Marty,
I like your thinking, and not to shoot it down, but most of these teams would have more money tied up in ice chests than they have potential to win in the contest. We are talking about a team average of 500# of actual meat. I think your average hunter may have a couple of 120qt coolers, but nothing more than that. You guts that fish a lot, tend to have lots of large coolers.
I hear ya Chris. I was figuring that if each team has 3 members that should be at least six ice chests. I can put at least two good sized hogs in a 120quart ice chest. That's four hogs a man. And, twelve hogs a team, if there's only 3 team members. Did ya'll have some teams with more hogs than that?
Shucks, I don't hunt as much as some. But, I got a 150quart, 128quart, several 48's and a 50. And, if ya'll are having a polygraph for the winners there shouldn't be a problem with cheating. That way folks who have to travel several hours to weight in hogs wouldn't be bringing ya'll some nasty inedible hogs. This way all meat would be in edible condition. Not to mention saving ya'll the hassle of skinning and skinning wracks. Plus, the hassle of getting rid of hog carcuses. It sure would save ya'll a bunch of problems.