. Thanks!