Lost the meat to one last year. I butchered it so I can say for sure the meat was bad. The shot was thought to be bad because you could see a hit too far back on the deer as it went off. After letting it go over night and finding it in theAM the hit was good but deflected of a rib bone and it was the exit wound that was seen. It was warm for Ohio. I won'tadvocate waitinganymore unless it's cold. We also had a heck of a time getting it out. Ohio thinks it's regs. a best making guys check the whole deer in, but I wish they would rethink it. We could have easily packed it out as it was we had a new cart break in less than a 100 yrds with a 2 mile hike ahead of us. The day was also warm. In contrast I had a deer in my truck with it's cavity packed with ice for 2 days and it suffered no spoilage.