jamesti has it right, you have to plan ahead when you go on a hunt like that. I used to process deer and every year it never failed some guy would bring in a deer that had been hanging in a tree or on a buck pole for 3 or 4 weeks and it was spoiled. The most common excuse was the weather was cool and they were trying to age the meat. Sometimes it could be chalked up to ignorance but many times it was laziness either way it was wasted. Learn all you can and plan ahead. Good Hunting.