I had shot a deer right at dark last year early in the season. I went to where I thought I shot it and found no blood, looked for 30 minutes with nothing. Went home and got my dad and bigger flashlights and went back looking. Finally after about an hour of looking and not finding any hair or blood we gave up for the night after he kinda put the idea in my head I must have missed it. Well that idea didnt sit well with me, I knew I had hit the deer. So I went back the next morning and hunted till about 9am and couldnt stand it. I went back and started looking. I imediatly found a little patch of hair and small piece of meat. So I took off walking in a straight line and eventually stumbled over the deer a few hundred yards away. Over night it was upper 60's and it was allmost 80 during the day. I thought for sure the deer was bad but I called my dad and he said just take it to the processor and let him decide. I cleaned it, packed it in ice and hauled it up there. I was kinda embarrased about the situation so I didnt tell him that it sat over night, but instead he called me the next day and asked how long it sat out, lol. I asked how he knew and he said because he could smell it and it took a while for the meat to "set up" in the cooler. He said it did "setup" eventually and it should be ok too eat, just a little gamey tasting. I had most of it made into hamburger meat just to be on the safe side. It did smell a little loud when browning it in a skillet but tasted fine to me. Btw I did hit the deer right in the shoulder with a .300 rem mag, I dont know why he ran so far, just did, I eventually sold that gun!