Mainly it smelled like thick blood. None of the shoulders or backstrap had any smell at all. I will let it drain in the cooler a couple more days, (trying to get another tomorrow night) then go from there. Thanks for the responses.
Cool sounds like your good to go. I do add a little vinegar as someone mentioned to the first bath of water I soak mine in for a good hour before draining and icing down.
Update: First off, many thanks to all of ya'll that said the meat would be good. I almost tossed it. But after overnight soak, then drain this morning I pulled the quarters out to clean them up (Since it's going to be hot the next couple of days I went ahead and decided to put the quarters in a brine bag and let them sit in the fridge for a couple days). No odor on the ham in question everything cleaned up nicely. Appreciate the help!
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