Does anyone have any good ideas too bring your hog to the butcher in an suv? Weather is going to be about 70 so ice is a must! Trying too keep things as neat as I can!!! lol!! Pig should be between 175-250 pounds. Getting it in the cooler whole with ice on it does not seem like it will work out! Any suggestions would be great!!!

Lisa -- Don't worry too much about a cooler --  Just stuff a bag or 2 of ice in the chest cavity and get to the butcher

 

Your not that far away and I'm guessing you are going where Rosie goes -- Roche

 

Just call the butcher beforehand and let them know when you are on the way -- They will work with you

 

I would use a blue tarp to deal with the blood and water...

Why does it need to be whole? Skin and quarter, you can even debone some of it I'd you need to. I did this with a pig I shot on my last day in FL. I packed it in a cooler with dry ice and checked it in like luggage at the air port.