Field dress to processor in hot weather

[GoetsTalon]

Lots of good advice! If it's such a pain in the ass with ice and no cooler then wait till it gets cooler out. Even cheap throw away styrofoam coolers would be good enough to hold ice for a hunt for the chest cavity.

 

[giles]

Shoot deer

Walk out

Go get ice and beer while the deer dies

Go recover

Guts and blood out

Cheers

Start drag

Ice in at the truck

This keeps me from getting all excited and pushing the deer further from the truck. Gives the animal a chance to lay down and die. Also gives me a chance to grab ice/water/beer. It is usually quartered and in the fridge within 5-6 hours when it's hot out. But like others have said, I meat hunt when the weather allows. I just have one property that is earn a buck. So the first cool down I go out and drop a doe. Usually a small one so it speeds things up. Lol.

 

[OhioWhiteTails]

It takes me 5-6 hours just to get it out of the woods sometimes.

 

["J"]

When I hunted Ohio as a rule I didn't shoot meat deer in shitty temps or weather. The biggest reason being I didn't want to sweat like a whore in church rushing to get them taken care of. The other was they freaking stink when its warm and the fat is sticky and runny like snot. They smell like a damn goat.

I would hunt horns until shotgun and use the gun seasons to fill the freezer. January muzzleloader meat hunting is the best. No real reason to shoot meat deer early season, plenty of time for that later in cooler weather. Since you asked though. Get the guts out and you should be fine for a good while if they're not in the sun. If it's going to be a most of the day affair get the hide off, quarter, put in meat bags and hang in the shade.

This is what I’ve been doing for a while. Bow for horns and gun for meat…

 

[Tommy g]

I freeze two of the puppies with water, less the pretzels.
One in the chest one in the hind, keep in a cooler in the truck.
They cool the deer down quickly and fit into the cavity perfectly

 

[bigten05]

I always try to get ice on them as soon as I can. But I think your overthinking it to much, people never use to have freezers and ice to get the animals in, get it gutted and in a cool place out of the direct sun and you have plenty of time to get it cut up or to a processor. Now don't be like my buddy and fill it full of ice and leave it in the bed of your truck for almost 2 full days with a bed cover on it and expect it to be good.