I have not gotten a chance to hunt yet, and it will likely be Thanksgiving morning before I can go. If I get a deer, I am well aware of how to field dress, but I've never processed my own.

I'm concerned because if I do get one, I'm going to be pressed for time. We will likely be heading out of town for Thanksgiving lunch and I will not have time to do the whole process.

Once it has been field dressed, I assume I could probably leave it hanging if it is cold enough, but I don't expect that to be the case. My next thought was to go ahead and quarter it and put it on ice..but I don't have enough coolers.

-Kind of a pickle..what would you do? It will likely be dark before we get back home so I can do it. I'd like to take my time because it will be my first complete processing job.