Sometimes I can't get game outta the woods fast enough and the dang thing freezes on me, so I thaw it out, but still keep it very cold so that I can grind it and cut it up with a knife, I don't use a saw unless I am sawing the feet off. This has happen to me quite a bit and has never defected, defected, defected defected defected, defected,defected me a bit. Bobby