We tend to gut the deer ASAP,then load and hang it minus some weight. Guts will be gone in hours. Of course, I never gut them in a shooting lane or in the middle of a food plot. Takes some of the rush out during those warmer TX days. Then hang, skin/cape, and put on ice. No walk-in cooler on my hunting places.
Pigs I only clean when it is cool. I take them back to camp whole. "Shampoo" with hose and then skin. Washing them first makes the procedure a little more sanitary and bug free.
With turkeys, I gut immediately and try to get them clean quickly.
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