According to my log I shot one last Oct 5th( a Sat.). just before dark. I didn' t recover it till the next day.The check station opened at 11.30(Sun 6th) I went hunting on the 7th and 10th so I must hav butchered it the 8th maybe 9th. It was Oct. so the temp here must have been in the 40' s at night and the only part of the deer that was wasted was a hind leg where I had to share some with a bear.[:@]It was shot at 6:45 and when I found it an hour before sunrise it was only 60 - 75 yds from where I shot.The bear dragged it about 3 yds. I think I still have some in one of those vacum bags. It all depends on the shot and conditions I guess. If it had been shot in the gut I' m sure ther would have been a lot more waste.