He's somewhat right and the more I've researched this I need to tweak the Recovery thread.

The deer isn't inedible, but it's not the most favorable when left that long depending on the temps. I've recently received information that the processor you speaking of makes sense.

A deer left too long after death with the organs inside, more specifically the blood can be contaminated with a taste. It's not inedible but is not favorable. I've also read of Bill Winkes article stating the same thing. His recommendation and mine is to recover a deer as quickly as possible however the shot placement MUST be accomadate.

Liver shots should be waited on in 4 hours, recovered immediately and processed getting the blood out, meat cooled.

Gut shot deer should be waited on in 8 hours, recovered immediately and processed etc....

This tends to leave a very early morning tracking job. If you shoot a deer just before dark, that puts you back out in the woods around around 2 am depending.....deer left overnight again are edible but could be tainted.