Nothing really can be done for the meat. Meat needs to be allowed to cool, rapidly, or it spoils. That's why field dressing deer is so important. You remove the

Nothing really can be done for the meat. Meat needs to be allowed to cool, rapidly, or it spoils. That's why field dressing deer is so important. You remove the guts and core of the animal to lower the temperature of the meat as quickly as possible. So if the meat has been sitting for even half a day it's long gone.