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Most of the deer we have here on the public lands (WMA's) in FL are small. 100lbs and under are very common - - not enough on the ribs or enough tender loin to worry with. Daytime temps during bow season (September) are usually in the 90's. During blackpowder (October) it is sometime cooler, like the upper 80's. Daytime temperatures during general gun (November - Early January) are a crap shoot, highs could be in the 80's one weekend and 60's the next weekend. There's no "cooling" a deer down here unless it involves ice and/or a cooler of some sort.
If you put a deer or hog down in the AM, taking just the hams, shoulders, and backstrap, to put on ice (ice chest in the vehicle) means you get to hunt the afternoon. True, there's meat left lying in the field, but hogs and other critters will clean that up real quick.
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America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. Claire Wolfe
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