I was skeptical of this but did that very thing this weekend on 2 deer. The deer were shot on Thur evening and we recovered mid morning Fri. Although foxes (most likely) got to the ass end upon gutting we found the meat to be fine. Made me somewhat a beleiver that it can be done but I was on the other side of the fence till then.Now I'm on top of the fence but still not ready to jump all the way over.The temps were in the low 40's and maybe even in the high30's overnight.