How long do you hang your animal after he is skinned and gutted? What is a good temperature to hang in? What temp would be to HOT to hang in. I don't have a meat locker so the only choice I have is in my garage. I was living in an apartment 2 years ago when I bagged my bear. I had to hang him in a friends garage for three days. Problem is the weather turned warm the last day. I cut him up and put him in the refrigerator at home while I processed the meat. I finally got around to the last cut, the ribs, about 4 days later and they were covered in mold. I ended up throwing them out. I blamed the hot weather on spoiling the meat. All of the other meat was good and in fact we are still eating it. We had some bear roats the other night. My wife is wanting me to get another one this year. So how long do you hang meat and at what temperature range?