Got it gutted bout to get it with the truck, those with experience in hit weather is laying inside a chest fridge or hanging with ice in the chest cavity and strapped to legs better Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Did you tell him that if he doesn't post in LFTS I might not count it? Tell him I said congratulations!
If you have a chest fridge she'll fit in that's definitely what I would do. How long are you looking at a before you can get her quartered?
The place I want to take her won’t take her quartered I pry will bring her to a butcher in the morning just never shot one in this temperature alone before Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
So I didn't kill any deer, but I did see a buck and he was a good one. Legal light ended at 7:09 pm. About 7:00 I was starting to prep to get down when I heard a deer coming but it was coming to me on the other side of a cluster of thick stuff. Heavy steps and pretty regular and casual. I got my bow, hooked my release on and got ready for it to step out one side or the other. Just as he got to the other side he stopped and stayed there. FOREVER. Well, it was five minutes but it seemed like forever. I started to doubt what I'd heard but I knew it was there so I waited. About 7:11 he started moving to my left. He crossed the road but it was too dim to make out how big he was. I set my bow down, raised my binoculars and found him. He looked like a 10 but I couldn't be sure. He was a big one for the Ozarks though. Maybe 125-130-ish. There was no hope of shooting him at that point. I just stood there and listened to him walk away. Anyway, it was another exciting sit. Well, the last 10 minutes were exciting. The first two hours was an oven and I think I'm about medium-rare. I brought my bow and pack out. I'm not going to go out in the morning. I have something I need to take care of first thing and then I have my "honey-do" chores that involve horse and dog poop. Good times. Good luck tomorrow morning to anyone heading out. Again, congratulations to the doe slayers this evening!
Then definitely the chest fridge. If that's not an option I wouldn't hang her. I'd get more bags of ice, put her on a tarp in the back of your truck, pile ice bags all over (between hindquarters, around hindquarters, inside chest cavity, on the neck,... anywhere you can fit one. Then wrap the tarp up. I don't play with warm temps when it comes to dead deer.
Hot 2 days of evenings with nothing moving. Walking out Saturday night, little man about got run over by a doe we busted bedded in the beans. That was the extent of our excitement. She got to about 15 feet in front of us before I yelled at her. He said he wanted to see some deer so He got his wish.
Either that or adjust in the direction he came from and intercept him like @virginiashadow suggested.
Best option would be in the chest fridge with ice in the cavity if you can handle the melted ice/blood mess that will occur. Maybe a few junk blankets/towels in the bottom to help soak it up for easier clean up. The faster you can chill her and keep her cool the better.
I'm the same way, if I have a deer that has to sit overnight in warmer temps there is an ice machine down the road. $2 for 20lb cooler ice(unbagged) or 15-18lb bagged. I'll hit the ATM on the way and fill the bed full for $20. One of the main reasons I don't hunt warm evenings or work nights(in case of a bad shot that has to lay overnight).
I do the hang from rear legs in the garage, so no sunlight hits it. Fill it up with ice and between the rear legs. Then put a tarp around it. I add more ice in the morning. I do this for first 24 hours. Then take care of it by the next day. Do this all the time every year well into the 90 degrees temp. Never a problem. But i never let it hang longer then 1 day unless its below freezing. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
Just in case Yall wondered what a 1.5 year old doe looks like jammed in a 7 cubic foot chest freezer. Story to come washing truck now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
