How long will hog meat last?

[bisonic]

Hi - I'll be hunting a ranch this summer where it's likely that I'd get a hog in the evening and not be able to get it to the local butcher shop until they open the next morning. Summer temps are 90-100 by day, prob 70-80 over night. In cooler temps I haven't worried about leaving the skinned and gutted carcass over night - what to do when it's warmer?

Thx

 

[bigboarstopper]

make sure you have a marine cooler with some ice. Just enough to bring the temperature down. I stuff the hog in the cooler skinned and gutted with a few bags of ice in the chest cavity. bad meat will get a greenish hue or start to turn white. Another indicator of meat going bad is having the fat melt.

 

[Farmerdoug]

Two keys to keeping meat fresh is one, get the meat off the ground and hang it. Two, try not to let the internal temp of the meat cool down and warm back up. If you shoot the animal and it's 100 deg. by day and 80 at night, the temp shouldn't rise. If your concerned about spoiling, do what Bigboarstopper said. When transporting, cover it and keep it out of direct sunlight. Personally, I wouldn't sweat it a bit.