Maximum safe time from shot to cleaning turkey

Shot a turkey earlier with my bow and finally found him. Shot right at 3:45 and found him 5:45. Is the meat still good? It was about 65 degrees when I shot him and he was laying under a tree which would have been shaded.

I’d breast him out and fry him up. If the meat passes the smell test it’s fine.

You should be fine.

The nose knows.

A lot of people up north hang them for 10 days guts feathers and all if it’s 40deg or less.

perfectly fine!

Congratulations on the turkey, Joe.