I'ld say the meat is going to have a bad game taste. I wouldn't even give it to my dog. Anytime the temp. gets over 45-50 deg. I'ld have that meat in the frez. I have mine in the frez. within a few hours after its shot. Its not that hard to cut up your own deer. I learned how to cut the meat up from the school of hardknocks by just doing it, but it really wasn't that hard to learn.