As for the second day's success, it was a tad bit colder in the morning, so I think maybe the deer came out to feed after laying low the day before. I normally would have passed on the basket rack but I'm studying taxidermy and thought he was the perfect candidate for a first attempt, plus I'vebeen holding out for quite a few years and everyone in my family keeps bringing home the monsters except me, so I had to wet my whistle a little. I cango back to holding out for a bigger one again.I'm glad we didn't score the first day for how warm it was and we were staying until Tuesday night, so any buck we shot would have had to sit in the warm for more than 24 hours before getting to the butcher. When we dropped them off at our butcher, he stuffed their body cavities with bags of ice. He said that the ice inside, combined with the hide, acts like a refrigerator and all the meat stays cold enough until processed. Words of wisdom.