Meat preservation is usually first on my list of things, I always have good sharps knives, game bags, tarps, parachute cord, and coolers as basics. Meat preservation is uaslly differnt depending on climate weather, circumstances but you want to cool the meat and keep flies, bacteria and dirt out of it.

Game bags are really handy they get the meat in a bundle you can hang and carry they also let the meat cool and breath. Tarps and coolers are very handy when you get the meat to your vehicle. You can put game bags in your washer(make sure all the soap is rinsed out) and uses them a few times, tarps can also be cleaned and used again.