Yup!! It's a European custom to hang game birds for a few days before butchering them, so a few hours isn't gonna hurt. The turkey I killed Tuesday at 10am, wasn't home and in the fridge until 4pm, meat is/was just fine, we ate half of it already!! Air temp at the time of the kill was 65°, have never had a turkey go bad from normal handling in spring time temps. I just keep it in the shade/out of the sun until it gets home with me cuz I hunt 2+ hours from home......We seldom get 2 birds at a time, so one of us is usually waiting at the truck for a bit while the other is still out hunting. :wink:
